E.D. Smith & Sons is one of Canada's leading jam, pie-filling, and ketchup manufacturers. It also makes barbecue and pasta sauces, fruit topping, mayonnaise, salsas, and syrups. E.D. Smith & Sons company's products are offered under the E.D. Smith brand, as well as under private labels to grocery stores, foodservice suppliers, and industrial food manufacturers throughout North America. Family-owned for four generations, E.D. Smith was acquired by US-based TreeHouse Foods in 2007.

Givaudan SA is a Switzerland-based Company engaged in the fragrance and flavor industry. Givaudan Company has three divisions: Flavor, Fragrance and Innovation. The Flavor division creates flavors for beverages, sweet goods, savory and dairy products, as well as ingredient systems. The Fragrance division is engaged in creating fragrance ingredients, fragrances for air care, laundry care, home care products, and fine fragrances, which are used for perfumes and colognes. The Fragrance division has two fine fragrance studios in Paris, France, and New York, the United States. Givaudan Company's fragrance ingredients business focuses on design, production and commercialization of Perfumery raw materials. The Innovation division is engaged in research and development of flavors and fragrances. It also operates a perfumery school. As of December 31, 2009, Givaudan Company had 53 wholly owned subsidiaries in Switzerland, Argentina, Australia and China, among others, and two majority owned subsidiaries.

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.

With over 120 years of brand heritage in the Canadian dairy industry, Parmalat Canada is committed to the health and wellness of Canadians and markets a variety of high-quality food products that help them keep balance in their lives.Parmalat Canada produces milk and dairy products, fruit juices, cultured products, cheese products and table spreads with such respected brands as Beatrice, Lactantia, Astro, Black Diamond, and Balderson. Our employees' continued commitment to quality and innovation has helped Parmalat Canada become one of the largest, most-dynamic food group companies in Canada, employing more than 2,900 people with 18 operating facilities across the country.Our parent company, Parmalat SpA, is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange in Milan under the ticker symbol PLT.

Founded in 1943 by John and Rosellen Griffin, Griffin Industries is one of the largest independent, privately-owned animal and bakery by-product recycling company in North America. Headquartered in Cold Spring, Kentucky, the company continues to grow with the development of new products and services as well as expanding geographic markets. From agriculture-based recycling operations to bakery services, Griffin’s products include fats, oils, proteins, bakery by-products, alternative fuels, methyl esters, leather goods and organic fertilizers. As an innovative leader, these products are synonymous with quality in the pet food, animal feed, industrial/chemical, petroleum, leather and turf industries.

MarketFare Foods company manufactures handheld, ready-to-eat food items including fresh and frozen burritos, sandwiches, and baked goods. Its products are sold in vending machines, as well as in convenience, retail grocery, drug, and warehouse and club stores throughout the US. MarketFare Foods company also serves clients in the foodservice industry. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, MarketFare operates three production plants located in Arizona, Utah, and Virginia. Its brands include AllStars, Bistro to-go, Smiley's Sandwiches, Sonritos, and Old Santa Fe.

Kagome Co. Ltd. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture, purchase and sale of food products. Kagome Company has two business segments. The Food segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of drinks, gifts, food and food products for business, the manufacture and purchase of fresh vegetables, the purchase and sale of agriculture-related materials, as well as the sale of seeds and seedlings. This segment is also engaged in the mail-order business of products of Kagome Company. The Others segment is involved in the logistics and real estate businesses. As of March 31, 2010, Kagome Company had 11 subsidiaries and four associated companies.

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.

The Andersons earns its daily bread on a mix of grains, trains, and corncobs. The agricultural company's main business (and most lucrative at 71% of 2009 sales) -- the Grain & Ethanol Group -- consists of the buying, conditioning, and reselling of corn, soybeans, and wheat, which it acquires from US grain farmers and stores, using a system of elevators and terminals located in the Midwest. But there's more -- the company has five operating segments. In addition to the Grain & Ethanol Group, its other segments are the Plant Nutrient Group, the Retail Group, the Turf & Specialty Group, and the Rail Group. The Andersons has operations in seven US states, as well as rail-leasing interests in Canada and Mexico.

The global company processes, imports, exports, and trades fresh, frozen, and cured fish; frozen shellfish; and other seafood and meat products. Its offerings include salmon, cuttlefish, crab, lobster, and octopus. The company also purchases and sells fresh produce from Mexico. Agritec Americas' wholesale customers include food processors, hotels, and resorts.

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