Cumberland Packing

Cumberland Packing is a privately held American food company based in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 1945 by Benjamin Eisenstadt, the company developed around the packaging and distribution of portion-controlled sweeteners and related food products. Its best-known brand is Sweet'N Low, a low-calorie tabletop sweetener sold in individual packets and other formats. The company’s business is associated with sweeteners and sugar products for both household use and food-service settings. Its portfolio has included Sugar in the Raw, a turbinado sugar brand, and other packaged sweetener and sugar offerings. Individual packets are suited to restaurants, hotels, cafés, and other venues, as well as retail customers. Cumberland Packing is therefore identified both with consumer-facing product brands and with the packaging and supply of portion-control products. The company remains active and privately held. Its established brands have given it a continuing presence in the U.S. sweetener market, while its products have also been distributed in international markets. The available evidence here does not establish current executive names, detailed ownership arrangements, specific recent corporate changes, or exact market coverage; those details are therefore not specified.

Cumberland Packing was established in Brooklyn, New York, in 1945 by Benjamin Eisenstadt. The company’s early business centered on packaging food products in convenient, measured portions. That packaging focus provided a foundation for its later prominence in sweeteners, where single-serving packets were practical for both home use and food-service businesses. The company became widely associated with Sweet'N Low, its low-calorie tabletop sweetener. The brand helped establish Cumberland Packing’s identity in a market where customers wanted an alternative to ordinary sugar in coffee, tea, and other foods. Packet formats made the product usable in restaurants and other hospitality settings as well as at home. Sweet'N Low became the company’s best-known offering and a recognizable consumer brand. Cumberland Packing also became associated with sugar products, including Sugar in the Raw, a turbinado sugar brand. This broadened the company’s presence beyond low-calorie sweeteners to include a distinct kind of sugar sold in packaged form. Its product range has served both retail shoppers and commercial food-service customers, with portioned packets remaining a defining format. The company is privately held and based in Brooklyn. Its business has continued under the Cumberland Packing name, with a portfolio known for packaged sweeteners and sugar products. Publicly available general information identifies the company with the Eisenstadt family, though the precise current ownership structure and leadership are not stated here. The evidence provided for this dossier is limited, so details such as subsequent brand launch dates, international expansion dates, changes in control, and recent corporate decisions are not asserted.

• 1945

  Cumberland Packing founded in Brooklyn

An established American producer and marketer of portion-controlled sweeteners and sugar products, with a well-known tabletop sweetener brand.

• Sweet'N Low

  The company's best-known low-calorie tabletop sweetener, sold in individual packets and other formats.

• Sugar in the Raw

  A turbinado sugar brand associated with Cumberland Packing.

1. 1Cumberland Packing official websitecumberlandpacking.com