How does Del Monte's garden grow? Very well indeed. It is one of the US's largest manufacturers of branded canned fruit, vegetables, and soups and broths. Its flagship products (canned corn, green beans, peas, peaches, pears, and pineapples) are purchased mostly from US growers. The company makes tomato-based foods such as ketchup and tomato sauce. Its retail brands include College Inn, Del Monte, and Contadina. Del Monte makes pets grow too, with a stable of pet-food and -treat brands, including 9Lives, Gravy Train, Milk-Bone, and Meow Mix. The company also makes private-label products and food ingredients for other food manufacturers, and offers products to foodservice operators.

If you're looking for a taste treat with a distinct and spicy flavor, Chorizo De San Manuel is where it's at. Located in Edinburg, Texas, the company makes and distributes chorizo (an Hispanic spiced sausage, usually made with pork but sometimes beef). The firm's meat products, sold under the Chorizo De San Manuel and San Luis brands, are all-natural, with no added preservatives or fillers. They are available at food retailers including HEB, Wal-Mart and Sams Club, as well as through the company's Web site. Chorizo De San Manuel, founded in 1975, is owned and operated by the Flores family.

Frito-Lay North America company makes some of the best-known and top-selling savory snacks around, including Cheetos, Doritos, Lay's, Ruffles, and Tostitos. On the sweet side, Frito-Lay also makes Grandma's cookies, Funyuns onion-flavored rings, Cracker Jack candy-coated popcorn, and Smartfood popcorn. It also offers Funyuns onion-flavored rings, Smartfood popcorn, and a line of chips made with the fat substitute, Olestra under the Light brand name. Owned by PepsiCo, Frito-Lay North America (i.e., the US and Canada) accounts for about one-third of the soda maker's sales. Frito-Lay's Mexican sales are reported within Pepsi's Latin America Foods segment.

It takes two parents -- one Dutch and one British -- to make one Unilever. Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC, together with their group companies, constitute a global food, personal care, and household products powerhouse. The company's vast portfolio of products includes eleven brands that ring up more than $1 billion each annually. They include Hellmann's (mayonnaise), Knorr (soups), Lipton (tea), Dove and Lux (soaps), and Sure and Degree (antiperspirants). Unilever's consumer goods are sold in more than 170 countries. The company was the world's #1 consumer products maker until Procter & Gamble purchased Gillette in 2005. Based in England, Unilever PLC trades on the London and New York stock exchanges.

Diedrich Coffee, Inc was the sort of start for which adventure stories are known and loved. German-born Charlotte Diedrich inherited a coffee plantation in Costa Rica in 1916. Against all odds, she made a success of it. Her son Carl later expanded the business by adding a second plantation in Antigua, Guatemala. From there, he personally transported hand-selected Arabica beans in his VW van to Orange County, giving Californians their first taste of true single origin specialty coffee. Many things have changed since Carl’s bean-hauling days, but our passionate pursuit of the world’s finest coffee remains. With exquisite single origin and exotic blends, each cup lets you experience the very best of the world’s great coffee growing regions, from the Americas, Africa and Indonesia. These are available in offices, restaurants, large and small retail shops, and online, making Diedrich Coffee, Inc. one of the largest specialty coffee roasters in the Western U.S.

Lieken AG was founded in 1982 and is based in Düsseldorf, Germany. As of July 25, 2002, Lieken AG operates as a subsidiary of Barilla Alimentare S.p.A. Lieken AG operates as the producer of bread and bakery goods in Europe. It offers a range of products that include bread, rolls, pastries, snacks, and drinks through food retail outlets and bakeries. Lieken AG company supplies toasting bread and bake-off products under Golden Toast brand to the supermarkets and food retailers. It also offers the bake-off concept to its customers, wherein deep-frozen and pre baked breads and rolls are baked for the customers at ‘bake-off points’. Lieken AG company bakes bread and bakery goods to approximately 23,000 food retail outlets. It also markets its products under Lieken Urkorn brand name.

Endangered Species Chocolate makes confections out of cocoa obtained from family farmers and cooperatives. Endangered Species Chocolate, LLC offers some 30 different products, including candy bars such as dark chocolate with hazelnut toffee, milk chocolate with cherries, and smooth white chocolate; it also makes organic bars and chocolate pieces. Endangered Species' products are sold at retailers such as Target and at specialty and health-food stores, including Whole Foods, throughout the US. Ten percent of the company's after-tax profits is donated to environmental conservation groups.

Mayfield Dairy Farms, LLC Founded in 1912, Mayfield Dairy Farms produces and distributes milk (including buttermilk, chocolate milk, half-and-half, and egg nog), ice-cream, and other cultured dairy products such as cottage cheese, whipping and sour cream, and dips. The company also offers beverages such as lemonade, orange juice, and bottled sweet tea. Mayfield Dairy serves nine southeastern US states from its Athens, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; and Braselton, Georgia, plants. The company is a subsidiary of Dean Foods and is run by CEO Scottie Mayfield, grandson of founder T.B. Mayfield.

Flavormatic Industries is a family-owned firm founded in the 1960s. Flavormatic Industries company makes and distributes flavorings, juice blends, essential oils, and fragrances. Its dry and liquid flavorings are used by the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Flavormatic's essential oils and fragrances are used in cosmetics and cleaners. The firm also makes custom flavored-drink bases for the beverage and dairy sectors. Its custom-formulated products are sold through sales agents in the UK, France, US, Puerto Rico, Japan, and Canada.

At Green & Black’s, we make and sell premium organic chocolate. We use fine organic ingredients and these are ethically sourced. This perfect balance between taste and principles is what we stand for and why we pay a premium for all our ingredients. The story of how Green & Black's began is certainly a unique one. People often ask us questions about organic sourcing, ethical sourcing and trading, the early days and how we got our name. So we hope we can answer most of your questions here.

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