Meiji-brand sweets include chocolate and non-chocolate candy and chewing gum, along with personal care products, such as throat gargle. Its pharmaceutical division offers antibiotics, generic drugs, and anti-anxiety medications for humans, as well as veterinary drugs. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. is also involved in commercial leasing and sports complex management. Formerly called Meiji Seika Kaisha, a well known candy and pharmaceutical maker, the company merged with Japanese dairy producer Meiji Dairies Corp. in 2009 to form Meiji Holdings.

Perfetti Van Melle S.p.A. internationally known brands include Alpenliebe, Daygum, Golia, Happydent, Mentos (the Freshmaker!), and Vivident, as well as the Airheads brand of candy in the US. In 2006 it acquired Spanish candy company Chupa Chups. Founded by brothers Ambrogio and Egidio Perfetti in 1946, Perfetti now has some 30 manufacturing sites and sells its products in more than 130 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the US.

Appropriately enough given its market presence in Europe, "kraft" is German for "strong" -- although the company actually derives its name from its American founder, James Lewis Kraft, who started the company that became global food giant Kraft Foods when he set up his cheese business in Chicago in 1903. Kraft Foods Deutschland markets Kraft's world-famous brands, including Maxwell House coffee, Miracle Whip salad dressing and Philadelphia cream cheese, as well as brands with specifically German roots, including Jacobs and Kaffee HAG coffees. Through its production sites in Germany, Kraft produces cheese, ketchup, coffee, chocolate, and other comestibles.

Z Trim Holdings partners with the food industry by deploying formulation and product performance solutions built around cutting-edge dietary fibers. A public company, Z Trim Holdings acquired the rights to a USDA patent and subsequently evolved the processing technology and expanded the fiber sources to create innovative ingredients with unique properties that provide multifunctional benefits across diverse product categories. Through our distributor partners, we can provide the multifunctional benefits of Z Trim ingredients and help to create value for food manufacturers around the world. In fact, in 2006, Z Trim corn fiber ingredient was recognized as the “Most Innovative Ingredient” at the Food Ingredients South America conference. Z Trim® corn and oat fiber ingredients are used in a multitude of retail and food service consumer products including meats, sauces, soups, dressings, baked goods, prepared meals, frozen hand-held snacks, pizza dough and toppings, and many more. Z Trim fiber ingredients give food developers a highly effective tool to achieve desired product attributes, and address product formulation and performance challenges. The multifunctional benefits of Z Trim ingredients make them a perfect choice for standard products as well as more healthful products that are reduced in fat and calories.

Idaho Supreme Potatoes, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is based in Firth, Idaho. Idaho Supreme Potatoes, Inc. produces potato based products. It offers dehydrated potato flakes for snack food market, as well as snowflakes for the movie and television industries. The company also provides sliced and diced potatoes for food service, retail, and industrial customers. In addition, it packages private labels for chain store accounts and wholesalers in the United States and internationally, as well as offers packaged pasta dinners. Further, the company wholesales preserved berry and preserved pome fruits, preserved drupe or stone fruits, citrus fruit purees, berry fruit purees, tropical fruit purees, melon purees, prepared and preserved foods, prepared soups and stews, and desserts and dessert toppings. It serves schools, and businesses and government facilities.

Diageo is still a relatively young company – we have only exisited in our current form since 1997- but our brands and our business have a rich heritage.For example our earliest ancestor company formed in 1749, is Justerini & Brooks - wine merchants, and blenders of the famous J&B whisky range. 10 years after that, in 1759 Arthur Guinness signed the lease on the now world famous St James's Gate brewery in Dublin, going on to create a globally iconic brand. Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of international brands across spirits, wine and beer. Many of our brands have been around for generations, while some have been developed more recently to meet new consumer tastes and experiences. Our great range of brands and geographic spread means that people can celebrate with our products at every occasion no matter where they are in the world. This is why 'celebrating life every day, everywhere' is at the core of what we do.

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC engages in manufacturing, marketing, and distributing dry and frozen packaged food products in the United States and Canada. The company operates through three segments: Dry Foods, Frozen Foods, and Birds Eye Foods. The Dry Foods segment offers baking mixes and frostings; shelf-stable pickles, peppers, and relish; table syrup; canned meat; and barbecue sauce. This segment offers its products under the Duncan Hines, Vlasic, Mrs. Butterworth’s, Log Cabin, and Armour brand names. The frozen foods segment provides single-serve frozen dinners and entrees, frozen prepared seafood, frozen breakfast, bagels, and frozen pizza under the Hungry-Man, Swanson, Mrs. Paul’s, Van de Kamp’s, Aunt Jemima, Lender’s, and Celeste brand names. The Birds Eye Foods segment offers frozen vegetables, frozen multi-serve dinners and entrées, and specialty foods comprising fruit pie fillings and toppings, chili and chili ingredients, and snack items under the Birds Eye, Birds Eye Steamfresh, Birds Eye Voila!, Comstock, Wilderness, Brooks, Nalley, Tim’s Cascade, and Snyder of Berlin brand names.

Jackson Family Wines (JFW) plucks its success right from the vine. One of California's largest winemakers, JFW produces the top-selling chardonnay in the US: Kendall-Jackson brand Vintner's Reserve. The company's other leading (and most expensive) wine is Grand Reserve. Sold in restaurants, stores, and via the company's Web site (where legal), JFW's libations -- in addition to its well-known chardonnay -- include merlot, sauvignon blanc, pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon, and zinfandel. JFW owns and farms 14,000 acres of vineyards running along the California coast. Founder and billionaire Jess Jackson and his family own JFW.

Sunwest Fruit grows and ships about 3 million cartons of fresh produce per year, including hundreds of varieties of oranges, peaches, plums, and nectarines, to retailers all over the world under the Ripe 'N Ready brand. Sunwest Fruit company controls all aspects of production including farming (9,000 acres), picking, packing, and shipping. It has been owned and operated since 1988 by the Britz family, including company president, Martin Britz. In addition to thousands of acres of cropland, the family also owns several packinghouses, a fertilizer company, and a cotton gin.

PPB Group Berhad was incorporated in Malaysia in 1968 with the initial business of sugar cane cultivation and refining. It was subsequently listed on the then Stock Exchange of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in May 1972 with an issued and paid capital of RM15 million. Today, PPB Group has grown into a major conglomerate with assets totaling RM15.1 billion as at 31 December 2009 and has positioned itself to be a dominant player in the grains trading, flour and animal feed milling industry as well as downstream activities including livestock farming, food processing and consumer products distribution. FFM Group owns and operates a total of four (4) flour mills in the country and one (1) each in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. FFM Group supplies more than 40% of the country's flour requirements. PPB is also the single largest shareholder owning 18.4% equity interest in one of Asia's largest integrated agribusiness groups, Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) which operates in more than 20 countries with primary focus in Indonesia, Malaysia, China, India and Europe. Wilmar has over 250 processing plants and an extensive distribution network for its products which are delivered to more than 50 countries globally.

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