The company was founded in 1955 by our grandfather Garumuni Peter De Silva. He came from a small town named Balapitiya in Sri Lanka. In the early 1950’s he sold cinnamon out of a wooden cart and grew it to a sizable local business. His hometown was heavily involved in the cinnamon trade and as a very trusted and respected guy in the community, he realized he’ll have success in this business. His goal was to introduce Ceylon Cinnamon to the world and help local farmers.

“Herbs and spices are the parts of various plants that are grown and cultivated for the purpose of aroma, taste-enhancing and color. These spices and herbs are derived from various sources such as barks, flower buds, seeds, and leaves etc. They are possibly be grouped into a couple of categories such as spices, spice seeds, and herbs. Moreover, spices are generally used in a dried form such as chile peppers and gingers. Many super expensive spices-cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, as well as pepper-are the aromatic products extracted from the different plants. Grupo Canela is known as the best place to buy wholesale spices in Houston, Texas. We are the best platform for selling fresh and best quality herbs and spices, apart from being a popular place to buy cinnamon sticks in bulk quantity. Known as the place to find out the hard-to-find products with great quality, we became very popular in the inventory of wholesale imports in the USA.”