E. & J. Gallo Winery brings merlot to the masses. The company is one of the world's largest winemakers, thanks in part to its low-end jug and box brands, including Carlo Rossi and Boone's Farm brands. The vintner owns seven wineries and some 15,000 acres of California vineyards; it also contracts with other growers to meet its supply demands. It is the leading US exporter of California wine, selling its some 60 brands in more than 90 countries across the globe. Among its premium wines and imports are those of Gallo Family Vineyards Sonoma Reserve and the Italian wine Ecco Domani. For those who prefer a little more kick to their imbibing, Gallo offers a number of distilled beverages, including brandy and gin.

Hodgson Mill company touts its use of grinding stones (rather than the steel blades that the big companies use) to mill a variety of grains, including wheat, oats, rye, and corn. The Missouri mill was built in 1837; company founder Alva Hodgson purchased the mill after its second rebuilding in 1882. Hodgson Mill products include flours, flax seed, couscous, cereals, bread and baking mixes, batters, and non-gluten and soy products. It has added wholewheat and veggie dried pastas to its offerings, which are available at retail food outlets nationwide.

The Carriage House Companies manufactures store-brand food products including jams, jellies, pasta, sauces (barbecue, cocktail, Mexican, pasta, seafood), peanut butter, salad dressings, and flavored and table syrups. The Carriage House also does contract packaging, offering such services as global sourcing, market analysis, vertical integration, shipping, warehousing, and delivery. The Carriage House's products are available in retail food and foodservice outlets worldwide. The Carriage House company's subsidiary, Beverage Specialties, is the maker of Major Peter's and JERO non-alcoholic drink mixes. The Carriage House Companies is a subsidiary of Ralcorp Holdings.

Georges Monin makes flavored syrups for use in foods and beverages. Established in 1912 in France and through three generations of the Monin family, Georges Monin company has produced syrup ingredients in a variety of flavors, including as strawberry, toffee nut gourmet, piña colada, watermelon, gingerbread, and white chocolate. In addition, Georges Monin company manufactures a line of flavored liqueurs and coffee and tea concentrates. With key operations in France and the US, Georges Monin's products are available in more than 22 countries.

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.

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. engages in cultivating and harvesting oil palm trees, and processing fruit bunches into crude palm oil and palm kernel in Indonesia and internationally. Golden Agri-Resources company owns, operates, and manages oil palm plantations and mills and refineries, as well as operates an integrated deep sea port and storage facilities. It produces a range of domestic and international refined branded products, such as cooking oil, margarine, butter oil substitute, shortening and fats for end-customers, restaurants, hotels and cafes, as well as industrial markets. As of December 31, 2008, golden agri resources company had a total planted area of approximately 392,000 hectares, 3 refineries, and 5 kernel crushing plants. Acquisitions In 2008, golden agri resources company acquired Eco Investment Limited and PT Soci Mas.

Fred Rubschlager founded the Rubschlager Baking Corporation in Chicago in 1913 as a neighborhood, full-line bakery called Rubschlager Brothers Bakery. All five Rubschlager brothers were at one time or another involved with Rubschlager Brothers Bakery. Rubschlager is still a family-owned business, located in Chicago, Illinois with distribution throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.Best-known for their Cocktail Breads, now available in four varieties, Rubschlager also produces a quality line of European-style breads in styles known as "Squares" and "Rye-Olas." The Squares, dense and fairly smooth in texture, are available in seven varieties. The Rye-Olas are a group of four breads made with 100% chopped, whole rye, in a style usually produced only in Northern Europe. Additionally, the company produces dinner rolls (both individually wrapped and bulk), Giant loaves (ten-pounds), sandwich breads, and a line of half-loaf Cocktail Breads in controlled atmosphere packaging for use in gift baskets. Rubschlager’s Natural Preferences® line of breads and toasted mini-chips are made with all-natural ingredients. All Rubschlager products are certified kosher, pareve, by the Orthodox Union.Rubschlager breads are usually sold in the deli section of supermarkets and specialty stores, although they may be sold at the in-store bakery or from the commercial bakery shelf. Rubschlager is generally distributed to retail and food service customers by deli and specialty distributors.

PinguinLutosa is a Belgium-based company that specializes in the development, production and sale of frozen vegetables, potato products and ready-to-use culinary preparations. The Group also produces and sells fresh pre-cooked potato products. The Company's activities are divided into two operating segments: the potato division, accounting for 47.99 % of total revenue in 2009, and the frozen vegetables division, accounting for 52.01 % of total revenue. The Company has six vegetable production sites situated in agricultural areas in Europe (West- Flanders, Southern France, Norfolk and Lincolnshire, United Kingdom) and two production sites in Belgium (Leuze-en-Hainaut and St. Eloois-Vijve), with three production companies located at these sites. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Germany, China, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Japan, Austria and Brasil, among others.

Belvedere delivers velvety vodka. The company was founded after the fall of the Berlin Wall to promote the virtues of premium vodka made in Eastern European countries. Belvedere no longer makes its original namesake brand, which it named in honor of the presidential palace in Warsaw; it sold the rights to the brand in 2001. The company's flagship vodka is the rye-based Sobieski. Belvedere makes and sells Sobieski and other spirits, including William Peel whiskey, in frosted-glass bottles designed to emphasize their luxury quality. The company also distributes wine and spirits in the US, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. In 2009 Belvedere filed for bankruptcy protection and emerged from it the same year.

Brewed since 1615 Grolsch has never been a beer to do things in half measures, always sticking to its beliefs and consistently producing a result of passion and perfection.1676 a young apprentice rocked the foundations of how beer should be made. Peter Cuyper, against all conventional brewing wisdom decided to add a second hop to the mix. This one hop changed everything giving Grolsch a unique bold and happy taste. Now a beer existed which had one hop for aroma and one for taste.

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