ABCO Laboratories knows the ABCs of custom food-ingredient manufacturing. The company offers contract manufacturing, custom blending, private labeling, packaging, encapsulation, and other...more
"Essence of taste" is the literal translation of "AJI-NO-MOTO," which is a trademark for the monosodium glutamate (MSG) product manufactured and marketed by Japan's largest producer of seasonings,...more
With Annie's you don't have to boil and shred, you just shake the box. We're talking macaroni and cheese here. Under its Annie's Homegrown label, and with its rabbit of approval, the...more
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) knows how to grind and squeeze a fortune out of humble plants. It is one of the world's largest processors of oilseeds, corn, and wheat. Its main offerings include...more
You might say this company floats the boat of fine dining fans. Ark Restaurants owns and manages about two dozen chic eateries in New York, Las Vegas, and Washington, DC, including the Bryant...more
You're too skinny! Eat! Armanino Foods of Distinction makes upscale Italian-style food. Its menu includes frozen pesto sauce, frozen filled pastas, and frozen meatballs. Its customers...more
Like the name suggests, Asia Food & Properties (AFP) has a hand in people's food and living space throughout the Far East. The investment holding company organizes its operations along three...more
Some companies might claim to be the best thing since sliced bread, but Associated British Foods (ABF) is sliced bread. ABF, which introduced sliced bread in the UK during the 1930s, makes...more
Atkins pushed beef off its plate in favor of a protein shake. Atkins Nutritionals, which once touted the meat-heavy Atkins diet, makes about 60 nutrition bars, shakes, ice creams, and candies....more
One of the leading meat processors in Finland, Atria Group supplies meat and poultry products and value-added convenience foods. The group, through flagship subsidiary Atria Oy and several other...more
Peter Piper can pick more than a peck of peppers or pickles from B&G Foods. There's jalapenos, beans, sandwich spreads, and an array of other products sold regionally and nationally through...more
Italians aren't afraid of a few carbs and they have made Barilla their pasta of choice. It is the world's #1 pasta company, selling its goods in more than 100 countries. Barilla Holding...more
When the cows come home, Bartlett and Company will be ready. The company's primary business is grain merchandising, but it also runs cattle feedlots, mills flour, and sells feed and fertilizer....more
Peas and applesauce -- Beech-Nut Nutrition puts them in jars for baby's lunch or baby's finger-painting. As the #2 US baby food maker (trailing Nestlé's #1...more
Welcome to the Starbucks antidote: Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate. The six-chain teashop opened its first location in 1919. The shops serve tea, cakes, chocolates...more
The Blendex Company mixes it up. It mixes and blends ingredients in order to make down-home or spicy mixes to enhance prepared food products. The company produces custom-made breading, batters,...more
Brandt Farms prides itself not only on its peaches but on all its produce. Located in the San Joaquin Valley of California, the company grows, packs, and markets stone fruits such as apricots,...more
Bridgford Foods is comfortable with comfort food and eschews fat-free fads to pile on what it knows customers want: rolls, cheese, and sausage (it's one of the nation's largest sellers of jerky and...more
By selling staples, specialties, and Southern hospitality, Brookshire Grocery Co. has grown into a chain of about 155 Brookshire's, Super 1 Food, and Olé Foods supermarkets in Texas, Arkansas,...more
Hot sauce and candied yams -- aaiiieeee! Bruce Foods was Cajun long before Cajun was, well, hot. The company's Original Louisiana Hot Sauce is a top-selling US hot sauce (along with rival...more
