Balchem Corporation provides specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical, and medical sterilization industries in the United States and internationally. The companys Specialty Products segment repackages and distributes various specialty gases, including ethylene oxide, which is used to sterilize a range of medical devices; ethylene oxide blends that are used in killing bacteria, fungi, and insects in spices and other seasoning materials; propylene oxide, which is used for fumigation in spice treatment and in various chemical synthesis applications; and methyl chloride that is used in specialty herbicides, fertilizers, and pharmaceuticals, as well as in malt and wine preservers. Its Food, Pharma & Nutrition segment provides microencapsulation, granulation, and agglomeration solutions to a range of applications in food, pharmaceutical, and nutritional ingredients. These solutions are used in baked goods, refrigerated and frozen dough systems, processed meats, seasoning blends, confections, and nutritional supplements. This segment also offers choline nutrient products for wellness applications; and granulated calcium carbonate products for the treatment of osteoporosis, gastric disorders, and calcium deficiencies. The companys Animal Nutrition & Health segment provides various nutritional products consisting of REASHURE Choline, an encapsulated choline product; NITROSHURETM, an encapsulated urea supplement; and NIASHURETM, its microencapsulated niacin product for dairy cows and milk production. This segment also offers chelated mineral supplements for use in animal feed; choline chloride, a nutrient for animal health; and methylamines for the manufacture of choline products, and also used in a range of industrial applications. Balchem Corporation sells its products through its own sales force, independent distributors, and sales agents. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in New Hampton, New York.

BRF - Brasil Foods S.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of poultry, pork, beef cuts, milk, dairy products, and processed food products in Brazil and internationally. Its products include frozen whole and cut chickens, partridges, and quail; and frozen pork and beef cuts, such as loins and ribs, and whole carcasses. The companys processed foods comprise specialty meats, including sausages, ham products, bologna, frankfurters, salamis, and bacon, as well as chicken sausages, chicken hot dogs, and chicken bologna; frozen processed poultry, beef, and pork products consisting of hamburgers, steaks, breaded meat products, kibes, and meatballs, as well as soy-based hamburgers and breaded products; and marinated and seasoned chickens, roosters, and turkeys. In addition, it offers pasteurized and UHT milk, as well as flavored milks, yogurts, fruit juices, soybean-based drinks, cheeses, and desserts; and frozen prepared entrees, which comprise lasagnas and pizzas, cheese bread, and pies and pastries, as well as frozen vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, peas, French beans, French fries, and cassava fries; and margarine under Doriana, Delicata, and Claybom brand names. Further, the company produces animal feed for poultry and hogs; and a line of pet food for dogs under the Balance and Supper brands, as well as a range of soy-based products, including soy meal and refined soy flour. It sells its products under Perdigao, Chester, Batavo, Elege, and Turma da Monica brand names in Brazil; Fazenda brand in the Russian Federation; Borella brand in Saudi Arabia; and Perdix brand internationally. BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. has a strategic alliance with Unilever Brazil Ltda. to manage the Becel and Becel ProActiv brands of margarine in Brazil. The company was formerly known as Perdigao S.A. and changed its name to BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. on July 8, 2009. BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engage in the manufacture, processing, and distribution of frozen, refrigerated, and snack food products in the United States and Canada. The companys products include biscuits, bread dough items, roll dough items, dry sausage products, and beef jerky, as well as various sandwiches and sliced luncheon meats. It also resells jerky, cheeses, salads, party dips, Mexican foods, nuts, and other delicatessen type food products. The company provides its products to restaurants, food operations of healthcare providers, schools, hotels, resorts, corporations, and other traditional and non-traditional food service outlets. It sells approximately 190 frozen food products to retail outlets, restaurants, and institutions through wholesalers, cooperatives, and distributors, as well as approximately 270 items to supermarkets, mass merchandise, and convenience retail stores through a direct store delivery network. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Anaheim, California.

Cagles, Inc., together with its subsidiary, Cagles Farms, Inc., engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of various fresh and frozen poultry products in the southeastern United States. The companys operations consist of breeding, hatching, and growing chickens, as well as feed milling,.. Read More

The Company is engaged in the meat processing and distribution industry whose operations consist of packing, processing, custom meat cutting, portion controlled meats, private labeling, and distribution of its products to a diversified customer base.

Hormel Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and markets various meat and food products in the United States and Internationally. It offers meat products, including fresh, frozen, cured, smoked, cooked, and canned meat. The company provides perishable meat products, which include fresh.. Read More

Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, operates as a poultry producer in Mexico. It engages in breeding, processing, and marketing of poultry products, such as chicken and eggs; and producing and marketing of balanced animal feed. The company also participates in other businesses, such as.. Read More

Pilgrims Pride Corporation produces poultry products in the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The company offers prepared chicken products, such as portion-controlled breast fillets, tenderloins and strips, delicatessen products, salads, formed nuggets and patties, and bone-in chicken parts; fresh chicken products, which include refrigerated whole or cut-up chicken, and prepackaged case-ready chicken; and export and other chicken products, such as parts and whole chicken, either refrigerated or frozen for export or domestic use, as well as chicken prepared foods products for export. Pilgrims Pride Corporations prepared turkey products comprise turkey sausages, ground turkey, turkey hams and roasts, ground turkey breast products, salads, flavored turkey burgers, and cooked and further processed deli products; and fresh turkey products, which include turkey burgers, and fresh and frozen whole birds, as well as semiboneless whole turkey. Its other products comprise other types of meat along with various other staples, table eggs, commercial feeds, and related items and proteins. The company sells its products to foodservice customers, including chain restaurants, food processors, foodservice distributors, and other institutions; and retail customers, such as grocery store chains, wholesale clubs, and other retail distributors. It has operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Pilgrims Pride Corporation was founded in 1945 and is based in Pittsburg, Texas. As of December 28, 2009, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation operates as a subsidiary of JBS USA Holdings, Inc.

Sanderson Farms, Inc., an integrated poultry processing company, engages in the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of fresh, frozen, processed, and prepared chicken products in the United States. It sells ice pack, chill pack, bulk pack, and frozen chicken in whole, cut-up, and boneless form.. Read More

Seaboard Corporation operates as a diversified agribusiness and transportation company worldwide. Its Pork division engages in hog production and pork processing; and the production and sale of fresh and frozen pork products, such as lunchmeat, ham, bacon, sausage, loins, tenderloins, and ribs, as well as further processed pork products, including raw and pre-cooked bacon to further processors, foodservice operators, grocery stores, distributors, and retail outlets under the Prairie Fresh and Daily's brand names. This division also produces biodiesel from pork and other animal fats for third parties. The companys Commodity Trading and Milling division sources, transports, and markets wheat, corn, soybean meal, rice, and other commodities; and operates flour, feed, and maize milling and related businesses. Its Marine division provides containerized cargo shipping service to 25 countries between the United States, the Caribbean Basin, and central and South America, as well as operates a terminal, an off-dock warehouse for cargo consolidation and temporary storage, and a cargo terminal for temporary storage of bagged grains, resins, and other cargoes. As of December 31, 2008, this division operated 12 owned and approximately 27 chartered vessels; and approximately 55,000 dry, refrigerated, and specialized containers and units of related equipment. The companys Sugar and Citrus division produces and refines sugar cane, and produces and processes citrus in Argentina, which are primarily sold to retailers, soft drink manufacturers, and food manufacturers. Its Power division operates as an independent power producer in the Dominican Republic; and operates 2 floating barges with a system of diesel engines capable of generating a combined rated capacity of approximately 112 megawatts of electricity. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Seaboard Corporation is a subsidiary of Seaboard Flour LLC.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and marketing of fresh meat and packaged meat products in the United States and internationally. It involves in the production of hog, processing of pork, production of turkey, and live cattle operations. The company offers fresh.. Read More

Smoky Market Foods, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the production and distribution of wood-smoked foods. The companys smoked-foods include sandwiches, quesadillas, quiches, and recipe dishes. It intends to sells Smoke-Baked meat and fish through the development of a national chain of Smoky Market restaurant-stores and various self-contained kiosks that operate in high-traffic venues, such as shopping malls, sports arenas, college campuses, corporate dining areas, and airports. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Aptos, California.

Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the production, distribution, and marketing of chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods, and related allied products worldwide. The companys Chicken segment involves in breeding and raising chickens, as well as processing live chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products. Its Beef segment processes live fed cattle and fabricates dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. The companys Pork segment involves in the processing of live market hogs and fabricates pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Its Prepared Foods segment manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products comprising pepperoni, bacon, beef and pork pizza toppings, pizza crusts, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes, and processed meats. The company markets and sells its products to national and regional grocery retailers, regional grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, national and regional chain restaurants, and international export companies and domestic distributors, as well as foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors. Tyson Foods, Inc. also offers its allied products to the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and technical products, as well as to pork processors. It has a joint venture with Syntroleum Corporation to produce renewable synthetic fuels for renewable diesel and jet fuel markets. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.

Zhongpin Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the processing and distribution of meat and food products primarily in the Peoples Republic of China. It offers pork and pork products, such as chilled pork, frozen pork, pig by-products and various meats, and prepared meats; processed chicken and beef products; and fruits and vegetables, which include white asparagus, green asparagus, green cauliflowers, sweet corn, yellow peaches, broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, lima beans, strawberries, capsicum, and shepherds purse. The company supplies its products to fast food companies, processing factories, school cafeterias, factory canteens, and army posts and national departments, as well as to retail outlets, including supermarkets in the People's Republic of China. Zhongpin, Inc. also exports its products to the European Union, Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. As of December 31, 2008, it had approximately 132 showcase stores; 961 network stores; and 1,968 supermarket counter locations. The company is based in Changge City, the People's Republic of China.