Angostura doesn't mind taking the bitter along with the sweet. In addition to producing cognac, rum, gin, and vodka, the company is best known for its line of bitters, a liquid ingredient used in many cocktail recipes. The company also produces Bloody Mary seasoning and a line of soy, Teriyaki, and Worcestershire sauces. In addition, Angostura manufactures fuel ethanol. Company founder Dr. Johann Siegert developed the recipe for aromatic bitters in the Venezuelan town of Angostura in the first half of the 19th century; it was originally used to treat stomach ailments.

Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of food, and household and institutional cleaning products in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Lam Soon company’s food products include flour, edible oils, and vegetable fats for catering industries and consumers. Its cleaning products comprise liquid dish washing detergents, laundry powders, liquid laundry detergent, fabric softeners, and floor cleaners. Lam Soon company offers its flour products under the American Roses, Golden Statue, Super Locomotive, Crown, and L'arce De Triomphe brand names; oil products under the Knife and Red Lantern brand names; and detergent products under the AXE, Labour, and Pow brand names. In addition, it provides trucks rental service; warehousing and logistics services; Internet marketing services; trustee services; and silo facilities, as well as involves in property holding.

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.)

Schulze and Burch Biscuit Co. which invented the saltine cracker in 1949, was founded by German immigrant Paul Schulze, Sr., in 1896. Schulze and Burch Biscuit company makes and markets toaster pastries under its Toast'em Pop-ups brand, as well as for private- and branded-label customers. It also makes Snackin' Fruits pastry bars, and it offers contract manufacturing for such food items as cereal bars, granola bars, breakfast cereal, crackers, and fruit snacks for other food companies. Schulze and Burch Biscuit operates two manufacturing facilities in the Chicago area.

While homemakers are busy making chapati, roti, and pooris, Food Corporation of India (FCI) stays busy managing India's grain supplies. FCI buys and markets wheat and rice for the Indian government, purchasing both domestically grown and imported grains, keeping the stockpiles in its own warehouses. Through periodic sales, FCI controls and manages the domestic grain supply, regulating the market prices for those commodities. It also provides some of its stores of grain to government-subsidized food programs, and it builds up buffer stocks to meet any food crisis. One of Asia's largest companies, FCI operates under the direction of the Indian government's Food Ministry. It was founded in 1965.

Want Want China Holdings Limited is known for its rice crackers; brands include Hot Kid and Want Want. The company also makes other snack foods such as roasted nuts and seeds, ice pops, candy, and jellies. It offers beverages as well, including aseptically packaged milk, canned sodas, and teas, along with other milk products such as yogurt drinks. Want Want also makes wine, sake, and distilled liquors. The Chinese market in the country's mainland interior accounts for most of the company's sales, but Want Want also sells its products in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Qualy Pak Specialty Foods, Inc company has been in business since 1978 and is owned and managed by the founding Cigliano family. Qualy Pak Specialty Foods have both fish and quality on their minds. The California company owns a fleet of fishing vessels whose crews ply the waters of the Pacific Ocean and operates a processing facility that handles the catch of the day. Qualy Pak markets and ships frozen packaged and unpackaged seafood, including tuna, bonito, mackerel, sardines, and squid, to wholesale customers worldwide.

Premium Brands is an important link in the food-industry chain. Its deli meat, sausage, and convenience foods are sold in Canada under the brands Grimm's, Bread Garden, Harvest, Hygaard, McSweeney's, and Quality Fast Foods. Premium Brands company supplies its products to major food retailers through traditional grocery distributors. However, its Direct Plus Food Group is one of the largest direct-to-store distribution networks in western Canada and delivers to smaller grocery retailers, convenience stores, and gas stations. Premium Brands company boasts some 25,000 customers and has operations in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as the state of Washington in the US.

Red River Commodities' products may include sunflower seeds, but they're not just for the birds. Red River company manufactures and markets standard and organic grain and seed products, including oils, to be used for consumption as food for people and as bird food. Its products include in-shell sunflower seeds, sunflower kernels, millet, flax, soybeans, kidney beans, poppy seeds, and caraway seeds. Red River Commodities also makes butter from sunflower seeds. Its bird food products are sold under the Valley Splendor brand. Red River Commodities boasts production facilities in North Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, and Texas. The seed producer also owns a plant in the Netherlands.

Founded in 1988, ITI Tropicals is owned by president Gert Van Manen. ITI Tropicals packs a lot of fruity flavor into not very itty-bitty packages. ITI Tropicals company imports tropical fruit purees, concentrates, waters, essences, and other products, focusing on banana, coconut, guava, mango, papaya, and passion fruit. It also carries more exotic fruits such as mangosteen, mora-berry, acerola, lulo, tamarind, and guanabana. ITI distributes its products, which come in frozen or aseptic packaging and range in size from 5-gallon pails to 220-gallon drums, to food manufacturers throughout the US.

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