Our Mission

Our mission is to provide the highest-quality "Fire-Roasted" products for all cuisines by offering both branded and co-packing solutions. See what was said about Riba Foods in the National Culinary Report video below.

After moving to the United States, Miguel Barrios could never find salsa quite as good as the salsa he had grown up with in Mexico City. So, utilizing his heritage, he created such a salsa by pioneering the open-roasted process in which he "Fire-Roasts" all the fresh vegetables prevalent in Mexican salsa products today. Established in 1988, Riba Foods, Inc. is still a family-owned business and remains one of the premier fire-roasting packers in the U.S. Additionally, Riba Foods produces traditional Picante Sauces, as well as Italian Sauces, Bar-B-Que Sauces, Drink Mixes, and more.

In May of 2003, Riba moved from a 25,000-square-foot production facility to it's new 40,000-square-foot state-of-the-art roasting facility with four times the production capacity and plenty of room to grow beyond that.

With the expansion, Riba appointed Liberty Richter as its field sales management team for branded products.

Company History

Products

Six varieties of the Classic Red fire-roasted salsa, two original bean dips and two original chile con queso (cheese dips); seven Choice Salsas including our award-winning Tomatillo Green salsa headline the Arriba! brand. Arriba! Party Dips have five exciting chile con quesos and a 3-bean dip.

Two Bloody Mary Mixers and the first U.S. Sangrita–a popular Mexican drink that is made to sip with tequila make up our drink mixer catagory. and five exotic pepper sauces are under the Arriba! brand.

We have bar-b-que sauces in three flavors (Original, Chipotle, and Garlic), plus our newest product line–Arriba! Premier Collection.

The Texas Pepper Works brand has bread and butter-type pickles, peppers, and mustard along with thee salsas and a white chile con queso. Our Tex-Mext brand is Comalera - four flavors of picante sauce in 8-,16- and 32-oz. sizes.

Bee Cave Honey and W.O. Rominger have been added to our great line up in the past year or so.

Merchandising Support

The Arriba! brand is supported by heavy trade promotions, retailer ads, and local and national print advertising.