International Dehydrated Foods was founded in 1982 and is owned by the Darr family. International Dehydrated Foods, also known as IDF, makes meat and poultry ingredients for the food-manufacturing and foodservice industries in the US and in 30 other countries worldwide. International Dehydrated Foods company's products include chicken-, turkey-, and meat-derived ingredients, including frozen and shelf-stable chicken broths; shelf-stable chicken fat; and liquid poultry fats. It also makes spray-dried dehydrated products such as powdered turkey, chicken, beef, and pork broths, powdered chicken and beef fats, and powdered cooked chicken, turkey, and beef. Its sister company, American Dehydrated Foods, manufactures animal-feed ingredients.

Scheid Vineyards, Inc. engages in the production and sale of wine grapes and bulk wine in the United States. It produces 17 varieties of wine grapes, such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, and Syrah. The company also converts a portion of its grapes to wine. In addition, the company provides vineyard management services. The company sells its wine grapes under short and long-term grape purchase agreements to a variety of winery clients. As of December 31, 2005, the company had approximately 5,700 acres of wine grape vineyards located in Monterey and San Benito counties in California. Scheid Vineyards, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Salinas, California.

Founded in 1886, Gonnella Baking makes fresh Italian- and French-style specialty breads for grocers and restaurants in the Midwest. The Chicago-based company also makes frozen dough and fresh baked frozen bread for in-store bakeries and restaurants. Gonnella rolls out a variety of bread crumbs, rolls, and breadsticks for retail sale. From its frozen dough plant in Schaumburg, Illinois, Gonnella ships its in-store bakery and foodservice products throughout the US. Gonnella Baking company has six production facilities total. The Gonnella and Marcucci families own Gonnella Baking.

Amy Sinaiko started Eat Your Heart Out! in 1999. Eat Your Heart Out! makes a line of freeze-dried fruit and vegetable snack foods, including apple cinnamon wedges, peach wedges with mango, and sweet and sour green soybeans. Eat Your Heart Out! company sells its products through health food stores and supermarkets in select markets around the country, as well as through its own online store.

Hickman's Family Farms has been family-owned and operated in Arizona since 1944. In its early days, Hickman's entered the Arizona food service market by providing fresh, locally produced eggs direct to small independent restaurants, and directly to consumers. Every afternoon, one little refrigerated panel truck was sufficient to deliver the day's production to coffee shops in Glendale and to Carnation Restaurant in the big city of Phoenix. Bill and Gertie Hickman displayed the entrepreneurial insight that has kept Hickman's competitive for decades. By 1993, Hickman's was left standing as the only Arizona egg producer with chickens and a USDA-inspected processing plant. Despite the challenges of the egg industry, the Glendale operation continued to expand. In the late 1990s a new operation opened in Buckeye with laying houses that are each called home by 130,000 hens.

PinguinLutosa is a Belgium-based company that specializes in the development, production and sale of frozen vegetables, potato products and ready-to-use culinary preparations. The Group also produces and sells fresh pre-cooked potato products. The Company's activities are divided into two operating segments: the potato division, accounting for 47.99 % of total revenue in 2009, and the frozen vegetables division, accounting for 52.01 % of total revenue. The Company has six vegetable production sites situated in agricultural areas in Europe (West- Flanders, Southern France, Norfolk and Lincolnshire, United Kingdom) and two production sites in Belgium (Leuze-en-Hainaut and St. Eloois-Vijve), with three production companies located at these sites. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Germany, China, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Japan, Austria and Brasil, among others.

Ginger has long been regarded as an essential remedy in the East, but recently Western medicine has been embracing the health benefits of ginger too. While there is not yet published research on Reed’s products, some traditional herbal health values associated with fresh or brewed ginger include headache relief, improved digestion, cardiovascular protection, relief of stomach upset, greater energy, menstrual relief, morning sickness, greater sperm motility, ulcer and arthritis aid, cancer protection, and more. Pamela Miller, D. Ac., D.Hom., our local expert in Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture, recommends Reed’s to many of her patients who have morning sickness or complain of headache with nauseousness. She also suggests it to parents and other patients who are looking for an alternative to commercial sodas.

Fresh Del Monte Produce expects to be squeezed and sniffed. Sniff and squeeze away -- the success of the company's Del Monte Gold Extra Sweet-branded pineapples have made it one of the world's largest fresh pineapple producers and marketers; it is also one of the world's top banana producers, and offers a full array of vegetables and other fruits. Fresh Del Monte's brand names include Del Monte, Rosy, and UTC. Its prepared and fresh-cut foods include potato salad, cole slaw, bagged sliced products, and fruit juices and fruit drinks; it also makes industrial fruit products (purees, pulps, and concentrates) for food manufacturing companies. Fresh Del Monte sells its fruit and vegetables in more than 90 countries.

Vitacress Salad aims to make eating watercress hip, and fixing a salad much easier. While the UK company is Europe's largest provider of watercress, it also grows and packages washed rocket (arugula), spinach, and other baby salad greens. Beyond salad, the firm also produces and distributes specialty vegetables such as potatoes, beets, and tiny peas and onions. In addition to the UK, Vitacress has associated growers in Kenya, Portugal, and Spain. Vitacress supplies retailers and foodservice operators in the UK, Holland, Portugal, and Spain.

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.

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