Heinz Canada is a subsidiary of the the US's H. J. Heinz Company. As in the US, the Canadian operation makes Heinz Ketchup for your burger and vegetable sauces for your peas. Its other sauces and condiments include barbecue, chili, Worcestershire, and Heinz 57. As if that weren't enough, the company's offerings include canned beans and salad cream (big favorites in Canada, as well as the UK), tomato juice, and for the little ones among us, baby food, baby cereals, and toddler food.

Whether it's simmered for hours using grandmere's recipe or popped in a microwave, Group Doux hopes chicken will be on tonight's dinner table. The company is among the largest poultry processors in Europe, serving both the retail grocery sector and the foodservice and food-manufacturing industries. Along with chicken and turkey, the company also processes rooster, duck, guinea fowl, quail, rabbit, goat, and kid. Its products include fresh meats and further-processed frozen entries, snacks, and sausages sold under the Doux, LeBon, Pure Dodu, and Frangosul brands. With operations in Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, Group Doux markets its products in more than 130 countries around the world.

From seed veggies hanging on the vine, Hartung Brothers does it all. The agribusiness company produces seed corn and vegetable crops (cucumbers, peas, snap beans, sweet corn, beets, greens, and carrots) at farms in Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Hartung Brothers subsidiary H&N Logistics offers vegetable, fertilizer, and machinery transportation using its fleet of 100 trucks. Twin brothers Don and Dan Hartung (president and vice president), formed the company in 1975 while they were still in high school. In 2009 the company sold its fertilizer division to The Andersons.

Since its foundation in 1928, Itoham has followed its company policy of “Service to Society Through Business” by providing meat and processed meat products. As these products are an important source of the animal protein that we need as part of a healthy diet, our business has helped to improve the food lifestyles of people who consume our products. To this end we will continue to uphold the trust that the public places in us as a company that is responsible for food by implementing a comprehensive compliance system to improve our product quality management. At the same time, we remain committed to fulfilling our responsibilities as a member of society through environmental preservation, community-oriented initiatives and food awareness programs.

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.

The Peanut Roaster business had its beginnings in 1949, when the Monahan family began roasting and selling peanuts at their restaurant; eventually, the restaurant closed and the business morphed into its current Peanut Roaster form; the Monahans still own and manage it. The Peanut Roaster offers a variety of nutty snack foods. The Peanut Roaster company's products include raw, roasted, honey-roasted, gourmet, and chocolate-covered peanuts; whole cashews; frosted pecans; pistachios; almonds; and nut mixes. Through its Web site, The Peanut Roaster sells nuts packaged in tubs, gift boxes, and collectable tins. The company also operates three retail stores in North Carolina and also sells through mail-order.

At the Wensleydale Creamery we pride ourselves on the quality and authenticity of our products. We are dedicated to ensuring all of our cheeses are made using traditional recipes that have been handed down through the generations. Skill and art is applied to all our products through the handcrafting process and all our cheeses are matured naturally to give the perfect flavour balance.

Sara Lee mixes it up. And we're talking more than Ms. Lee's cheesecake recipe here. The parent company underwent a major restructuring in 2005 and one result was the creation of Sara Lee International Beverage and Sara Lee International Bakery. The operations oversee the non-US coffee, tea, and bakery business (bread, buns, rolls, specialty breads, refrigerated doughs, and frozen desserts) of Sara Lee in Australia, Brazil, and Europe. Its major beverage brands include Douwe Egberts, Senseo, and Caf� do Ponto; its top bakery brands are Ortiz, BonGateaux, and Sara Lee.

Knouse Foods company is a growers' co-op made up of some 125 Appalachian Mountain and Midwestern grower/members. It processes its members' apples for sale as canned and bottled applesauce, juice, cider, vinegar, apple butter, pie fillings, and snack packs, all of which are available nationwide. In addition to stocking supermarket shelves, Knouse, founded in 1949, supplies foodservice operators and industrial-ingredient companies with apple products. It also offers private-label and co-packing services.

PYCO Industries is a member-owned cooperative with cottonseed oil mills located in Lubbock, Texas. Used by food manufacturers and other foodservice companies, its oil is shipped to customers across the country. The coop also markets whole cottonseed as well as such byproducts as cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal used in livestock feed. Cottonseed linters, another byproduct, is used by manufacturers for mattresses and upholstery padding, as well as in the paper and plastics industries. PYCO boasts more than 60 cotton gins in the southern US.

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