Sudzucker knows you can't get blood from a turnip, but it definitely knows you can get zucker (sugar) from a beet. Producing some 5 million tons of sugar a year, the company is one of the world's largest sugar producers. Sudzucker and its partially owned affiliate, AGRANA, and subsidiaries, Raffinerie Tirlemontoise and Saint Louis Sucre, make frozen entrees and pizzas; bakery additives such as fruit concentrates, starch products, and sugar substitutes; food-portion-control containers; and bioethanol. Southern German beet farmers control Sudzucker's largest shareholder, Suddeutsche Zuckerruben-Verwertungsgenossenschaft ("SZVG"), which holds more than 55% of company shares.

Morton International company is the #1 consumer salt maker in the US and sells industrial and consumer salts from under a big umbrella held by a little girl in a yellow dress. Along with Morton's familiar grocery products (table, kosher, and canning salt), the company also makes consumer and professional salt for controlling ice on roads and water conditioning; it also manufactures salts for the foodservice and food-manufacturing industries. In addition Morton owns the Canadian salt company Windsor Salt. Formerly a subsidiary of Rohm and Hass, Morton Salt was sold to to Germany's K+S in 2009.

Autogrill Belux NV was founded in 1974 and is based in Merelbeke, Belgium. As of October 20, 2006, Autogrill Belux N.V. is a subsidiary of Autogrill SpA. Autogrill Belux N.V. operates as a catering group in Europe. The company operates in two divisions, Motorway Services and Airport Catering. Motorway Services division operates motorway restaurants in Belgium and Luxembourg. Airport Catering division concentrates on operating catering outlets in various European airports, including Brussels, London, Lille, Bale-Mulhouse, Stuttgart, and Hamburg.

As one of the world's largest sausage-casing makers, Devro helps its customers get more banger for their buck, and sees them through the wurst of times. But it doesn't take extra guts to get the job done as Devro makes casings from animal collagen. The company's collagen casings and films are sold worldwide under the Coria, Cutisin, and Devro brands to food and meat processors to hold together ham, hot dogs, sausage, and other processed meats. The company also supplies products for use in the healthcare and cosmetics industry. Devro's products are sold in the Americas, the Asia/Pacific, and Europe.

Founded in 1919 as a Dutch sugar manufacturer, CSM makes and distributes food products and ingredients for food processors, food retailers, and institutional foodservice operations worldwide, although half of its sales are in the US. CSM is a leading producer of bakery products and ingredients, including bread and pastry mixes, margarines and emulsifiers, fruit- and non-dairy-based fillings, icings, glazes, and frozen dough. Its biochemical division, PURAC, makes lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, and lactides, which it distributes to food, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies. CSM has operations in 25 countries.

In 1971 Sanford Winery and Vineyards discovered an overlooked, grape-growing treasure in the Santa Rita Hills. Recognizing a magical combination of climate and soil conditions much like those in France's famed Burgundy province, Sanford planted the area's first Pinot Noir in its Sanford & Benedict vineyard.Pinot Noir has thrived in the Santa Rita Hills ever since, and so has Sanford Winery. The pioneering winery's Pinot Noir ranks among the best and most distinctive in the world. And Sanford's leadership helped put Santa Barbara and the Santa Rita Hills on the map of the world's great wine regions. Certified as an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in 2001, today the area is renowned for its Chardonnay as well as Pinot Noir. The Santa Rita Hills AVA is 100 square miles of heaven for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and Sanford's estate vineyards - Rancho La Rinconada and Sanford & Benedict - lie within it. Sanford relies exclusively on these vineyards for its luscious, signature Pinots.The area owes its magic to an unusual east-west mountain valley that runs from the vineyards to the Pacific Ocean. This passage allows a meteorological ebb-and-flow between the mountains and the sea that is ideal for cool-climate varietals.

Paragon Vineyards owns a winery and vineyard in the San Luis Obispo area between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The company makes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Port, and Syrah wines under the Baileyana label. The Paragon vineyards operate under the Firepeak name, which also is the namesake for a second line of Baileyana wines. Other labels include CADRE, tangent, and trenza. Bottles can be ordered online from those states that allow such shipments to be made directly to consumers. Baileyana wines are also available through distributors in about 35 states and for export to Europe, Canada, and Asia. Part of the Niven Family Wine Estates, Paragon was founded by Catharine and Jack Niven in the 1970s.

Vita Food Products, Inc. engages in the processing and sale of herring, cured, and smoked salmon products and other complementary specialty food products primarily in the United States. The company’s products include pickled herring in cream and wine based sauces, as well as lox and nova salmon. It also provides other specialty food products, such as cream cheese with salmon, shrimp cocktail, horseradish, cocktail sauce, and tartar sauces, as well as refrigerated seafood. Vita Food Products markets its seafood products under the Vita, Elf, and Grand Isle brand names. The company, through its subsidiary, Vita Specialty Foods, Inc., manufactures and distributes honey and Vidalia onion-based salad dressings under the Virginia Brand name. In addition, it offers gourmet salad dressings and beverages under the Oak Hill Farms brand name; and hot sauce-based products under the Scorned Woman brand name. Further, the company provides rubs and spices, condiments, dressings, gifts, dessert toppings and syrup, marinades, snacks, tea concentrates, and wing sauces. It offers products through a national distribution network of food brokers to supermarket chains and wholesale clubs, as well as to institutional/food service operations, such as restaurant chains, hotels, country clubs, cruise lines, and other bulk purchasers.

Kettle Foods, Inc. which was founded in 1978, was acquired by snack foods maker Diamond Foods in 2010. Kettle Foods company produces all-natural, hand-cooked chips. Kettle firm also manufactures and sells tortilla chips, roasted nuts, trail mixes, and nut butter spreads. Whereas in the past, Kettle Foods' products were only available in natural food stores, Kettle Foods company has extended its market reach in recent years by moving into mainstream supermarkets. Kettle's products are available throughout North America, as well as in Asia and Western Europe.

Set up in 1964 as a joint venture with UK-based James Finlay and Company to develop value-added tea, the Tata Tea Group of Companies, which includes Tata Tea and the UK-based Tetley Group, today represent the world's second largest global branded tea operation with product and brand presence in 40 countries. Among India's first multinational companies, the operations of Tata Tea and its subsidiaries focus on branded product offerings in tea but with a significant presence in plantation activity in India and Sri Lanka. The consolidated worldwide branded tea business of the Tata Tea Group contributes to around 86 per cent of its consolidated turnover with the remaining 14 per cent coming from Bulk Tea, Coffee, and Investment Income. The Company is headquartered in Kolkata and owns 27 tea estates in the states of Assam and West Bengal in eastern India, and Kerala in the south.

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