Gruma Corporation has it all wrapped up. With operations in the US and Europe, the company manufactures and distributes more than 20 varieties of corn flour, corn tortillas, and related products, such as tortilla chips. Gruma's brand name offerings include Mission and Guerrero tortillas and Maseca corn flour. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mexican food company Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V. and accounts for the majority of its parent's revenue. It produces about 1.3 million tons of corn flour and tortillas every year, and its products are available in some 30,000 US stores. In 2008, Gruma Corporation saw sales dip slightly for the first time in years.

Chickens are always on the menu at this company. Perdue Incorporated is one of the largest poultry (chicken and turkey) producers in the US. The company operates live production and processing facilities in about 15 US states through its some 2,250 contracted poultry farmers. The Perdue Farms division processes and packs 3 billion pounds of chicken and 268 million pounds of turkey a year. Perdue sells poultry through retail food outlets and to foodservice customers, most of which are located in the eastern half of the US; the company also exports worldwide. Its Perdue Agribusiness unit processes grain for animal feed and pet food ingredients, makes vegetable oils, and manufactures fertilizer and renewable fuel.

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.

At Smart Balance, we believe that there is simply no reason for your lifestyle to be compromised by harmful trans fat and hydrogenated oils. It's just too easy to replace them with better options.Our company has been marketing buttery spreads and other foods for more than 25 years. We originally created Smart Balance® Buttery Spreads to bring you the benefits of a remarkable blend of polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated fats that can improve cholesterol through dietary means* (Add FN). Since then, Smart Balance® Buttery Spreads have won three consecutive Best Taste Awards from the American Culinary Institute** (Add FN), and the hearts of our health-conscious customers nationwide. At Smart Balance, we continue to look for innovative ways to improve your favorite foods. We avoid trans fats in all of our foods naturally--you will never find partially hydrogenated or fully hydrogenated oils. We also offer many products with the proper ratio of fatty acids and numerous products that are reduced in fat or saturated fat. For the few full fat products in our portfolio, we incorporate functional ingredients that you likely may be missing in your diet. See our Food Plan for tips on how to incorporate our products into a healthy diet that is low in saturated fat and cholesterol that along with exercise can support heart health.

Springfield Creamery, Inc makes and markets organic cultured dairy and soy products under the Nancy's brand name. Springfield Creamery sells its natural yogurt, cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream, cream cheese, and other products through natural foods retailers such as Whole Foods and Wild Oats, nationwide. President Chuck Kesey and his wife Sue started the family-run company in 1960.

Black Star Farms, which calls itself "An Agricultural Destination," operates a winery and distillery, a fresh produce farm, horse stables (which can accommodate up to 13 horses), and an eight-room bed-and-breakfast inn. It also offers event planning at its facilities. Black Star's winery produces Arcturos brand white wines (pinot blanc, pinot gris, chardonnay, and reisling); red wines under the Leorie and Red House labels (merlot, pinot noir, and cabernat franc); as well as fruit wines and fruit brandies (apricot, apple, pear, and cherry). Also operating onsite is the Leelanau Cheese Company, an creamery that makes European-style cheeses made from cow's milk. The northern Michigan company was founded in 1998.

Farmer-owned Prairie Farms Dairy has provided the freshest, highest quality dairy products for over 70 years. Our brand following is substantial as a leader in the dairy market. Over 700 farms strong, the knowledge and dedication of Prairie Farms’ farm families is represented in our full line of retail and foodservice dairy products. Prairie Farms network of local manufacturing plants and branch offices enables highly efficient, dairy fresh distribution throughout Mid-America and the South. From farm to family... Prairie Farms’ foundation is built upon products of uncompromising quality.

The market for vegetarian-fed, hormone-free beef is quite the cash cow for Meyer Natural Angus. After acquiring Coleman Natural Foods' beef division and Laura's Lean Beef, Meyer Natural Angus is now one of the top producers of natural beef (i.e., fed a grass- and grain-only diet, using no hormones or antibiotics) in the US. Its meat comes from the 43,000-acre Meyer Company Ranch in Montana and 200 contracted Red Angus cattle ranchers across the US. Processing about 10,000 head of cattle every month, Meyer's sells its fresh and frozen ground beef, bulk and pre-formed patties, fresh and frozen steaks and cuts, and dry-aged steaks throughout the country.

Tri-Marine International, Inc. engages in the fishing, trading, processing, marketing, and supply of tuna and tuna supply-related services to the tuna brands, processing plants, and fishing companies in the United States and internationally. Tri Marine International company offers albacore tuna; skipjack and yellowfin tuna, as well as bigeye and bluefin tuna light meat products; frozen cooked and clean tuna loins, including skipjack, bigeye, and yellowfin products; finished tuna products; and anchovies, squid, sardines, and mackerel wet fish products. It also provides production planning, voyage planning, logistics, trading, quality assurance, financing, and consultation and development services.

We may get our minerals from beef, pork, and poultry, but cows, pigs, and chickens get their minerals from Zinpro. The company is a leading maker of trace mineral supplements for animals. Used to assist in healthy growth, reproduction, disease resistance, trace minerals such as chromium, copper, manganese, and zinc, are becoming an integral addition to livestock diets. Zinpro offers some 20 different mineral supplements under the Availa name. It also offers a line of Zinpro dog food. The company operates two manufacturing plants in the US. Its products are distributed worldwide. The company's first supplement, Zinpro 40, was developed in 1971 by the late Dean Anderson, who founded the company that same year.

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