MGP Ingredients puts the proof in the bottle and the texture in most everything else. The company processes wheat flour into food ingredients, such as wheat proteins and wheat starches used by other manufacturers. By-products from this process are mixed with corn and made into a variety of alcohol products that are used in distilled beverages, foods, and fuels. MGP also makes plant-based polymers for use in place of petroleum-based plastic items, such as disposable cutlery and CD cases, and a wood-composite resin used to make decking material. MGP is in the process of changing itself from a commodities provider to a maker of value-added food and non-food ingredients. It has operations in Kansas and Illinois.

Gerber's more than 200 baby offerings include the almost ubiquitous glass jars of baby food. Gerber Products company, which had its beginnings in 1927 in Dorothy Gerber's kitchen, also makes baby cereal, juices, and toddler food, along with baby bath and skin care products, bottles, teethers, pacifiers, breastfeeding accessories, spill-proof cups, and infant toys. Its Gerber Life Insurance Company offers various whole and term life products. Gerber feeds, soothes, and amuses babies worldwide.

At Dynamic Confections, we love candy! For the past two decades, we’ve made a tradition of searching out small, unique candy companies and heritage brands and adding them to our family. The result is a one-of-a-kind candy company including: Kencraft, Maxfield’s, and Dynamic Chocolates. From our product designers to candy artisans and even the folks in Sales, we’re all on the same page: create top quality chocolates and unique, hand-crafted candies that people love. Dynamic Confections is headquartered near the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Purcell Jojoba International company then processes the trees' nuts into oils, esters, and beads so they can be used in consumer products such as lipstick and other makeup. The oil is also used in the making of shampoos and conditioners, moisturizers and shaving lotions, self-tanners and lip balm, cuticle softeners, nail oils and hardeners, baby lotions, oils, and items for the bath. Purcell Jojoba International company grows more than 750,000 trees on 2,000 acres in Arizona and produces 12,000 drums of jojoba oil a year. Purcell's customers include some of the leading manufacturers in the consumer-products sector.

Italgrani U.S.A. puts the flour in the fusilli, the pasta on your plate. Italgrani U.S.A. company purchases grain directly from US farmers in the Midwest, as well as through the Grain Exchange in Minneapolis and turns it into durum and semolina flour. Its distributes its products to pasta manufacturers throughout the US. Headquartered in St. Louis, Italgrani operates grain elevators in North Dakota, wheat mills in St. Louis and the Boston area, and a trading operation in Minneapolis (subsidiary Mayco Export). Italgrani U.S.A. is a subsidiary of bankrupt Italian grain producer, Italgrani S.p.A.

Elizabeth Shaw won't mind if you eat that after-dinner mint before dinner. Elizabeth Shaw Ltd. manufactures premium liquor and mint-laced chocolates. Its product line includes truffles and liqueur-filled, as well as its best known -- chocolate mint crisps -- all sold under the Elizabeth Shaw brand. Elizabeth Shaw Ltd.'s boxed confections are sold in supermarkets in the UK and exported widely to other countries The company is owned by Icelandic confectionery company, Nói Síríus. From humble beginnings of Elizabeth Shaw chocolate in a Teddington kitchen, the brand has gone from strength to strength and is now a major household name, on the shelves of virtually every supermarket in the UK and exported widely throughout the World.

an Sebastian Winery, founded in 1996 is located at 157 King Street, St. Augustine, Florida in one of Henry Flagler’s old East Coast Railway buildings located just a few blocks from historic downtown. According to historians, this area is the birthplace of American wine, dating back to 1562.Today, San Sebastian ranks as one of Florida's premium wineries, and remains a pioneer in the development of table, sparkling and dessert wines from hybrid and muscadine grapes. Vintage-dated varietals from hybrids such as Stover and Blanc Du Bois are produced and marketed along with blended and sparkling wines from native Muscadine grapes. Port and Cream Sherry dessert wines are also produced by and sold under the San Sebastian brand. Together, these labels have won many awards for excellence in winemaking, over 300 so far with more to come each season. Every year more than 100,000 people are expected to visit the winery’s extensive tasting room and wine shop. San Sebastian Winery has an overall production of over 80,000 cases, (that’s over 960,000 bottles!). San Sebastian wines are sold at the winery and at major supermarkets and wine shops throughout Florida.

Icelandic UK company imports seafood to the UK from producers in the chilly northern waters of the Faroe Islands, Russia, Norway, Canada, and China. Frozen-at-sea fish, including cod, redfish, and haddock, are processed into fillets on board immediately after being caught for the trip to market. Icelandic UK supplies foodservice wholesalers, mainly local fish-and-chip shops. Launched in 1998, Icelandic UK also imports fish fillets, whole fish, crabsticks, warm-water prawns, and other seafood products under the Icelandic and other brand names. Icelandic UK, Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Icelandic Group.

L&H Packing Company disassembles beef. The company's San Antonio, Texas, facilities produce boneless beef, preserved hides, tripe and other offal products, rendered blood and bone meal, as well as tallow for wholesale distribution. It has the capacity to process more than 260,000 cows per year. L&H Packing was founded in 1963 by Al Leonard and Dwayne Harral and is still owned and operated by the Leonard family. In business since 1979, L&H's sister company, Surlean Foods, provides chicken, pork, and beef entrees along with soups, sauces, marinades, and rubs to the foodservice industry.

Cooperative Terrena takes Gallic farmers from farm to market and back again. The cooperative (formerly Groupe CANA, or Cooperative Agricole La Noelle Ancenis) and its subsidiaries supply 30,000 farmer-members in western France with animal feed, fertilizer, seeds, and fuel. The co-op also operates retail stores that sell gardening supplies and items for the do-it-yourselfer. Cooperative Terrena markets beef and mutton through its Soviba division; it markets poultry through Gastronome. The cooperative's dairy brands are sold under the Laita brand (mass market), Epi-Ingredients (food industry), and Ovipac (catering). Cooperative Terrena also makes wine for member grape growers.

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