Ventura Foods, LLC is a joint venture between CHS and Mitsui & Co. that was formed in 1995. Ventura Foods is one slick company. Its branded and private-label products include salad oils, shortenings, margarine, butter and butter blends, pan coatings, liquid butter alternatives, mayonnaises, salad dressings, fruit glazes and more. Ventura Foods company also makes soup and flavor bases and concession items such as popcorn popping oil. It sells its products to foodservice operators, other food manufacturers, and retail food stores in the US and abroad. Ventura's consumer brands include Marie's Dressing, Dean's Dip, Gold 'n Soft margarine, and LouAna Oils.

Tree of Life was founded in 1969. Tree of Life, Inc. markets and distributes natural, organic, ethnic, and gourmet food products in the United States, the Caribbean, and Canada. It offers nutritional supplements, personal care products, organic water crackers, organic tofu and cheese, tuna, soy and peanut nut butter, juices, canned beans, oil, popcorn, and wine and beer. Tree of Life company’s products also include frozen cherries, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, and vegetables. It sells its products through a network of supermarkets, independent retail stores, and drugstores.

The year is 1924. Tucked away in a small rock home on a quiet road in a small rural Texas town called Mansfield, Mildred Dalton is busy in her kitchen making pastries and pies. Her husband, Jessie Otis Dalton, operates a one-room grocery store in Fort Worth, Texas. Each day he takes to work with him more of her pastry creations and merchandises them alongside other food items for sale. Times are tough and extra money is needed. Mildred and Jessie have 3 children to care for. Mildred is using a lot of egg whites for pastry meringues, but hardly any of the leftover egg yolks, so she decides to use the egg yolks and begins making homemade mayonnaise.Before long Mildred's mayonnaise is a best seller in the Fort Worth grocery store and a favorite amongst family friends. In fact it is such a hit that neighbors begin to pay for it, and grocery store customers call in orders ahead of time to make sure that product is available. Mildred decides to compliment the popular mayonnaise by making an equally impressive homemade sandwich spread. This item, however, requires pickle relish as a main ingredient. As such, a relish supplier is secured but he soon raises prices to what are considered ridiculously high levels. Jessie and Mildred are left with no other option but to plant a pickle patch in their home garden. The ensuing harvest is so abundant that the family begins packing pickles.

The family-owned business was founded in 1908 and is currently backed by investment firm Intracorp Capital. Holtzinger Fruit company (which also does business as C.M. Holtzinger Fruit) markets, packs, and ships conventional and organic apples, cherries, pears, and other produce to wholesale customers, including grocery chains, brokers, distributors, and exporters. Based in Washington, it is the sales agent for growers in the northwestern US, including Snokist Growers and Oregon Cherry Growers. Holtzinger has a licensing agreement to sell fruit in North America under the Green Giant label. Other brands include Royal Purple, Regal Red, and Blue Ribbon.

Van's International Foods company makes and markets specialty frozen waffles, including Belgian, mini, organic, and wheat-free varieties. It also makes frozen French toast sticks, pancakes, panini, and "breakfast in a pocket" wraps. Van's International sells its traditional, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free products nationally through natural foods retailers and grocery stores. Van's products are sold throughout the US at food retailers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Costco. Van's International Foods company is owned by Connecticut-based investment firm, Catterton Partners.

Moy Park, one of Northern Ireland's largest food processors, supplies private-label fresh, processed, and value-added chicken to food retailers and foodservice distributors in the UK, France, and other parts of Europe. It entered the turkey market by buying local O'Kane Poultry in 2010. Moy Park's agricultural arm operates hatcheries using chicks from Aviagen. Its Moy Park Foodservices division offers frozen onion rings, breaded mushrooms, tempura-battered vegetables and fried cheese bites ideal for pubs and restaurants. The company has operations in Northern Ireland, France, and England. Moy Park was founded in 1943; Chicago-based meatpacker The OSI Group sold it to Brazil's Marfrig in 2008.

Burke Corporation's products are top of the line. They top off pizzas, pasta, and tacos. The company makes cooked meat products for use by other food manufacturers, foodservice companies, and restaurants. Burke's meats include breakfast patties, chicken strips and pieces, shredded beef, meatballs, Mexican-style meat fillings, and pizza toppings (beef and pork crumbles and pepperoni). Its brands include Premoro (Italian meats), Tezzata (Mexican meats), and MagniFoods (specialty meats). The company also provides bulk packaging and custom formulation services. Burke was acquired by Hormel Foods in 2007.

Alaska Sausage and Seafood Company is known for our smoked seafood, including our popular line of delicious smoked salmon, as well as our gourmet Alaskan sausages with reindeer meat. Let your friends, family, or clients 'taste the best' of these Alaskan treats with one of our gourmet gift packages.Whether you're looking for sausages with reindeer meat and other gourmet sausages, fine smoked wild salmon or halibut, or gourmet gift packages from Alaska, you'll find only the best at alaskasausage.com.

Natural Selection Foods took root on a three-acre raspberry farm. Today it's a leading supplier of packaged organic salads to retailers and foodservice operators nationwide. Natural Selection Foods company's more than 100 different products, which also include organic fruits and vegetables, juice, cookies, and granola, are sold in 75% of US grocery stores under the Earthbound Farm brand name. Natural Selection's growers operate some 33,000 certified organic acres in the US (Arizona, California, Colorado, and Washington), Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand. In 2006 the California company recalled its fresh spinach and salad mixes containing spinach, which were the subject of an FDA nationwide recall due to an outbreak of E. coli.

Steinbeck County Produce is owned and operated by the Huntington Family. The Huntington’s family’s roots run deep in the Salinas Valley soil, and Steinbeck company is one of the few remaining family-run agricultural businesses in the Salinas Valley. In 1949 Lou Huntington, Sr. began farming tomatoes, potatoes, sugar beets and onions in Soledad, CA. His son, Lou Jr. joined him in 1963 after graduating from California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo with a degree in Ag Business. The business grew and the products grown changed, with asparagus, lettuce and mixed vegetables added to the deal. Land along the Salinas River from Salinas to Soledad was acquired over time, and the third generation of Huntington’s graduated from college and began working for the company.

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