Instant noodles for an instant world. That's how New Dragon Asia Corp. sees it. Formerly a grain and oil processor, the company now provides instant noodles (Long Feng brand) to the growing market of the on-the-go Chinese middle-classes. Although the company produces more than a billion packages of instant noodles each year, the product line accounts for only about one-fourth of New Dragon's sales. The bulk of its sales (55%) comes from wheat flour, with the rest coming from soybean powders. New Dragon Asia operates eight manufacturing plants, which together have the capacity to produce some 110,000 tons of wheat flour, approximately 1.1 billion packets of instant noodles, and 4,500 tons of soybean powder.

yffes plc is an Ireland-based company. Fyffes Company is a marketer and distributor of tropical produce globally. It operates in two operating divisions: tropical produce activities and property activities. The property activities comprise 40% investment in Blackrock International Land plc (Blackrock). The tropical produce division is an integrated distributor of tropical fresh produce, comprising bananas, pineapples and winter season melons. The activities include the production, procurement, shipping, ripening, distribution and marketing of these products. Fyffes Company’s subsidiaries include Banana Importers of Ireland Limited, Bernard Dempsey & Co Limited, Brinton Investments Limited, Elders & Fyffes Investments, FHBV Investment Company, Fyffes Bananas North America Limited, Fyffes Fruit Procurement Limited, Fyffes Banana Processing Limited, Fyffes Personnel Services Limited, Fyffes Secretarial Services Limited and Fyffes Investment Holdings.

For those who want the buzz without the bitter taste, there is Halewood International, maker of sugary, bubbly alcoholic drinks. In the UK Halewood International annually sells some 40 million bottles of Lambrini, a fizzy pear drink described by one retailer as the illicit drink of British housewives. In its bottling plant near Liverpool, Halewood churns out a variety of alcopops, designed to be drunk by twentysomethings who don't like the taste of alcohol. Alco-popularity has led to a string of successes like the firm's Caribbean Twist and Red Square offerings as well as forays into the spirits and wine market. Halewood International is owned by its chairman, John Halewood.

Spangler Candy Company is a family-owned private company manufacturing candy since 1906. Our products include lollipops, candy canes, and marshmallow candies. Spangler Candy Company manufacture and market the licensed brand names of Jelly Belly, Shrek, Sour Punch, Smarties, and Cinnabon on select candy cane items. Spangler Candy Company produces 10 million Dum Dums and about 3 million candy canes a day, which are sold throughout the US and worldwide. In addition to its own brands, it also makes products for some of the world's largest candy companies. It has licensing agreements with Disney (for Disney-character candy) and Jelly Belly Candy (to make jelly-bean-flavored candy canes). Spangler Candy was founded in 1906 by Arthur and Omar Spangler, whose family still owns the company.

Butter Buds Food Ingredients have made it possible with their dairy enzymes. Snack manufacturers can even spray its beer flavoring on pretzels! What's next, milk flavors? Well, as a matter of fact, that's one of the company's product offerings -- Milk Buds. Others include include its namesake Butter Buds, as well as Bacon Buds, Cheese Buds, Cream Buds, Cream Cheese Buds, Buttermilk Buds, Cocoa Butter Buds, and Olive Oil Buds. For even more beer taste, the company offers Dried Beer Extract, which can be used to flavor batters, sauces, marinades, dips, and snacks. Butter Buds is owned by Cumberland Packing.

C&F Foods, Inc. was founded in 1975. C & F Foods, Inc. originates, packs, distributes, and exports dried beans, peas, rice, and popcorn. It offers dehydrated beans, instant rice, rice mixes, beans and peas, organic products, and recipes, as well as contract packaging services. C&F Foods also offers double cleaned, triple cleaned, and pre-washed products to distributors, regional distributors, and restaurant chains. It offers its products and services to retail, food service, canning, and frozen food manufacturing industries internationally.

Idaho Fresh-Pak, also known as Idahoan Foods, manufactures a number of different dehydrated potato products under the Idahoan brand for sale in retail food outlets and foodservice businesses across the US. Its products include instant mashed potatoes, hash browns, scalloped and au gratin potatoes, as well as potato ingredients such as flakes, shreds, and slices. Idaho Fresh-Pak's foodservice potato products are marketed and distributed by J.R. Simplot. In addition to potatoes, the company's foodservice products include frozen fruit, vegetables (from asparagus to zucchini), value-added pasta mixes, and microwaveable pancakes.

Busken Bakery operates a dozen bakery stores in the Cincinnati area known for schnecken, a kind of cinnamon roll that is a regional favorite. The bakeries also make cookies, coffee cakes, and pies, as well as donuts, muffins, several varieties of bread, and custom-made cakes. Its products are also sold through Remke Markets, a regional supermarket chain. In addition, Busken Bakery offers catering services and provides baked goods for fundraising efforts. Joe Busken Sr. started the family-owned company in 1928.

United Food delivers on the notion of convenient hot and cold drinks and meals. United Food Group markets and distributes powdered beverages, soup mixes, and dispensers to foodservice operators. It provides flavored cappuccino mixes and brewing machines (under the Victorian Inn label), hot soup and cereal dispensers (Perfect Servings), and frozen or cold drink dispensers (Cool Cafe Chillers). United Food Group also sells horchata mixes, a sweetened rice milk beverage from Mexico. Customers include merchandisers, vending companies, convenience store distributors, grocery stores, and office supply stores.

The first company of the CEDC Group, Carey Agri, was founded in Poland in July 1990. The company’s founders were William O. Carey, Jeffrey Peterson and William V. Carey, the current President and CEO of CEDC. In February 1991, Carey Agri became the exclusive importer of Foster’s and Grolsch beers, as well as Anheuser Busch products, for the territory of Poland. Thanks to the initial success in the distribution of Foster’s beer, which is still exclusively licensed in Poland to Carey Agri, the company quickly expanded its offerings and added other beers from Europe and the U.S. Most of the sales in this period were to wholesale distributors in Poland.

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