Michigan Sugar is the largest beet-sugar processor east of the Mississippi. The agricultural cooperative is owned by some 1,250 beet-sugar farmers who purchased the company from Imperial Sugar in 2002. Michigan Sugar manufactures both private-label and branded consumer, foodservice, and industrial products. Its sugars include granulated, confectioner's and brown sugar, along with molasses and liquid sucrose. It also manufactures sugar by-products such as beet pulp, which is used for animal feed and fertilizer. Michigan Sugar's flagship brand is Pioneer Sugar, but the company also sells to institutions under the name Big Chief Sugar.

Land O'Frost makes meat sandwich-worthy. The family-owned company manufactures lunch and deli meats (beef, chicken, turkey, Canadian bacon, and ham) under the DeliShaved, Land O'Frost, Taste Escapes, and Premium brand names. Land O'Frost customers include food retailers, food processors and foodservice companies across the US. It also provides meat-derived ingredients to other food manufacturers and bulk products to foodservice providers. The company operates three plants, one each in Illinois, Arkansas, and Kentucky. Land O'Frost was founded by Antoon Van Eekeren in the 1950s and is still owned and managed by his descendants.

California Dairies, Inc. is the number one dairy cooperative in the number one dairy state in the United States. California Dairies, Inc. is the result of a successful 1999 merger of three of California's most financially successful cooperatives; California Milk Producers, Danish Creamery and San Joaquin Valley Dairymen. All three cooperatives were rich in tradition and established their roots back near the turn of the 20th century. California Dairies, Inc. is owned by 620 California dairymen who ship over 18 billion pounds of milk to be sold and processed annually. These members have over $130 million of equity invested in the Company. The Company has sales of $3.5 Billion in all 50 states and 52 foreign countries. The owners have dairies located from San Diego County in the south to Marin County in the north. Most of the milk supply is located in the San Joaquin Valley from Kern County to San Joaquin County.

Malee Sampran Public Company Limited was established in 1964. Malee Sampran Public Company makes and distributes canned fruits and vegetables, fruit juices, and other beverages. Canned pineapple and sweet corn, pineapple juice concentrate, and milk are among its most popular product offerings. Malee Sampran primarily sells its products within Thailand but also markets them globally through distributors and directly to customers. Malee Brand foods and juices are sold in more than 20 countries through subsidiary Malee Enterprise.

Golden West Nuts is a grower-processor of California almonds. Golden West owns several almond ranches and also processes almonds from growers throughout California. Established in 1983, our processing facilities are located in Ripon, California. Our retail outlet, The Harvest Shop, is located in Chico, California. Our facilities are equipped with state-of-art processing equipment and utilize industry approved field-to-market quality control procedures.

Jonathan Sprouts is a fresh organic fruits and vegetables supplier that operates as Jonathan's Organic. Jonathan Sprouts, Inc. was founded in 1976 as an alfalfa-sprout grower. Today it sources organic produce from farmers in the US, as well as from Canada, Europe, Israel, Mexico, South Africa, and South America. Jonathan Sprouts was certified in 2002 as a "fair trade" company, paying higher prices to Third World suppliers of organic bananas and grapes. Jonathan Sprouts company partners with Organic Farm Foods of the UK, which owns 51% of Jonathan Sprouts; the remainder is owned by company officers.

Mooney Farms is owned and operated by the founding Mooney family. Mooney Farms company plants, grows, and harvests tomatoes and then uses them to make Mediterranean food items, including sun-dried tomatoes and pesto. Mooney company's products include jarred tomato halves, julienne-cut tomatoes, herbed olive oil, risotto, marinades, and dried-tomato sauces under the Bella Sun Luci, Summer's Choice, Basque Norte, and Carne Asada labels. Its customers include retail, private-label, foodservice, industrial, gourmet food, and food manufacturing companies.

The Hirzel Canning Company is a can-do kind of business. Located in Toledo, Ohio, the firm packs and distributes canned tomato and sauerkraut products under the brand names Dei Fratelli (tomatoes, salsas, pasta, pizza, and sloppy Joe sauces, and tomato soup and juice). To top your brats, Hirzel also makes Silver Fleece brand sauerkraut. Its products are sold through grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the Midwestern, Central, and Southeastern US states. The family-owned business was founded in 1923 by Carl R. Hirzel, who started out selling sauerkraut from wooden barrels. Today Hirzel's food products are sold in cans, glass, and flexible packaging.

J.W. Judson bought part ownership of the company and constructed a new factory on a part of the old Judson Ranch, which is now South Flores Street. In the 30's Judson added a starch department and started manufacturing candies with jelly and creme centers such as fruit drops, orange slices, jelly beans, and easter eggs. Mr. Judson started experimenting, trying to make a more tart jelly bean, and ended up inventing the "sour", one of the company's most popular items. J.W. Judson's sons purchased the company from Mr. Jenner and in 1945 changed the name to Judson Candies. Mr. Judson's son George Jr. then invented another popular item, the chewy praline. Pralines used to be prepared by scooping up the batter with an ice cream scooper, however that process was mechanized using an electronic depositor developed by Southwest Research Institute.

Pull up a chair and join in the festival of flavors with Lulu’s Gelatin Desserts. It has become quite a spoon spectacular since Lulu first began. The party started out small; it was just Lulu making her mom’s gelatin recipe. Lulu was the first to turn ready to eat gelatin into a main event. Spoons went crazy for it. The party grew so big that Lulu couldn’t handle it alone and had to call in help from established markets and wholesale distributors.Lulu wanted everyone to enjoy her festival of flavors. She kept making more and more varieties; it was a carnival of colors with acts of 3-layer gelatins and fruit parfaits. Lulu made dessert sized gelatin for groups of spoons, and individual sizes for spoons on the run. Lulu also packed gelatins in festive packs of wild new colors and flavors. The spoons couldn’t stay in their seats, have you ever seen a spoon dance of joy? Lulu’ spoon spectacular is still going strong and it’s coming to your town soon! Since 1982, nationwide people have been climbing aboard her gelatin carousel.

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