Mention "Sara Lee" and everyone thinks cheesecake, but the North American Retail segment of Sara Lee Corporation can fill your tummy in other ways too. In addition to its frozen cakes, pies, and cheesecakes, the subsidiary manufactures packaged deli meats and cheeses and frozen baked goods. It has a plate full of sausage brands (Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farms) and a string of hot dog and lunch meat brands (Ball Park, State Fair), making it a major US meat processor. Its bakery brands include its famous frozen cheesecake. Sara Lee North American Retail also offers the one-cup, at-home brewing system, Senseo.

Springfield Creamery, Inc makes and markets organic cultured dairy and soy products under the Nancy's brand name. Springfield Creamery sells its natural yogurt, cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream, cream cheese, and other products through natural foods retailers such as Whole Foods and Wild Oats, nationwide. President Chuck Kesey and his wife Sue started the family-run company in 1960.

"Essence of taste" is the literal translation of "AJI-NO-MOTO," which is a trademark and brand name for the monosodium glutamate (MSG) product manufactured and marketed by Japan's largest seasoning maker, Ajinomoto. In addition to MSG, the company makes foodstuffs, such as HON-DASHI flavor seasonings, AMOY sauces, Knorr soups (in Japan) and beverages (Blendy bottled coffee and Evian bottled water). Ajinomoto also manufactures and sells aspartame (the sweetener used in NutraSweet). The company is a top producer of lysine and other amino and nucleic acids used in sweeteners, nutritional supplements, and animal feeds, and it has a growing pharmaceutical operation.

Founded in 1938, Oskaloosa Food Products quickly developed a strong reputation for exceptional quality. We have gained international acclaim as a premier provider of egg products to the food industry. Our passion has been to produce excellent food products and services. As a team that lives and works in one of America’s richest farmland environments, we are uniquely positioned to lead our industry while defining its standards for quality and excellence. Today Oskaloosa Food Products is a state-of-the-art, environmentally conscious producer of the highest quality products found in the food industry. All of our processes are designed around HACCP and Total Quality Concepts with strict adherance to clearly defined procedures. The end result is a full line of exceptional egg products that are not compromised with respect to quality, value and overall excellence.

For 55 years, Rudolph Foods’ commitment to excellence has been passed from generation to generation, just like their love for flavorful, traditional pork rinds snacks. In 1955, John Rudolph learned of an untapped market for pork rinds and the Ohio entrepreneur quickly launched his own company producing pork rinds from smoked bacon rinds. Two years later the company would face its first big challenge, the meat industry no longer smoked the rind on the bacon. Under pressure to save their fledgling business, John’s wife, Mary, put her home economics background to work and invented a revolutionary process the company still uses today.With Mary’s surefire recipe and John’s leadership, Rudolph Foods became a snack industry success story. Since then, John and his sons have continued to dramatically expand their business and the family tradition. Today, the company has six facilities in the United States and three International ventures. With over 350 employees, Rudolph Foods has launched into new areas of the snack food industry while maintaining its presence as the nation’s leading producer of pork rinds and cracklin snacks.

This is a company you ought to link up with. Johnsonville Sausage makes a wide array of top-selling fresh, pre-cooked, and smoked sausage products, including bratwurst, breakfast links and bulk rolls, and smoked and Italian sausage. Its link and bulk meats are sold primarily through retail grocery stores and foodservice operators, but Johnsonville also operates an online store that offers gift packs, cheeses, breads and rolls, and company ephemera in addition to sausage. Johnsonville's sausage is available in about 30 countries worldwide. In the US Johnsonville products can be found on the menu at more than 4,000 McDonald's restaurants.

Since "Yosemite" means "those who kill," it is a fitting name for this meat processor. Yosemite Meat & Locker Service specializes in the slaughter and cutting of fresh pork. The company also offers fresh beef and chicken, along with specialties such as beef tripe, goat, quail, and headcheese. Its brand names include Yosemite, Yosemite Gourmet, and Azteca (aimed at California's large Latino population). The company's customers include Hispanic and Asian supermarkets, as well as restaurants and carnicerias (Mexican meat markets) located primarily in California and Nevada.

Turtle Island Foods, Inc. was founded in 1980 by president and CEO Seth Tibbott. Turtle Island Foods, the stuffed tofu roast, available with or without all the fixin's, is the non-meat-eater's alternative to a traditional Thanksgiving feast. The frozen dinners, as well as Turtle company's other vegetarian, organic soy-based products (deli slices, sausages, burgers, franks, jerky, tempeh), are sold at food co-ops, health-food stores, and other grocery outlets, as well as to foodservice companies across the US. Despite the scoffing Turtle company and its products produce in carnivores, sales have been good: Turtle Island sold its 1 millionth tofurkey in 2006.

LongDa Foodstuff Group Company processes fruits and vegetables, grains, meats, and fish for sale domestically and for export. Its products include flour, freeze-dried foods, frozen fruits and vegetables, noodles, peanut oil, processed pork, prepared foods, and soy sauces. Other subsidiaries include agricultural support companies, a 20-store chain of supermarkets, a furniture and wood work manufacturer, a paper and plastic packaging factory, and a slaughterhouse. Many of the LongDa operations are joint ventures with companies from Japan and Singapore.

At Vitasoy, our aim is to promote quality of life through a wide range of great-tasting and nutritional products. In fact, consumer well being is our first and most important priority. We are also a forward-looking, innovative company, a reliable employer and a responsible corporate citizen.

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