25 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PRODUCT QUALITY. THAT’S SANTA MAURA.

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Santa Maura Spice and Garlic, a California Corporation dealing in the Import, Export and Distribution of Dried Chiles, Spices, Fresh Garlic, Fresh Ginger, Grains, Dried Fruits and Nuts, was founded by John Rusconi and Moises Cruz in 1994.

Santa Maura has developed one of the most efficient systems for importing these products and getting them to you, our customer, with quality and freshness in mind.

 
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“OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND OUR REPUTATION PROVES IT.” 

John and Moises have more than 35 years of experience in the sales and marketing of agricultural products. Our office staff, Jeff Vadukul - General Manager (20 years), Elena Macias - Accounting (21 years) and Irma Mireles - Sales Manager (15 years) have all been with the company for many years. With such highly qualified staff, we consider ourselves the most knowledgeable leader in the industry in the marketing of chile products, spices, nuts and Mexican specialty items, including the most exotic difficult to find chiles.

We inventory over 2 million pounds of spices in our warehouses and are one of the largest importers in the U.S. of specialty dried chiles and spices from every corner of the world, which means we will have your product in stock year round.

 
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With more than 25 years of experience in the market, Santa Maura Spice & Garlic has become a leader in the industry specializing in the marketing of dried chiles, spices, grains, and dried fruit.

  • Santa Maura Spice, a California Corporation dealing in the Import, Export and Distribution of Dry Chiles, Spices, Fresh Garlic, Fresh Ginger and Dried Fruits, was founded by Moises Cruz and John Rusconi in 1994.

  • Santa Maura is open to the public with a retail store at 747 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90021

  • Santa Maura has the Los Angeles facility representing the USA operations and distribution warehouses in Tijuana, Mexicali, Mexico City, Celaya and Guadalajara representing Mexican and South American operations.

  • The Import, Export and Distribution aspects of Santa Maura are growing and well diversified. The firm has tremendous credibility in both domestic and international markets because of its commitment to quality, contract fulfillment and shipping on a timely basis.

  • Santa Maura has a long-standing business relationship with processors, manufacturers, importers, exporters and distributors throughout the world that enables a consistent flow of products that meet and exceed FDA standards to enter safely into commerce.

  • Our products have passed FDA, USDA and Customs requirements. These requirements are also enforced by private laboratory Certificate of Analysis on our behalf.

  • Santa Maura is Kosher Certified as “VK” : Orthodox Vaas Hakashrut. This is to guarantee that products are from approved suppliers that meet the Kosher requirements.

  • Santa Maura is pleased to offer sterilizing services per client requirements.

  • Santa Maura will provide a Letter Of Guaranty for assurance.

  • Santa Maura has an insurance policy in place for the operations it conducts.

  • Santa Maura has a total warehousing capacity in Los Angeles of 75000 square feet with 9 loading bays and 10000 square feet of cooler space. We are located across from the Los Angeles Produce Terminal allowing easy access for transportation.

  • Santa Maura is pleased to offer 50 different chile products, spices whole and ground from Allspice to Turmeric, year round supply of Fresh Garlic and Ginger, Dried Fruits, Dried Nuts and a complementary line of Mexican Specialty products.

  • Santa Maura is dedicated to providing complete satisfaction to our customers with quality and reliability throughout the year.