 Tulkoff began in the late 1920’s as a produce stand run by Harry and Lena Tulkoff, specializing in supplying caterers with fresh fruits and vegetables. By 1930, their horseradish became so popular that the other products were dropped in order to concentrate on producing horseradish. Responding to complaints that pasteboard cartons leaked while being carried home, the first evidence of Tulkoff innovation was seen when the bothersome cartons were replaced with glass jars. Tulkoff Horseradish Products Company was on its way!
Inevitable, Tulkoff outgrew its original site on Baltimore’s famed “Corned Beef Row” and moved to its current 15.5 acre complex located a few miles east of the inner harbor. This facility boasts a refrigerated storage area capable of storing up to 5 million pounds of horseradish roots at constant optimum temperature. Trailer loads of horseradish roots are received almost daily from October through May. Thanks to an exclusive Chill-Mill process which gives Tulkoff its competitive edge in processing horseradish, none of the strong, pungent bite of fresh horseradish is ever lost to manufacturing at Tulkoff.
Over the next half-century, Tulkoff expanded its product line and its distribution network, all the while maintaining its reputation for reliability and personal attention. Tulkoff has become the nation’s largest manufacturer of prepared horseradish products including prepared white horseradish, prepared red horseradish, Tiger Sauce (a mild horseradish sauce) and horseradish mustard.
Appropriately, the corporate name has been changed to Tulkoff Food Products, Inc. In addition to its own brands, Tulkoff is authorized to pack private label for major foodservice buying groups throughout the country. In 1997, to better serve its customers on the west coast, Tulkoff opened a second plant in California.
Tulkoff has repeatedly received The Gold Medal Award of Excellence for its foodservice products from The American Tasting Institute, a national panel of renowned chefs. Meeting in “blind” tasting sessions, the chefs judged Tulkoff Prepared Horseradish, Tiger Sauce, Seafood Cocktail Sauce, Chopped Natural Garlic, Basil Pesto, Tomato and Garlic Pesto and Roasted Red Pepper Pesto to be excellent in taste, appearance and freshness.
Products include;
HORSERADISH
Restaurant patrons love the big-time taste that Tulkoff Horseradish brings to their plates. Full of flavor and loaded with life, it’s everything they could want to give their food pizzazz.
TIGER SAUCE
Tantalizing flavor and superior quality make Tulkoff Tiger Sauce the undisputed leader in its category. This is the original - Tulkoff’s unique blend of freshly grated highest quality horseradish, special premium grade mayonnaise and masterfully mixed spices.
Versatile Tulkoff Tiger Sauce brings out the best in deep fried onion blooms, prime rib, roast beef, turkey, chicken, broiled and fried fish, fried oysters and clams, veggie dips, cole slaw, devilled eggs, potato salad, breaded vegetables and countless other favorites.
 CHOPPED NATURAL GARLIC
Forget about peeling cloves where you risk getting garlic that is moldy, dried out, too mild, too strong, or whatever. With Tulkoff Chopped Natural Garlic, you get consistent high quality all the time. Easy to measure and easy to spoon, Tulkoff Garlic is produced in a variety of styles all with the same wonderful flavor:
Tulkoff Chopped Garlic (All Natural)
Tulkoff Chopped Roasted Garlic
Tulkoff Roasted Garlic Puree
Tulkoff Chopped Garlic In Oil
GARLIC SPREAD
Freed from preparing labor intensive garlic concoctions in-house, chefs have more time to tweak their garlic bread, scampi, escargots, seafood sauces, topping for steamed vegetables, grilled meats and dozens of other dishes.
Tulkoff Garlic Spread is a margarine based blend brimming with parsley, cheese and chopped natural garlic.
Marino’s Garlic Spread is made with whipped butter, chopped natural garlic, imported Pecorino Romano cheese, tangy spices, and zesty herbs.
COCKTAIL SAUCE
It’s no secret that premium grade horseradish is the secret to award winning cocktail sauce. Freshly ground horseradish and a zingy tomato sauce base distinguish Tulkoff Cocktail Sauce with a bold, rich taste and texture that are sure to create a stir.
PRIME STEAK SAUCE
Any time is the right time for Tulkoff Prime Steak Sauce. Now is the time to discover how this mouth watering blend of sweet and spicy flavors enhances, without overpowering, steaks, meatloaf, burgers, roasts, ribs and barbecues. Prime Steak Sauce appeals to health conscious patrons because it is low carb and contains no fat, tarns fat or cholesterol.
SPICES AND SEASONINGS
The rich, robust spices and seasonings formerly marketed by Baltimore Spice Company are now being packed for the foodservice industry by Tulkoff. Whether it’s labeled as Culinary Choice, or under a private brand of one of the leading foodservice groups, the long standing heritage of quality will be continued with an added focus on customer service. Tulkoff is pleased to offer a full line of aromatic spices and savory seasoning blends, all with taste and consistency guaranteed.
CULINAIRE EXPRESS AIOLI
Chefs and cooks are busier than ever keeping up with the gastronomic gamut. Culinaire Express helps with ready-to-use Chipotle Chili Aioli that tastes like it is made from scratch. Utilizing it in your kitchen assures you of consistent flavor and appearance, no matter who’s doing the cooking.
Full flavored Chipotle Chili Aioli makes a wonderful partner for appetizers and light fare.
Excels as a dressing for cold pasta salads. Savvy chefs are using it to create value added sandwiches. A great accompaniment for fried or broiled seafood.
GARLIC FRIES SAUCE
A west coast ballpark sold 400,000 orders of garlic fries in a single season. A prestigious New York white tablecloth steak house is siding its $41 Kobe beef burger with garlic fries. All you need to turn ordinary fries into an extremely profitable item is The Babe’s Garlic Fries Sauce from Tulkoff. At a cost of just pennies more per serving, an ordinary plate of fries becomes a value added item that will score tremendous profits and repeat business for you.
CRAB CAKE BASE
Folks from the Chesapeake Bay area are known to have strong opinions about how to make the finest crab cakes. Most people who have enjoyed crab cakes made at The Calvert House in Baltimore will tell you that theirs are absolutely the best!
Now, Tulkoff offers the exclusive Calvert House crab cake base that has been the key to Baltimore’s Best Crab Cakes fro generations. No matter which type of crab meat is used, you can easily bring this superb taste to your venue with Tulkoff Crab Cake Base.
Tulkoff Crab Cake Base also works wonders with salmon, shrimp or surimi seafood cakes, shrimp salad, tuna salad, crab dip, imperial sauce topping for fish or chicken and seafood pasta sauce.
CHOPPED SHALLOTS
Never again will your kitchen personnel need to sort, peel and chop shallots as part of their daily routine. Tulkoff Chopped Shallots does the job for them. Our version of this mild mannered member of the onion family makes it easy for you to impart its subtle, slightly sweet flavor to almost any application that requires onions as an ingredient.
PESTO
For center of the plate presentations that steal the show, or down to earth traditional Italian cooking that anyone can enjoy, Tulkoff Pesto does the job! Our traditional Pesto Genovese helps you turn ho-hum menu items into crowd pleasers that will have customers coming back again for your up scaled seafood, chicken, pasta, soup, pizza, fish and other Mediterranean specialty dishes.
GINGER PUREE
Ginger has been around for centuries. Now, Tulkoff Ginger Puree makes it easier than ever to use with this aromatic puree of fine quality ginger roots. Discover how profitable it is to feature value added items like grilled chicken salad and other tempting new tastes in desserts, relishes, baked goods, and health conscious dressings.
BRUSCHETTA
Once again, Tulkoff proves that ready to use products can compare favorably in taste and texture to the same products made from scratch. Kitchen prep time is quick and easy because mouth watering Tulkoff Bruschetta needs only to be spread on top of any warmed crusty bread and, instantaneously, it is ready to e plated as either an appetizer or a light fare item.
CRAZY MULE JALAPENO RELISH
Heat and flavor are equal partners in this versatile new Crazy Mule creation. The hot, full throttle tang of jalapeno peppers is combined with premium vegetables and spices to produce a zingy, first rate condiment that can be used in place of or in addition to mustard, mayonnaise or relish. Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish doesn’t overwhelm with excess heat. Instead, it adds a robust, sweet and spicy kick to any type of food.
Top off Texas style crab cakes or hamburgers with Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish.
Rev up a Remoulade style sauce by mixing Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish with mayo and a dash of cayenne pepper to regulate heat and color.
Add Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish to your favorite potato, macaroni or tuna salad recipes.
Serve smoked salmon with Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish instead of capers for and exciting new twist.
 Finish off any hot or cold hors d’oerve with Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish.
Spice up Sante Fe chicken salad with Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish as a lo-carb lunch special.
Personalize your tartar sauce with Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish for extra zip.
Chop fresh mangos, apples or pineapples and add to Crazy Mule Jalapeno Relish for an exciting new style of relish fro a hot or cold appetizer.
CRAZY MULE SALSA BASE
More of a starting point than a finished product, Crazy Mule gets your salsa off to a good start; the rest is up to you. Throw in a fresh ingredient or two and you have an appetizing salsa that tastes like you made it in house. Set your own flavor profile and heat preference to create a signature salsa. In mere minutes, you can prepare Fire Roasted Salsa, Pico de Gallo, Pueblo Style Salsa and Garlic Salsa. |
