Chupa Chups (pronounced "choopa choops") might be hard to say, but its products just roll off the tongue. A Spanish confectioner, the company makes some four billion lollipops a year and it offers more than 100 different flavors. The company produces Smint Xylicare "dental" candy, which it claims protects teeth from cavities, as well as Cremosa sugar-free strawberry and cream-flavored lollipops. It also licenses the Chupa Chups brand to makers of clothing, footwear, and personal care products. Founded in 1958 by Enric Bernat, Chupa Chups was owned and run by the Bernat family until 2006, when it was sold to leading Italian confectioner Perfetti Van Melle.

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad ("KLK"), a leading Malaysian plantation company, traces its origin back to 1906 when The Kuala Lumpur Rubber Company, Limited ("KLR") was set up in London to oversee some 600 hectares of rubber plantation, including some coffee, planted in Malaya, (now Malaysia). By 1960 through various acquisitions, the hectarage increased to 29,843 ha. covering Malaya, Indonesia and Nigeria. KLR's interests in Indonesia and Nigeria was disposed off in 1973 and 1976 respectively. Kuala Lumpur Kepong has a hand in everything from rubber gloves to lotion. The diversified company's plantation unit consists of 210,000 hectares (more than 500,000 acres) in Malaysia and Indonesia, which grow palm oil, rubber, and cocoa. Its subsidiary Crabtree & Evelyn sells personal care items worldwide; its Standard Soap unit makes private-label toiletry products that are sold in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the US. The company's Masif Lates unit makes rubber gloves for household and industrial use and its BKB Hevea operation makes engineered hardwood flooring. The company also manufactures oleochemicals and specialty chemicals through KLK Oleo, and has operations in property development.

Peachy Canyon is a small family owned winery in beautiful Paso Robles on the Central Coast of California. The winery has been owned and operated by the Beckett Family since 1988. Experience the best the Westside has to offer. Come by and sample our award-winning zinfandels and other acclaimed varietals.Become a member of the "Old School House Wine Club" so you can start saving 30% off today and take home wines you can't get anywhere else. We hope to see you soon!

When it comes to vino, Ravenswood Winery prefers rosso. The company's red Zinfandel is its top seller, but it also produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, and other red and white wines. Ravenswood buys most of its grapes from third parties and its wines are sold in the US and abroad through retailers, restaurants, and online. Known for its complex wines, the company's brands include value-priced Vintners Blend, mid-priced County Series, and higher-end Vineyard Designate. Ravenswood Winery was founded by Joel Peterson and W. Reed Foster in 1976; it is now owned by wine behemoth, Constellation Brands.

Tofutti's ice cream like pint size desserts have been available around the country for years. But did you know that the man, David Mintz, who put the fun back in ice cream also makes a wide variety of other dairy-free soy based products? But there are others like our dairy-free Better Than Cream Cheese & Sour Supreme that can add a tasty soy enriched lift back into your recipes. Then there are our 3 old fashioned totally nondairy soft chew cookie favorites: Chocolate Chip cookies, Oatmeal Raisin, and Peanut Butter. And of course, there is our totally dairy free pizza called Pizza Pizza.

DUDA has been around the block -- er, the vegetable chopping block. In business for some 80 years, A. Duda & Sons (DUDA) grows and markets fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as value-added produce products. The company sells its produce to retail and foodservice customers through it shipping and import/export operations. Its main offerings include celery (DUDA is one of the world's largest celery producers), radishes, lettuce, onions, and sweet corn, as well as citrus fruits, all sold under the DANDY label. DUDA also grows and processes sugarcane and sod and has cattle operations. Its Viera division develops and manages commercial and residential properties in Florida.

PM Beef Holdings is a leading processor and supplier of meat products to consumers, retailers, and foodservice operators. Its PM Beef Group supplies private-label and branded (Nature's Pride and Angus Beef Preferred Stock) case-ready beef to food retailers, as well as other specialty meat products for restaurants and other hospitality operators. The company also sells a variety of steaks and other beef cuts direct to consumers through its Web site. It has operations in Minnesota and Virginia. PM Beef was started in the 1990s by billionaire John Kluge (founder of holding company Metromedia) and James Ukrop (Ukrop's Super Markets).

D. D. Williamson is one of the world's leading manufacturers of caramel colorings, which used for tinting such products as beer, bread, yogurt, and pet foods. D. D. Williamson company makes more than 100 varieties of colorings used by food and beverage makers around the world, including soft drink maker Coca Cola. D. D. Williamson also makes other natural coloring ingredients in a rainbow of colors used to create dairy products, dressings, sport drinks, and other foods and beverages. D. D. Williamson company has operations in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Clarkson Grain Company, Inc. was founded in 1974 by the Clarkson family. Clarkson Grain is a grain, oilseed, and ingredient supplier to the food manufacturing and animal-feed industries. It procures its raw materials -- crops (corn and soya) from farmers in the US and Canada. Clarkson operates grain elevators, conditioning and processing plants, storage warehouses, and a barge station. Its products include corn and soy flours, masa, meal, refined soy oil, lechitin, whole grains, and organic and non-GMO grains and oilseeds. They are shipped to customers throughout the world by road, rail, and water.

PPB Group Berhad was incorporated in Malaysia in 1968 with the initial business of sugar cane cultivation and refining. It was subsequently listed on the then Stock Exchange of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in May 1972 with an issued and paid capital of RM15 million. Today, PPB Group has grown into a major conglomerate with assets totaling RM15.1 billion as at 31 December 2009 and has positioned itself to be a dominant player in the grains trading, flour and animal feed milling industry as well as downstream activities including livestock farming, food processing and consumer products distribution. FFM Group owns and operates a total of four (4) flour mills in the country and one (1) each in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. FFM Group supplies more than 40% of the country's flour requirements. PPB is also the single largest shareholder owning 18.4% equity interest in one of Asia's largest integrated agribusiness groups, Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) which operates in more than 20 countries with primary focus in Indonesia, Malaysia, China, India and Europe. Wilmar has over 250 processing plants and an extensive distribution network for its products which are delivered to more than 50 countries globally.

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