Cavanagh Company, Rhode Island

Cavanagh Company is a wholesale bakery specializing in altar bread and communion wafers. Family owned and operated since the 1940's, the company provides the majority of the communion bread used by the Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran and Southern Baptist churches in the United States, as well as Australia, Canada and Britain. All products are said to be made from nothing more than additive-free wheat flour mixed with water, and are designed to minimize crumbling. The breads are untouched by human hands throughout the production process.