RiceTec company researches, develops, and markets hybrid rice seed for use in North and South America. Farmers are familiar with its CLEARFIELD brand hybrid rice seed. Grocery shoppers know its RiceSelect brand of grain-based side dishes and specialty rice. RiceSelect consumer products include Texmati, Jasmati, and Kasmati aromatic rices, as well as couscous, orzo, risotto, and sushi rice. RiceTec company is owned by the royal family of Liechtenstein. (Liechtenstein is a small European country located between Austria and Switzerland.)

Tate & Lyle -- one of the world's largest makers of white and raw cane sugar -- will soon have to look elsewhere. Headquartered in London, Tate & Lyle makes sugar by-products such as molasses used in animal feed, and sugar and high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, and starches used in foodstuffs. It is a top supplier of sucralose, the no-calorie sweetener sold in some 50 countries worldwide under the brand name SPLENDA. Serving multiple sectors, Tate & Lyle's customers include manufacturers in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, industrial, and animal-feed industries. The firm is exiting the Sugars business to focus on value-added Specialty Food Ingredients.

Indiana Packers Corporation has grown from a start-up operation in 1991 with a production capacity of 4,200 hogs per day to a leading processor of premium pork products in the United States with a current daily production capacity of 16,800 hogs. Indiana Packers Corporation, with continuing modernization and upgrades is one of the newest pork processing facilities in the United States. In order to maintain a leadership role and to improve product quality and service, Indiana Packers has recently invested over a hundred million dollars in new construction and plant improvements and continues to look for opportunities to insure the production of safe, premium, high quality pork products.The Company’s dedicated workforce of over 1,700 people prides themselves in their work, their products and the customers they know they serve. Their workmanship is recognized and appreciated by our domestic customers and our global export customers alike. In addition to the offerings of fresh pork, at Indiana Packers Corporation you will find a variety of smoked meat products such as ham, bacon, and sausage that fits your retail and food service needs. These products are also enjoyed not only in the United States but in a number of global markets as well.Indiana Packers Corporation is a true Midwest processing facility centered in the heart of the Corn Belt. By housing its corporate offices, sales, processing and shipping all in one centralized location, the oversight of production operations and product quality is shared by the entire management team, further serving the needs of our customers.

The Warrell Corporation began as Pennsylvania Dutch Candies in 1965. A specialty candy manufacturer, distributor, and marketer, the company sold its products to the specialty gift trade across the country. Today, Pennsylvania Dutch Candies operates as a unit of The Warrell Corporation and continues to supply more than 4,000 retail accounts across the United States with over 1,000 specialty candy and snack items. Today, The Warrell Corporation’s central strategic objective is to develop long-term contract manufacturing partnerships with the world’s top food companies. Our business model, management focus and experience are based upon this principle. Family owned since 1965, significant capital investment has been made year-after-year to expand and improve our Central Pennsylvania facilities. A successful transition to the second generation of ownership has been made. The management of the company is a mix of family management and well respected outside industry executives. A strong Board of Directors with well-qualified outside directors secures our future.

Established in 1989 Blanchard Valley Farmers Cooperative is a locally owned farmers' cooperative located in Findlay Ohio. BVFC has 13 locations including four agronomy stations, a farm and garden store, and two petroleum locations as well as two seasonal locations to service customers in the areas with grain.A cooperative is owned by the customers, so a membership to BVFC brings benefits such as voting rights and equity returns. BVFC has averaged a 5% increase through grain marketing and operates off of 1% of its total revenue the rest of which is turned over to the members. At BVFC we are proud to put our members first, and always will.

That sweet smell of success might be coming from the ovens at Bahlsen. One of Germany's leading manufacturers of biscuits (or as Americans call them, cookies), the company makes Leibniz butter biscuits, a favorite among consumers since it was introduced in 1891. Bahlsen also makes upscale products such as chocolate-dipped Pick Up! snack bars. With five production facilities in Europe, the company exports products to about 80 countries and offers private-label production services. The family of founder Hermann Bahlsen, led by his grandson Werner Bahlsen, continues to control the company.

Founded in 1926, Jel Sert is still owned by the Wegner family; Charles Wegner (grandson of the founder) is chairman. Jel Sert Co. made its name in the early 1960s with its popular Pop-Ice "stick 'em in the freezer and squeeze 'em out of the tube" treats. Since then it has expanded its product line to include Flavor-Aid and Wyler's powdered drink mixes; Fla-Vor-Ice, Otter Pops and Wyler's Italian Ice freezer pops; and MONDO Fruit Squeezers fruit drinks. As a result of a 2000 purchase from Nabisco, Jel Sert also makes My*T*Fine and Royal pudding mixes. Jel Sert Co. offers contract manufacturing services. Its products are available throughout the US and Canada.

Stapleton-Spence Packing Company was founded in 1951. Stapleton-Spence Packing Company engages in sourcing, packing, marketing, and distributing fruits, fruit juices, dried fruits, and nut products. It offers bulk prunes, bagged prunes, prune concentrate, raisins, dried fruits, and nuts; fruit based industrial products, such as fresh plum puree and plum good plum powder; and prune juice, pineapple and apple juice, cranberry juice cocktail, pomegranate juice cocktail, and concord grape juice. The company also provides contract packing services; fruit dehydration services; and consulting services in the areas of product development, food processing, and raw material processing and marketing. It serves baking, dairy, beverage, and meat industries. The company exports its products to Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, China, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, the Middle East, and Canada.

Certified by the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America, Al Safa Halal is North America's leading provider of Halal -- an Arabic word meaning lawful or permitted -- meats using the Zabiha (hand-slaughtering) process. In addition to fresh beef and chicken, the company offers Muslim communities convenience foods such as processed meats and frozen entrees, including pizza, wieners, and popcorn chicken, all marketed under the Al Safa brand name. Its products are distributed to grocery retailers and foodservice operations throughout North America. Al Safa Halal was founded in 1999 by the Muller family.

These birds breathe the mountain air: Mountaire is a leading supplier of private-label chicken and value-added chicken products to supermarkets and foodservice customers worldwide. The company's chicken production business (Mountaire Farms) maintains breeding and chicken-processing facilities in Delaware, Maryland, and North Carolina. The company sells its products under names such as Black Label (aimed at the foodservice market), Blue Label (wholesale), and Bo-San Roasters (Asian market in the US). Mountaire Grain and Feed produces poultry feeds and operates grain elevators for corn, soybeans, wheat, and barley. Mountaire was founded in 1971, but the company's roots in the feed business date back to 1914.

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