The largest dairy producer in Mexico is now the second largest in the US after it bought National Dairy Holdings and Farmland Dairies in 2009. Lala makes milk (pasteurized and ultra high temperature), cheese, yogurt, cream, butter, juice, and packaged desserts such as gelatin and flan under about a dozen brands in Mexico. In the US, operating as Lala Foods Inc., it offers milk, cheese, sour cream, and yogurt under the Lala and Vive brands, as well as a kids' line called Yomi. Lala operates more than 35 manufacturing plants and 160 distribution centers in Mexico, Central America, and the US. It was founded in 1949 as a dairy collective in Mexico.

Grupo La Moderna SAB de CV is a Mexico-based holding company primarily engaged in the food industry. The Company through its subsidiaries, specializes in the production of wheat and cereal-based products such as pasta, biscuits, flours, instant soups, pre-cooked soups and doughnuts, among others. The Company’s operations are structured in four principal divisions: Mills, Pastas, Packaging and Biscuits. It markets its products, principally in Mexico and the United States, under such brands as La Moderna, De Luigi, La Perla, El Fenix, La Rancherita, Golden Vein, Tres Estrellas and others. Grupo La Moderna holds interests in such subsidiaries as Comercializadora La Moderna de Toluca SA de CV, Corporativo La Moderna, SA de CV, Fabrica de Galletas La Moderna SA de CV, Interamerican Foods Corp and La Moderna Export SA de C V, among others.

You might say this company has a steak in the organic meat business. Dakota Beef is a leading supplier of organic beef and beef products that are free of antibiotics and growth hormones. It sources its beef from certified organic producers and operates a 33,000-square-foot, certified-organic processing plant capable of handling more than 100 head of cattle each day. The company supplies cuts of meat and ground beef to food wholesalers, retailers, and manufacturers including Costco and Whole Foods Market. It also sells beef online to individual consumers. CEO Scott Lively founded the company in 2003.

It's a real place. It's a way of life. And it's a heritage that we work to live up to every day. Its roots are in a special part of the world called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but its appeal is universal and its popularity is spreading. Food is an important part of our life here, and it's always been that way. The Pennsylvania Dutch are famous for home cooking with homegrown ingredients. You can count on Lancaster County meals to be hearty and wholesome, made from scratch, and served with pride. Some people say we save the best for last, with our freshly baked cakes, pies, and cookies — and, of course, any one of the rich, creamy frozen desserts fresh from Turkey Hill Dairy.

You shouldn't drive 55 -- or any other speed for that matter -- after partaking of the fruit of Cabo Wabo's efforts. A holding company formed by rock star Sammy Hagar, the company oversees the marketing and distribution for his 110-proof Cabo Wabo tequila as well as the operations of his Cabo Wabo Cantina. Cabo Wabo's premium line of tequila ages for up to three years in oak barrels before ever seeing the bottom of a shot glass. The bar and restaurant, located in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, offers Tex-Mex and Baja Mexican cuisine, as well as Cabo Wabo tequila, of course. The company also merchandises Cabo Wabo apparel and accessories. It's majority-owned by Davide Campari-Milano, which bought an 80% stake in 2008.

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. is America's favorite candy company, manufacturing and selling some of the world's most popular confectionary brands. Beginning in a modest New York candy store with the Tootsie Roll's introduction in 1896, the Chicago-based company has grown to become one of the country's largest candy companies, with operations throughout North America and with distribution channels in more than 75 countries. Tootsie's brands include some of the most familiar candy names: Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pop, Charms Blow Pop, Mason Dots, Andes, Sugar Daddy, Charleston Chew, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Caramel Apple Pop, Junior Mints, Cella's Chocolate-Covered Cherries, and Nik-L-Nip. They're sold in a wide variety of venues, including supermarkets, warehouse and membership stores, vending machines, dollar stores, drug stores, and convenience stores.

McCormick Distilling is best known for its imported Tequila Rose, a strawberry-flavored liqueur, used as a mixer with tequila. The company also makes and imports a variety of other distilled spirits, including vodka, gin, rum, bourbon, and whiskey. It also makes ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages like the scarily named Tarantula margaritas. McCormick operates a tasting room and gift shop at its headquarters in its hometown of Weston, Missouri. The company, which was founded in 1856, touts its distillery as the oldest, continuously operated distillery in the US.

Mercer Landmark Inc. is a locally owned farm cooperative located in West Central Ohio with 18 facilities in Mercer, Darke, Van Wert, Paulding and Defiance counties. Mercer Landmark is a landmark for farmers and other residents of rural west and central Ohio, and not just because you can see the company's grain elevators from miles away. The company stores and markets corn, soybeans, and wheat; it also offers agronomy services and sells animal feed, seed, poultry litter, diesel, gasoline, propane, and crop insurance. Mercer Landmark operates more than a dozen facilities. It also operates Mercer Soy, a processor of soybeans into high-protein meal and oil for use as animal feed. Mercer Landmark hs been in business since 1933.

These birds breathe the mountain air: Mountaire is a leading supplier of private-label chicken and value-added chicken products to supermarkets and foodservice customers worldwide. The company's chicken production business (Mountaire Farms) maintains breeding and chicken-processing facilities in Delaware, Maryland, and North Carolina. The company sells its products under names such as Black Label (aimed at the foodservice market), Blue Label (wholesale), and Bo-San Roasters (Asian market in the US). Mountaire Grain and Feed produces poultry feeds and operates grain elevators for corn, soybeans, wheat, and barley. Mountaire was founded in 1971, but the company's roots in the feed business date back to 1914.

Beer Nuts company's nut varieties (including original, spicy & hot, bar mix, glazed peanuts, chocolate-covered nuts, almonds, cashews, macadamias, and pecans) do not contain any alcohol. The family-operated company started out as a small confectionery shop in Bloomington, Illinois, in the late 1930s. As their "redskin" nuts (called so because they were made with skins intact) gained popularity, the father-son team of Edward and Arlo Shirk began selling them to local liquor stores and bars. Beer Nuts' snack offerings are now sold in retail food and convenience outlets throughout the US as well as overseas.

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