Fiorucci Foods brings traditional Italian deli meats to a US audience. The company produces and sells Italian specialty meats -- including salami, prosciutto, pepperoni, and pancetta -- along with its very own aged-in-Oak-barrels balsamic vinegar to retail food customers and restaurants throughout the US. Its products are sold in supermarkets or delivered to foodservice operators. Fiorucci Foods is the US subsidiary of Italian deli meat company, Cesare Fiorucci, which was founded in 1850 and expanded into the US market in 1985. Cesare Fiorucci, formerly a family-owned firm, is 65% owned by investment firm, Vestar Capital Partners.

Founded in 1978, the DeBruce Companies are a growing $5 billion organization currently ranked 56th on the Forbes 500 list of private companies. It is the 4th largest privately held company in Kansas City, Missouri. DeBruce continues to be an innovative and aggressive industry leader, and ranks 7th in North America with storage capacity in excess of 140,000,000 bushels.

"Essence of taste" is the literal translation of "AJI-NO-MOTO," which is a trademark and brand name for the monosodium glutamate (MSG) product manufactured and marketed by Japan's largest seasoning maker, Ajinomoto. In addition to MSG, the company makes foodstuffs, such as HON-DASHI flavor seasonings, AMOY sauces, Knorr soups (in Japan) and beverages (Blendy bottled coffee and Evian bottled water). Ajinomoto also manufactures and sells aspartame (the sweetener used in NutraSweet). The company is a top producer of lysine and other amino and nucleic acids used in sweeteners, nutritional supplements, and animal feeds, and it has a growing pharmaceutical operation.

United Sugars Corporation company is a marketing cooperative of Midwestern beet and sugar cane producers, and it provides a distribution system to help its member companies get their products to food manufacturers and retailers. In addition, United Sugars offers information for sugar users about the different forms sugar takes (granulated, powdered, brown, and liquid) and identifies which types of sugar work best in industries such as baking, beverages, and prepared foods. United Sugars is made up of American Crystal Sugar, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, and U.S. Sugar.

Mr. R. William "Bill" Becker owns Peace River Citrus Products, Inc., which owns two processing plants with a total processing capacity of 18 to 20 million boxes. The Arcadia plant started production in November 1994 and the Bartow plant began production in November 2003. After selling his part of a family citrus business in 1991, Mr. Becker began studying the future of the Florida citrus industry. This study indicated a lack of citrus processing facilities in the new citrus growing region of Florida.The Peace River Citrus Products, Inc. Arcadia plant was built in the town of Arcadia, Desoto County, Florida. Arcadia was chosen because it was positioned in the center of the new growing region and there were no processing plants within 50 miles. Mr. Becker furthered his position in the citrus processing industry with the purchase of the plant in Bartow, Polk County, Florida in October 2002. The plant in Bartow will process both oranges and grapefruit (white and red) while the plant in Arcadia will primarily be dedicated to processing oranges. The mission of Peace River Citrus Products, Inc. is to produce the highest quality citrus products, market them at competitive prices, provide superior customer service, and maximize returns to Florida citrus growers. With this mission in mind, Mr. Becker maintains his processing facility with state of the art equipment utilizing a cost efficient layout.

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There's quite a larder up in this TreeHouse. The company is one of the US's largest producers of private-label and branded pickles (Farmans, Nalley's, Peter Piper, and Steinfeld). Pickle sales accounted for 20% of TreeHouse Foods' 2009 sales. Its non-dairy creamers (Cremora and Mocha Mix) are also top sellers, ringing up about 22% of sales in 2009. But its big 2009 seller (by a mere 1%) was its soup (mostly private label) and infant feeding segment (Nature's Goodness and private label). The company also manufactures aseptic (shelf-stable) and refrigerated foods, including cheese sauces, marinades, condiments, jams, puddings, and the branded liquid egg substitute, Second Nature.

Latham Seed Company provides genetically superior varieties of soybean seed to farmers in the upper Midwest, including Iowa and parts of Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Soybean brands sold include Roundup Ready and CystX. The company was founded in 1947 by Willard Latham. It remains family-owned and -operated. Its newly formed sister company, Latham Hybrids, specializes in seed corn.

Aaahhhh ... Bacon... Now that we have your attention, you'll want to know that Nueske's Meat Products slow-smokes pork bellies over applewood for 24 hours to make a bacon that's in hot demand. The company also produces hams, sausage, and poultry products, which it sells to foodservice and retail food customers. Nueske's meats and specialty gift foods are also available directly to consumers through its mail order catalog and Web site. R.C. Nueske began to market meats using his family's Old World recipes to Wisconsin customers in 1933. The company distributes its products both nationally and internationally.

Let's hear a shout for Royal Schouten Group's efforts in animal nutrition and biofuel. The group operates through several companies. Schouten Ceralco supplies soy, corn, palm oil, grains, and other products to the food, feed, and bio-energy markets. Its ColzaOil unit distributes rapeseed oil and other bio fuels by ship and truck for consumers across Europe. Schouten Products develops and produces vegetable-based ingredients, including toasted soya, tapioca, and corngluten meal, that are used to produce animal feed.

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