The J. M. Smucker Company is the market leader in fruit spreads, peanut butter, shortening and oils, ice cream toppings, and health and natural foods beverages in North America under such icon brands as Smucker’s, Jif and Crisco. The family of brands also includes Pillsbury baking mixes and ready-to-spread frostings; Hungry Jack pancake mixes, syrups and potato side dishes; and Martha White baking mixes and ingredients in the U.S., along with Robin Hood flour and baking mixes, and Bick’s pickles and condiments in Canada.

Saputo Inc., is the largest dairy processor in Canada, one of the most important cheese producers in North America, the third largest dairy processor in Argentina and the largest snack cake manufacturer in Canada. The products, manufactured in 45 plants that stretch from one end of the Americas to the other, are marketed under such well-known brand names as Saputo, Armstrong, Alexis de Portneuf, Kingsey, Dairyland, Baxter, Nutrilait, Stella, Frigo, Dragone, Treasure Cave, La Paulina, Ricrem and Vachon.

San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia’s largest publicly listed food, beverage, and packaging company. Founded in 1890 as a brewery, the company has over 100 facilities in the Philippines, Southeast Asia, China, and Australia.

Bimbo Group is one of the most important companies of baking of the world by mark positioning, by volume of production and sales, in addition to being unquestionable leader of its branch in Mexico and Latin America. Its presence in 14 countries of America and Europe, it counts on more than 4500 products and more than 100 marks of recognized prestige .

Danisco is one of the world’s leading producers of ingredients for food and other consumer products. Its broad technology platform and product portfolio include emulsifiers, enzymes, stabilisers, cultures, flavours, sugar and sweeteners such as xylitol and fructose. The majority of these ingredients are produced from natural raw materials. The products are mainly used in the food industry for instance to improve the texture in bread and ice cream but are also applied to feed, cleaning, textiles and plastics.

CSM is an internationally operating company engaged in the development, production, sale and distribution of bakery supplies and food ingredients. The product groups include bakery supplies, lactic acid and sugar. It operates mainly in the business-to-business market (bakery ingredients and products, lactic acid and sugar) and, to a lesser extent, the consumer market (sugar).

Swedish Match is a unique company with a complete range of market-leading brands in the product areas snuff, chewing tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco - niche tobacco products - as well as matches and lighters.

From a single feed store, Pilgrim’s Pride has become the second-largest poultry company in America and the second-largest in Mexico. Pilgrim’s Pride employs more than 40,000 people and processes approximately 6 billion pounds of poultry and 40 million dozen table eggs each year.

Molson Coors Brewing Company is world’s fifth-largest global brewer, with pro-forma combined annual volume of 60 million hectoliters and net sales of more than US$6 billion. Molson Coors has a leading market share in Canada and in the U.K., a growth profile in the U.S. and an emerging market opportunity in Brazil.

Numico is a high growth, high margin, specialist baby food and clinical nutrition company. Acknowledged as the European market leader in infant nutrition and medical nutrition, our products range from infant milk formula to specialised nutrition for babies with specific needs and for breastfeeding mothers. For people with specific nutritional requirements, Numico offers a complete range of enteral clinical nutrition, diet products and disease-specific nutrition.

McCormick is the global leader in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of spices, seasonings and flavors to the entire food industry. Customers range from retail outlets and food service providers to food processing businesses. Founded in 1889, McCormick has approximately 8,000 employees.

Korea Tobacco & Ginseng is a major company within the tobacco and ginseng industries in South Korea. KT&G maintains a national sales network encompassing 163,000 retailers under the control of 147 branch offices and 12 regional headquarters. As a company with high growth prospects, KT&G is making steady efforts to diversify the scope of its business activities and, in particular, is pursuing opportunities within the biotechnology industry.

Brown-Forman Corporation, one of the largest American-owned companies in the wine and spirits business, is a diversified producer and marketer of fine quality consumer products.

Kerry Group today is a leader in global food ingredients and flavours markets, and a leading branded consumer foods processing and marketing organisation in selected EU markets.

Hormel Foods Corporation is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded meat and food products, many of which are among the best known and trusted in the food industry. Products manufactured by the corporation include hams, bacon, sausages, franks, canned luncheon meats, stews, chilies, hash, meat spreads, shelf-stable microwaveable entrees, salsas and frozen processed foods.

UST, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of moist smokeless tobacco products and wines primarily in the United States. It markets moist smokeless tobacco products under Copenhagen, Skoal Long Cut, Skoal, Copenhagen Long Cut, Red Seal, Skoal Bandits, Copenhagen Pouches, Skoal Pouches, Rooster, and Husky brands; and dry smokeless tobacco products under Bruton, CC, and Red Seal brands through chain stores, and tobacco and grocery wholesalers. The company produces and markets wines under the Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest, Conn Creek, and Villa Mt. Eden wineries, as well as sparkling wine under the Domaine Ste. Michelle label.

Carlsberg’s primary focus is the production, sale and marketing of beer, with secondary activities in soft drink and water production. Carlsberg’s three key markets are Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia. Carlsberg has majority holdings in several major European breweries, such as Carlsberg UK, Carlsberg Sweden, Ringnes (Norway), FeldschlЖsschen (Switzerland), Sinebrychoff (Finland) and Carlsberg Polska (Poland). The joint-venture Baltic Beverages Holding manage interests in the growth markets of Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic states. Carlsberg also has significant activities in the Asian region coordinated through the fully owned subsidiary Carlsberg Asia.

Tate & Lyle is a world leading ingredients company with operations predominantly focused in Europe and the US. It produces a diverse range of food and industrial ingredients made from renewable resources such as corn (maize), wheat and sugar. Its customer base includes major food, beverage and household brands, co-packers (own-label food and beverages), retail customers and industrial clients in sectors such as paper manufacturing and textiles.

Constellation Brands, Inc., headquartered in Fairport, N.Y., is a leading international producer and marketer of beverage alcohol brands with a broad portfolio across the wine, imported beer and spirits categories. Constellation is the largest wine company in the world; the largest multi-category supplier of beverage alcohol in the United States; a leading producer and exporter of wine from Australia and New Zealand; and both a major producer and independent drinks wholesaler in the United Kingdom.

Südzucker is the one of the world’s largest sugar producers. Südzucker and its subsidiaries (the AGRANA group, Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, and Saint Louis Sucre) also make confectionery, entrees, frozen pizzas, ice cream, pastries, starch products, and sugar substitutes.

Smithfield Foods is the world’s largest hog producer and pork processor. Its products include fresh pork and processed meats sold under the Fleetwood, John Morrell, Lykes, Patrick Cudahy, and Smithfield Premium names. It distributes across the US and to more than 25 other countries, and it has made major moves into France and Poland. In a steady effort to diversify, the company has built up its beef and prepared foods operations through acquisitions.

Foster’s Group is a premium global multi-beverage company delivering a total portfolio of beer, wine, spirits, cider and non-alcohol beverages. Its products inspire global enjoyment and are enjoyed by consumers all over the world.

Foster’s makes and markets Australia’s most famous beer, Foster’s Lager, and produces premium wines such as Wolf Blass, Saltram, Beringer, Matua and Chateau St Jean. Foster’s Carlton & United Beverages brews Australia’s leading beer brands including Victoria Bitter, Crown Lager, Carlton Draught and Cascade Premium Lager.

Scottish & Newcastle is the British leader in beer production and sales, with an excellent position on the European market; second, just behind Heineken -, Scottish & Newcastle operates as a brewer through two subsidiaries. First there is Scottish Courage, active in Britain and Ireland. It brews the great beer brands - John Smith’s, Kronenbourg to name but a few. It also owns the Irish brewery, Beamish & Cramford, and sells wines and spirits through its branch, Waverley. Then there is beer brewing under license, such as Beck’s, Foster’s and Miller. Beer International. This subsidiary runs the Group abroad. It owns Kronenbourg, the leading French brewery; Alken Maes, the Belgian number 2, Hartwall leader in Finland and Central de Cervejas, a Portuguese brewery, which produces uncarbonated mineral water (Luso) and carbonated water (Cruzeiro), aside from Sagres beer.

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is the world’s #1 maker of chewing and bubble gum. Its products include such popular brands as Big Red, Doublemint, Eclipse, Extra, Freedent, Juicy Fruit, Orbit, Spearmint, and Winterfresh, as well as novelty gums and candies (Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape, Everest, Squeeze Pop, Velamints); L.A. Dreyfus, producer of chewing-gum base; and Northwestern Flavors. Chairman and CEO William Wrigley Jr. represents the fourth generation of the Wrigley family at the company’s helm. The family owns appoximately 30% of the company’s stock.

Grupo Modelo is Mexico’s largest brewer, with more than 60% of the market, and its Corona Extra brand leads Heineken as the #1 imported beer in the US. At its seven breweries in Mexico, Grupo Modelo also makes Corona Light (#9 import in the US), Estrella, Leon Negra, Modelo Especial (#7 import in the US), Montejo, Pacifico, Negra Modelo, and Victoria. The company, which has grown by acquiring regional brewers, exports to more than 150 countries and is also the exclusive Mexican importer and distributor of Anheuser-Busch beers (Budweiser, Bud Light).

The Hershey Company, formerly Hershey Foods Corporation is engaged in the manufacture, distribution and sale of confectionery, snack, refreshment and grocery products. The Company’s principal product groups include: confectionery and snack products sold in the form of bar goods, bagged items and boxed items; refreshment products sold in the form of gum and mints, and grocery products in the form of baking ingredients, chocolate drink mixes, peanut butter, dessert toppings and beverages. The Company manufactures confectionery and snack products in a variety of packaged forms and markets them under more than 50 brands. The different packaged forms include various arrangements of the same bar products, such as boxes, trays and bags, as well as a variety of different sizes and weights of the same bar products, such as snack size, standard, king size, large and giant bars. In December 2004, the Company acquired Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation (Mauna Loa).

FEMSA produces soft drinks such as Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, and Ciel water. Already commanding the Mexico and Argentinean markets, Coca-Cola FEMSA bought Panamerican Beverages (Panamco), Latin America’s largest soft drink bottler, in May 2003. The purchase made Coca-Cola FEMSA the world’s #2 Coca-Cola bottler (Coca-Cola Enterprises is #1), having gained Panamco’s reach into Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Fomento Econo Mexicano S.A. owns about 45% of the bottler and The Coca-Cola Company owns 40%.

Dean Foods is the leading US producer of fluid milk and dairy products, Dean has grown and continues to grow through acquisitions. Its retail and foodservice dairy products are sold under regional, private-label, and national brand names, including Borden, Pet, Country Fresh, and Meadow Gold. Dean also manufactures creamers, dips and salad dressings (Marie’s), and specialty dairy products (lactose-free milk, soy milk, flavored milks). The company is a leading pickle, pepper, and powdered coffee-creamer producer in the US, with regional and private-label brands. Dean Foods owns a majority interest in Spanish dairy producer Leche Celta.

Gallaher Group is the #2 UK cigarette company with about 40% of that country’s cigarette market, Gallaher makes tobacco products and sells them in Asia, continental Europe, Ireland, Russia and other former Soviet republics, and the UK. Its premium cigarettes include top UK brands Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut; mid-priced brands include Berkeley; and low-priced brands include Dorchester and Mayfair. Gallaher also makes Hamlet cigars, Amber Leaf hand-rolled tobacco, and Condor pipe tobacco.

Asahi Breweries has toppled arch-nemesis Kirin Brewery from its place as the shogun of Japanese brewers. Much of Asahi’s success comes from flagship brand Super Dry, which has replaced Kirin Lager as Japan’s #1 beer. While traditional beer sales make up a majority of Asahi revenues, the company is responding with its Asahi Honnama to the growing popularity of a lower-priced malt brew known as happoshu. Asahi rolls out other brands such as Fujisan, Kuronama, and Super Malt (low alcohol), and imports Miller, and Bass. Asahi has operations in the food, pharmaceutical, real estate, soft drink, whiskey, and wine industries.

Pernod Ricard, the world’s third-largest spirits firm, feathers its nest with the help of Wild Turkey whiskey, but its global brand is its premium Scotch whisky Chivas Regal. The beverage firm also sells spirits ranging from liqueurs (Pernod, Ricard, Eoliki, Zoco) to clear spirits (Altai vodka, Havana Club Cuban rum, Larios and Seagram’s gin). In addition, Pernod Ricard offers Irish whiskey (Bushmills, Jameson), Martell cognac, and Jacob’s Creek wine. Other businesses include grape, tomato, and other fruit juice manufacturers. The company in 2005 allied with Fortune Brands on a deal to buy UK competitor Allied Domecq (#2 in spirits) and provide stiffer competition for #1 drinks company Diageo.

Created in 1961, the English company, Allied Domecq, has made them a specialty through its many franchised stores throughout the world (60% in the USA). Among its franchised fast food restaurants are Baskins-Robbins for ice cream, Dunkin’Donuts with its donuts, muffins, bagels and cinnamon buns and Togo’s Eateries for sandwiches. Allied Domecq understood that all these would go down even better with a touch of wines and spirits and it moved into this sector in a big way. The Group is now the second largest world manufacturer of spirits. With distilleries in Europe and North America, it designs and distributes a variety of products under brand names with a worldwide reputation: Ballantine’s Scotch, Beefeater Gin, Kahlua Liqueur, Sauza Tequila, Canadian-Club Whiskey, Malibu and Courvoisier Cognac.

Orkla develops, produces and distributes varying consumer products to supermarkets, restaurants and the agri-food industry: pizzas, ready-made meals, sea products, biscuits, juices, tinned foods, condiments, sauces, detergents, and not forgetting oils and fats.Furthermore the group is specialised in the development of chemical products for food, pharmaceutical and industrial purposes: fragrances, flavouring extracts, artificial silk, viscose fibre, and construction materials. (paste, paint, varnish).

Campbell Soup Company (Campbell) together with its consolidated subsidiaries is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, branded convenience food products. Campbell operates in four segments: North America Soup and Away From Home, North America Sauces and Beverages, Biscuits and Confectionery and International Soup and Sauces. The North America Soup and Away From Home segment is comprised of the retail soup and Away From Home business in the United States and Canada. The North America Sauces and Beverages segment includes United States retail sales for various sauces, juices and beverages. The Biscuits and Confectionery segment includes all retail sales of various cookies and biscuits. The International Soup and Sauces segment includes operations outside of North America.

Already the largest chicken producer, Tyson’s purchase of beef and pork giant IBP Fresh Meats made it the largest meat processing company in the world, serving retail, wholesale, and food service customers in the US and more than 80 countries overseas. In addition to fresh meats, Tyson produces processed and pre-cooked meats, refrigerated and frozen prepared foods, and animal feeds. Its chicken operations are vertically integrated — the company hatches the eggs and then supplies contracted growers with chicks and feed. Don Tyson, son of the founder, controls 80% of Tyson’s voting power.

Japan Tobacco controls more than 70% of the cigarette market in a country where half the men smoke and warning labels suggest, “There’s a risk of damage to your health; so let’s be careful not to smoke too much.” A state monopoly until 1985, Japan Tobacco is two-thirds owned by the Japanese Finance Ministry. It’s the world’s #3 tobacco company, after Altria and British American Tobacco. Its JT International unit (acquired from R.J. Reynolds ) sells Camel, Salem, and Winston brands outside the US. The company also operates in foods, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, engineering, and real estate.

Heineken, a global brewing giant, sells its namesake beer in the easily recognized green bottles in just about every country on the planet. The company’s other global brands include Amstel and Murphy’s — national and regional brands include Buckler (Europe), Quilmes (Argentina), Moretti (Italy), Tiger (Asia’s leading regional brew), Zagorka (Bulgaria), and Bochkaryov (Russia). Heineken also distributes soft drinks and other nonalcoholic beverages. Heineken has interests in more than 110 breweries and continues to acquire more worldwide. The founding Heineken family owns 50% of Heineken Holding, which owns 50% of Heineken.

Bunge Limited is a leading global soybean processor, and, through subsidiary Bunge North America, is a major US food processor. It is also a leading South American fertilizer maker. To focus on soybean, grain trading, and fertilizer, Bunge sold all of its consumer food processing firms, except Bunge Alimentos (margarine and soybeans). Its joint venture with DuPont makes specialty food ingredients. The acquisition of Cereol in 2003 made Bunge the world’s largest oilseed producer. Founded in 1818, Bunge was held mostly by families descended from founder Johann Bunge until it went public in 2001.

Altadis is one of the top three in the European tobacco and distribution industry, the group enjoys key positioning in three areas of business. Firstly, it ranks third on the cigarette market (Gauloises, Royale, Gitanes…) in Western Europe. Secondly, Altadis is one of the key contenders in the convenience store sector in Southern Europe. However, one of Altadis’s major strengths remains its position as leader on the cigar market.With the takeover of the former Cuban monopoly Corporacion de Habanos in 2000, Altadis has some of the best cigars in the world in its catalogue, including Cohiba, Romeo y Julietta (the fat cigars smoked by Sir Winston Churchill), and Montecristo, Partagas.It is a multicultural group with locations in nearly 35 countries. It also has a logistics arm, ensuring the distribution of its products.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (R.J. Reynolds) is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States, manufacturing about one of every three cigarettes sold in the country.R.J. Reynolds is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI). Reynolds American (RAI) is also the parent company of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., Lane Limited and R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc.

H.J. Heinz is one of the world’s largest food producers, Heinz produces ketchup, condiments, sauces, frozen foods, beans, and pasta. Heinz controls 60% of the US ketchup market. Its customers include US and international food retailers, the food service industry, and the US military. The company’s leading brands include Ore-Ida frozen potatoes and Weight Watchers foods. In 2002 Heinz sold its seafood, North American pet food, US baby food, and US private-label soup businesses to Del Monte Foods. Capital Research and Management Company owns about 11% of Heinz.

The UK’s #1 cigarette maker, Imperial Tobacco Group has traded up to an even bigger throne. The company’s purchase of German tobacco firm Reemtsma (Davidoff and West cigarettes) nearly doubled its size and made it the world’s #4 tobacco company. Imperial’s brands include Lambert & Butler, the UK’s #1 cigarette, as well as Castella cigars, and Amphora and St Bruno pipe tobacco. Its Drum brand is the #1 hand-rolling tobacco worldwide, and Rizla is a top cigarette paper. Acquisitions in Australia and New Zealand have assured Imperial’s presence in emerging markets.

Kirin Brewery Company, Limited has three core businesses: alcohol beverages, soft drinks and food. Alcohol beverages are the core of the Kirin’s operations, encompassing the low-alcohol (less than 10%) beverages of beer, happo-shu (low-malt beer) and chu-hi (distilled liquor with fruit juice) drinks, as well as spirits, wine and Chinese liquors. Kirin also has subsidiaries and strategic alliances with companies in China, Taiwan, Australia, the Philippines, the United States and Europe. Kirin’s soft drink business is handled principally by Kirin Beverage Corporation. Its main products include tea drinks in polyethylene bottles, canned coffee and health drinks to provide amino acids, as well as lemon and other fruit drinks. The food business is comprised of dairy products such as yogurt, milk and butter; tomato-based foods and juice, and processed meats, such as ham and sausages. The Company is also engaged in diversified businesses, such as pharmaceuticals and other businesses.

SABMiller, beer producers above allSABMiller has quenched the thirst of millions of people the world over since its creation in 1895. Its biggest ambition remains the production and manufacturing of beer, like Castle lager, but it also makes fruit juice, sodas, wines and spirits, via its subsidiary Appletiser SA. Without forgetting the bottling of Coca-Cola and Schweppes products through its outlet ABI.This group originally from South Africa which just (in May 2002) bought the Philip Morris brewery subsidiary: Miller brewing is now established worldwide. Its production spreads over three continents: Africa, Europe and America, and pursues its expansion through acquisitions in Africa, Eastern Europe and continental Europe as a proof the purchase of the italian company Peroni in 2003.It is number two in the sector just behind the American firm Anheuser-Busch and exports its products to fifty or so countries.On the other side, it has invested in the luxury hotel and attached casinos industry. It owns and manages, especially on the African continent, hotel chains such as Southern Sun and Southern Sun-Continental Africa, amongst others.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. is one of North America’s largest packaged food companies, serving consumer grocery retailers, as well as restaurants and other foodservice establishments. As a leader in multiple segments of the food business, ConAgra Foods understands what consumers want: familiar brands, favorite foods and innovative products that make meals and snacks great-tasting, convenient and affordable. Our portfolio includes a broad mix of favorite and familiar branded and value-added food products that, collectively, generate sales of several billion dollars annually. Since our first bag of flour was sold in 1867, ConAgra Foods has grown from a small Nebraska company into one of America’s largest food companies.

General Mills traces its roots to the 1860s and a pair of flour mills on opposite banks of the Mississippi River. These two flour mills revolutionized the milling industry and created the foundation for the General Mills of today.

From flour mills to Nerf balls, the history of General Mills is rich and diverse. From Betty Crocker to Bullwinkle, from the Lone Ranger to the Pillsbury Doughboy, General Mills has been involved with some of history’s most memorable characters. The company has played supporting roles in the exploration of the Titanic and in launching the career of Ronald Reagan. But, from the beginning, we have remained steadfast in our dedication to consumers and to providing innovative new products.

Cadbury Schweppes is one of the biggest international beverage and confectionery companies in the world with a market capitalisation of $10 billion (April, 2005). With a history stretching back over 200 years, today Cadbury Schweppes employs around 55,000 people and its brands are enjoyed in almost every country around the world.

Sara Lee Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, brand-name products for consumers throughout the world. With headquarters in Chicago, Sara Lee Corporation has operations in 55 countries and markets branded products in nearly 200 nations.

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company is one of the largest agricultural processors in the world. Serving as a vital link between farmers and consumers, we take crops and process them to make food ingredients, animal feed ingredients, renewable fuels and naturally derived alternatives to industrial chemicals.

Founded in 1902 and incorporated in 1923, ADM is headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, and operates processing and manufacturing facilities across the United States and worldwide. Through our extensive global distribution facilities and capabilities, ADM makes a significant contribution to the world’s economy and quality of life.

Danone groupe is a world leader in the food industry in each of its three industry sectors: No. 1 worldwide in Fresh Dairy Products, No. 1 worldwide in Conditioned Water and No. 2 worldwide in Cookies and Cereal Based Snacks.

Established in the 70’s, Groupe Danone is a young company that bases its performance on the “double commitment to Economic performance and Social Progress”. The notion being that economic development and social development are interrelated.