Sourcing · United States
Our US Farms, Processing Plants and Ports
Everything we sell is processed, tested and packed at our own facilities in Tennessee, Mississippi and Oregon, from US-grown crops and raw materials we import from the world’s leading growing regions.
Wholesale Cooking Oil LLC was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. We operate farms, processing plants and warehouses in three states, Tennessee, Mississippi and Oregon, and each site handles the full process from processing to packing.
Running our own US processing means one quality system for every oil: incoming crops and raw materials are checked, processed to a written specification, tested lot by lot, and packed in our own warehouses. Every order ships with a Certificate of Analysis.
Our farms grow part of the crops we process. The rest comes from the world’s major growing regions through established traders, so supply stays steady through the seasons.
The Mississippi Delta and the farmland of western Tennessee are among the most productive soybean, cotton, corn and rice regions in the United States. Oregon’s Willamette Valley grows nearly all of the country’s hazelnuts, along with a wide range of seed crops.
Having processing, packing and warehousing in three states also spreads risk: if weather or transport problems affect one region, orders can be packed and shipped from another.
Crops
US-grown crops we process
From our own farms and other US growers. Typical harvest times are a guide and vary with region and weather.
| Crop | Used in | Typical harvest |
|---|---|---|
| Soybeans | Soybean, high-oleic soybean and blended vegetable oil | September–November |
| Corn | Corn oil (from the germ) | September–November |
| Cotton | Cottonseed oil | September–December |
| Rice | Rice bran oil | August–October |
| Peanuts | Peanut oil | September–October |
| Hazelnuts | Hazelnut oil | September–October |
| Wheat | Wheat germ oil | June–August |
| Almonds, walnuts and pistachios | Nut oils | August–October |
Our US operations
Three states, one quality system
Each site has farms, processing, packing and warehousing, and ships through the export port that best suits each route.
| State | Operations | Export gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | Head office, farms, processing, packing and warehousing | Trucked to the Port of Mobile, Alabama, or the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the Gulf, or the Port of Savannah, Georgia, on the Atlantic |
| Mississippi | Farms, processing, packing and warehousing | Port of Gulfport on the Gulf of Mexico |
| Oregon | Farms, processing, packing and warehousing | Port of Portland on the Columbia River |
Tennessee
Our head office is in Nashville. Tennessee is inland, so we truck export containers to the seaport that best suits your route: Mobile, New Orleans or Savannah.
Mississippi
A Gulf Coast gateway for shipments to Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Oregon
A Pacific Northwest gateway for shipments to Asia and the Pacific.
From processing to packing
Everything happens in our own facilities
- Receiving: crops and raw materials from our farms and from leading growing regions are checked on arrival.
- Pressing and extraction: seeds, nuts and germ are cleaned and pressed.
- Refining: degumming, neutralizing, bleaching and deodorizing for refined grades; cold-pressed oils are filtered only.
- Blending and fractionation: for blends, palm olein and specialty fractions.
- Testing: every lot is tested against its specification, and a Certificate of Analysis is issued.
- Packing: from 1L bottles to 20,000L flexitanks, in our own warehouses.
Head office
Based in Nashville, Tennessee
Our head office coordinates sourcing, production, quality and export for all three states. Our team is online 24 hours a day to answer quote requests and track orders.
222 2nd Ave S, Nashville, TN 37201, United StatesFAQ
Questions about our US operations
Where are your facilities?
We have farms, processing plants and warehouses in Tennessee, Mississippi and Oregon. Our head office is in Nashville, Tennessee.
Which port will my order ship from?
It depends on the facility that packs your order: the Port of Gulfport for Mississippi, the Port of Portland for Oregon, and for Tennessee, by truck to the Port of Mobile (Alabama), the Port of New Orleans (Louisiana) or the Port of Savannah (Georgia). Your quote confirms the route.
How fast do orders ship?
Orders are dispatched within 24–48 hours from the day payment clears in our account, depending on order size. For a bank transfer, that is the day the funds arrive, not the day they are sent; cryptocurrency payments usually confirm within an hour.
Do you ship to every country?
We ship to almost every country: by truck within the United States, Canada and Mexico, and by sea from Gulfport, Mobile, New Orleans, Savannah or Portland everywhere else. We cannot ship to countries under US sanctions. A few oils have import rules in some markets, such as mustard oil, which we supply for export only, and we confirm suitability for your destination in your quotation.
Other origins
More about our sourcing
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