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Ingredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals. We turn corn, tapioca, potatoes, strawberries and other crops into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. And our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today`s consumers. Grounded in our values of Safety, Quality, Integrity, Respect, Excellence and Innovation, we employ approximately 11,000 employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 100 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, animal nutrition, paper, brewing and other industries.
In 1855, New Orleans own Christopher Henry Miller turned his pastry chef experience into the Miller Candy Corporation. His son-in-law, Augustus Elmer, eventually joined him. And around the turn of the century, the company’s name was changed to Elmer-Miller. In 1914, Elmer’s sons signed on to what is now known as Elmer Candy Corporation. Elmer Candy soon increased its national presence by adding a wide variety of confections and snacks—some of which are still favorites today: Heavenly Hash Eggs (1923) and Gold Brick® Eggs (1936). In the early 1960s, Roy Nelson became a partner in the enterprise. In 1963, he purchased the entire company from the Elmer family and encouraged his son Allan to join the endeavor. Elmer Chocolate, now run by the third generation of Nelsons, is the second largest heart box manufacturer in the country. Easter favorites Gold Brick®, Heavenly Hash and Pecan Eggs outsell national leaders five to one along the Gulf Coast. And the Elmer Chocolate name continues to create sweet memories for new generations of candy lovers.
In 1950, the founder of LT Foods, Shri Raghunath Arora, established a business built on five integral principles of business: commitment to innovation, passion for excellence, personal ownership, customer centricity and business ethics. These five principles have guided our journey from a single Basmati rice mill to a globally recognized expert in rice and grains. Today, LT Foods is one of the few global companies that oversees the harvesting, milling, processing and distribution of our foods. We take pride in knowing where each grain of our rice comes from. As an example, LT Foods works hand in hand with 4,500 farmers across 400 villages and 50,000 acres of land in the Madhya Pradesh region of India to grow our rice, and we employ the highest levels of quality control to ensure only the best goes into our products.
The Hillshire Brands Company manufactures and markets meat-centric food solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Retail and Foodservice/Other. The company provides various packaged meat and frozen bakery products that include hot dogs and corn dogs, breakfast sausages, breakfast sandwiches and bowls, dinner sausages, premium deli and luncheon meats, and cooked hams, as well as frozen pies, cakes, pastries, muffins, cheesecakes, and other desserts; and pork, beef, and poultry products. The company sells its products under the brand names of Jimmy Dean, Ball Park, Hillshire Farm, State Fair, Sara Lee, and Chef Pierre, as well as artisanal brands that comprise Aidells and Gallo Salame. It serves supermarkets, warehouse clubs, national chains, distributors, restaurants, hospitals, and other institutions through direct sales force and brokers. The company was formerly known as Sara Lee Corporation and changed its name to The Hillshire Brands Company in June 2012.
Santa Monica Seafood is the largest seafood distributor in the southwest and one of the most trusted sources of seafood knowledge and innovation.