Cheesemakers, Inc., located in Montgomery County, Texas, was founded by James C. Keliehor, P.E., who is originally from South Texas where he grew up on his family farm. He learned from his aunt and uncle about making dairy products such as butter, butter milk, and fresh soft cheese curds on their dairy farm. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin as a Mechanical Engineer, he became involved in the food industry when he began working with his cousin, Dr. James C. Curry, owner of Custom Ingredients, Inc.of New Braunfels. Keliehor created customized cheese formulations and produced and sold cheese ingredients to various food processors across the nation while working with Custom Ingredients, Inc. In 1992, Keliehor started his own custom design manufacturing company for automating food processing, Custom Food Equipment, Inc. (CFE). From the inception of CFE, James was involved with major food manufacturing companies. In the summer of 1994, Keliehor was asked by Land O’ Lakes to partner with them on a project to deliver and form fresh cheddar cheese curd without damaging the delicate consistency of the curd. This concept had been tried unsuccessfully for years until Keliehor applied his Positive Displacement Delivery technology to solve the problem. After years of experimentation with Land O’ Lakes and continual trips to Wisconsin from Texas, Keliehor developed and has a patent pending on his design for a Cheese Curd Delivery and Forming System.

We opened our doors for business in July 1996 with a single product—TAHITIAN NONI® Juice. We knew the health benefits of noni were powerful, but nothing could have prepared us for the explosive growth that followed. The effectiveness of TAHITIAN NONI products has led to incredible growth and expansion. Our first year’s sales totaled well over $6 million; now, less than 10 years later, our yearly sales exceed $500 million. Tahitian Noni International does business in over 70 countries and has a wide offering of noni-based products, including healthy menu selections found at seven Tahitian Noni Cafés™ worldwide. We have adopted the heritage of Tahiti as our own and do all we can to preserve the purity of her lands and people. The Tahitians are our full partners in bringing the benefits of noni to the world, and their economy has benefited tremendously from the jobs and growth the noni fruit has produced.

Synutra International knows how to pack a nutritional punch -- and put it into a can. The company develops, manufactures, and sells enriched milk- and rice-powder products for infants and children. The company also makes powdered nutritional products for adults; however, most of the company's business comes from the sale of its infants' and children's powders. Synutra products are sold at more than 65,000 retail outlets located throughout mainland China. Chairman and CEO Liang Zhang owns 67% of the company.

Technically, in the beginning there was heaven and earth, but Origin Enterprises knows that agriculture and food weren't far behind. The company's agri-nutrition division includes operations devoted to feed ingredients, fertilizer blending and distribution, integrated on-farm agronomy, and marine proteins and oils (such as fishmeal and fish oil manufacturing and distribution). Agri-nutrition subsidiaries include Goulding Chemicals (fertilizer production) and R&H Hall (animal feed). Its food business includes the Odlums, Shamrock, and Roma brands, which specialize in home baking, snacking, and Italian food ingredients. Origin Enterprises is 70% owned by ARYZTA, a European maker of specialty baked products.

The family-owned company was started in 1982 by Bernard Mayrsohn and his son, Mark. The Mayrsohn family's roots in the produce business stretch back to the 19th century. Mayrsohn International Trading is a leading importer and exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables with facilities in Miami and New York. It handles a wide array of fresh produce, including apples, onions, and potatoes, as well as Florida grapefruit. The company also imports bananas and plantains from Ecuador.

Anna Olvera-Ullrich and Jim Ullrich started the business in early 1997 by selling jars of Ana's Salsa to neighbors, friends, and co-workers. It's public unveiling occurred in August 1998 at the 8th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival where Ana's Salsa took first place, People's Choice Award, Red Salsa Commercial category. The salsa has been awarded 20 awards, including the Golden Chile Pepper at the Fiery Food Challenge for Fresh Salsa in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Ana's Salsa Pico de Gallo was awarded its first place award in its debut at the 2005 Chile Pepper's Fiery Food Challenge. Ana's Herbs was added to Anna's Unlimited, Inc. gourmet food lineup at the 3rd Annual Texas Fiery Foods Show, August 1999. It has already won a number of first place awards, including the prestigious 2001 and 2002 Scovie Award for Table Seasonings.Anna's latest creation are her serrano pepper jellies that are 'sweet with a little heat'. These are available in strawberry, peach and original serrano.

Icelandic UK company imports seafood to the UK from producers in the chilly northern waters of the Faroe Islands, Russia, Norway, Canada, and China. Frozen-at-sea fish, including cod, redfish, and haddock, are processed into fillets on board immediately after being caught for the trip to market. Icelandic UK supplies foodservice wholesalers, mainly local fish-and-chip shops. Launched in 1998, Icelandic UK also imports fish fillets, whole fish, crabsticks, warm-water prawns, and other seafood products under the Icelandic and other brand names. Icelandic UK, Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Icelandic Group.

GreenLine Foods company grows, processes, and distributes fresh green beans, which are packaged in microwaveable bags (for sale in grocery stores and other food retailing establishments) and in larger quantities for wholesalers, foodservice companies, and restaurants. In addition to its green bean products, GreenLine sells packaged carrots, wax beans, snow peas, and green and wax bean mixtures. GreenLine, which growns a majority of its own bean crops, processes and distributes its beans from six facilities located in Ohio, South Carolina, Nevada, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania.

J&J Snack Foods Corp. is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of an expanding variety of nutritional, popularly priced, branded niche snack foods and beverages for the food service and retail supermarket industries. The Company is listed on the NASDAQ exchange as "JJSF", and serves both national and international markets. Giving you a brain-freeze and a little mustard on the corner of your mouth, J & J Snack Foods offers savory and sweet items, including SUPERPRETZEL soft pretzels and ICEE frozen beverages. It makes frozen desserts and juice treats (Luigi's, Mama Tish's), churros, and funnel cakes (Tio Pepe's). The company sells cookies under the brand name Mrs. GoodCookie and CinnaPretzels (licensed from Cinnabon). J & J is also the licensed manufacturer of Minute Maid's soft frozen lemonade and frozen juice bars. Its customers include foodservice operators and retail food outlets; J & J also owns four company-owed retail shops, BAVARIAN PRETZEL BAKERY and PRETZEL GOURMET, all located in the mid-Atlantic region of the US.

Butterball, LLC, is the largest U.S. turkey producer. Smithfield Foods owns 49 percent of the company, a joint venture with Maxwell Farms, Inc., of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Formerly Carolina Turkeys, the company adopted the Butterball name in acquiring the brand in October 2006. The celebrated Butterball name is the most widely recognized brand in the turkey industry and carries more than a half century of brand equity. Primary lines of business include whole turkeys, cooked turkey breasts, turkey sausages, ground turkey, lunchmeat, and fresh tray pack, bone-in and boneless turkey. Available through retail, deli, and foodservice channels, Butterball products are sold in approximately 20 countries.

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