SALOV was founded in 1919 and remains in the hands of the Fontana family. Salov North America imports and markets Filippo Berio brand olive oils and red wine vinegar made by its Italian parent company, Societa per Azioni Lucchese Olii e Vini (SALOV). Filippo Berio enjoys a 20% market share in the US, where it is available at major retailers. SALOV also markets Filippo Berio in the UK, where it has an 18% market share, and it sells oils under the Sagra brand in Italy. Besides the US, Filippo Berio olive oils are distributed to 60 countries worldwide.

Purcell Jojoba International company then processes the trees' nuts into oils, esters, and beads so they can be used in consumer products such as lipstick and other makeup. The oil is also used in the making of shampoos and conditioners, moisturizers and shaving lotions, self-tanners and lip balm, cuticle softeners, nail oils and hardeners, baby lotions, oils, and items for the bath. Purcell Jojoba International company grows more than 750,000 trees on 2,000 acres in Arizona and produces 12,000 drums of jojoba oil a year. Purcell's customers include some of the leading manufacturers in the consumer-products sector.

Luckey Farmers, Inc. estabished in 1919 is a Grain Marketing and Farm Supply Cooperative located in Northwest Ohio, with facilities in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Wood Counties.Luckey Farmers is a result of several mergers, consolidations and acquisitions currently serves approximately 2000 members with Grain Marketing, Plant Food, Seed, Feed, General Farm Supplies, and Petroleum products. Our Seed and Feed feature our patented Gro-Mor line of products. Current facilities consist of 9 Grain locations, 9 Agronomy facilities, a Feed Manufacturing Plant, Seed Processing Facility, 3 Cardtrol Petroleum Stations and 4 Fuel Delivery Trucks to service farm, home and light industry.

Eh, what's up, Doc? What's up is the crop at Bolthouse Farms. The company is one of the country's largest producers of fresh-cut carrots. Bolthouse offers all things carrot, including fresh and frozen whole carrots, carrot sticks and chips, carrot (and other) chilled juices and smoothies, and those cute little pre-cut and pre-peeled baby carrots for both retail consumers and foodservice industry customers. Its other products include orange juice, passion fruit juice, fruit smoothies, chai tea, Bom Dia açaí juice, and lemonade. The company also makes a line of Bolthouse Farms-branded salad dressings. Bolthouse Farms grows its carrots year-round and ships more than 35,000 tons of Bugs' favorite every month.

Japanese pro baseball fans know the Nippon Ham Fighters, the team owned by Nippon Meat Packers (NMP). NMP, in turn, knows meat. The company is one of Japan's top beef-, pork-, and chicken-processing firms. Its meat business comprises all stages of production, from raising the animals and making their feed to processing the meat to delivering it to customers. In addition to fresh meat, NMP makes ham, sausage and deli meat; it offers dairy foods (including Luna brand yogurt and foodservice cheese) and ramen noodles. Its marine farming activities supply toppings and fillings for foodservice sushi. NMP makes probiotic beverages and a health drink, called Celeb no Jikan, made from pig placenta.

There's quite a larder up in this TreeHouse. The company is one of the US's largest producers of private-label and branded pickles (Farmans, Nalley's, Peter Piper, and Steinfeld). Pickle sales accounted for 20% of TreeHouse Foods' 2009 sales. Its non-dairy creamers (Cremora and Mocha Mix) are also top sellers, ringing up about 22% of sales in 2009. But its big 2009 seller (by a mere 1%) was its soup (mostly private label) and infant feeding segment (Nature's Goodness and private label). The company also manufactures aseptic (shelf-stable) and refrigerated foods, including cheese sauces, marinades, condiments, jams, puddings, and the branded liquid egg substitute, Second Nature.

Atkinson Candy Company has a family tradition of making candy since 1932. Located in Lufkin, Texas, the company is known worldwide for its fine quality candy, including some of the best peanut butter and peppermint candies available. "Naturally, we're Texas proud," says President Eric Atkinson, "but our candy is sold all over the world." Each piece bears our family name, so we take pride in its quality and never compromise when it comes to our products. Our candy is made using only the finest ingredients, and we work diligently to ensure it reaches you at the peak of perfection.

Compass Group UK & Ireland is a leading contract foodservices and catering business that offers corporate dining services, concessions operations at sports stadiums, and fine dining at a number of conference venues. Compass Group also has foodservice operations at schools and healthcare facilities, as well as at military bases and remote locations such as off-shore oil rigs. It operates through such subsidiaries as Eurest, ESS Support Services, and Chartwells. Its Facilities Management Catering unit offers hospitality services at sporting events including Wimbledon. Compass Group UK is a division of Compass Group, the world's largest contract foodservices provider.

Athenix is a leader in agricultural and industrial biotechnology. We are a company of highly motivated, uniquely skilled people. We have rapidly built the infrastructure necessary to discover new genes and to develop them into products that meet real customer needs.Athenix is committed to improving crop productivity, to delivering innovative products to farmers and to securing a sufficient supply of food, feed, fiber and biofuel for a growing world population.Saying a type of corn is transgenic doesn't mean that it likes to dress up as a soybean, but Athenix can explain all that later. The company develops enhanced plants, microbes, enzymes, and processes. It produces genes and proteins with traits such as insect and nematode resistance and herbicide tolerance, as well as developing transgenic plants for increased crop production. Athenix sells its genes, proteins, transgenic organisms, and other biological goodies to scientists involved in other life-sciences sectors, including those who develop agricultural and specialty chemicals, feed and seed, and energy production. The company was acquired by Bayer CropScience in 2009.

Nordzucker AG was formerly known as Zuckerverbund Nord AG and changed its name in 1998. Nordzucker AG is based in Braunschweig, Germany. Nordzucker AG produces and sells sugar made from beet in Europe. Its products include industrial and household sugar; sugar by-products, including sugar beet pellets; molasses that is used to enhance the nutritional content of feed, as well as used in yeast and alcohol industry, or by feed manufacturers; and bee feed for honey producers. Nordzucker AG also produces bioethanol from sugar beet. It offers its products to the food processing industry, chemical or pharmaceutical industries, retailers, and end users.

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