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Basic American Foods competes with [[General Mills]], [[Pillsbury (brand)|Pillsbury]] and [[Sunspiced, Inc.]]<ref name=":0" /> The company, however, had an agreement with General Mills for it to manufacture the dehydrated potato products that it sells under its [[Betty Crocker]] brand.<ref name=":0" /> During the 1990s, Basic American Foods also acquired Pillsbury’s entire food service business, including its facility at [[Shelley, Idaho]].<ref name=":0" /> |
Basic American Foods competes with [[General Mills]], [[Pillsbury (brand)|Pillsbury]] and [[Sunspiced, Inc.]]<ref name=":0" /> The company, however, had an agreement with General Mills for it to manufacture the dehydrated potato products that it sells under its [[Betty Crocker]] brand.<ref name=":0" /> During the 1990s, Basic American Foods also acquired Pillsbury’s entire food service business, including its facility at [[Shelley, Idaho]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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Basic American Foods is led by Jaquelin's sons, [[William J. Hume]] and [[George H. Hume]].<ref name="official" /> It is headquartered in [[Walnut Creek, California]].<ref name="yahoo" /><ref name="businessweek" /> The company is one of the original members of the Flow International consortium. |
Basic American Foods is led by Jaquelin's sons, [[William J. Hume]] and [[George H. Hume]].<ref name="official" /> It is headquartered in [[Walnut Creek, California]].<ref name="yahoo" /><ref name="businessweek" /> The company is one of the original members of the Flow International (currently Avure Technologies) consortium, which was formed for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] Dual Use S&T (DUST) program.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Balasubramaniam |first=V. M. |title=High Pressure Processing of Food: Principles, Technology and Applications |last2=Barbosa-Cánovas |first2=Gustavo V. |last3=Lelieveld |first3=Huub |publisher=Springer |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4939-3233-7 |location=New York |pages=688 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:00, 1 May 2023
Basic American Foods is an American food corporation.[1][2][3] The company, which is privately owned, claims three-quarters of the North American dehydrated potato granule market.[4]
Overview
It was started in 1933 by Jaquelin H. Hume and his brother Bill Hume as a dehydration processing plant in Vacaville, California.[1][3] In the 1950s, they established a potato processing plant in Blackfoot, Idaho, whereby potato powder could be turned into mashed potatoes by adding boiling water.[1] This technique was used by brands such as Potato Pearls, Golden Grill, Classic Casserole and Savory Series.[1] In 1986, they invented the same technique for beans, for brands such as Santiago Refried Beans and later Santiago Black Beans and Santiago Quick-Start Chili.[1] The company holds forty patents for food production.[1]
Basic American Foods competes with General Mills, Pillsbury and Sunspiced, Inc.[4] The company, however, had an agreement with General Mills for it to manufacture the dehydrated potato products that it sells under its Betty Crocker brand.[4] During the 1990s, Basic American Foods also acquired Pillsbury’s entire food service business, including its facility at Shelley, Idaho.[4]
Basic American Foods is led by Jaquelin's sons, William J. Hume and George H. Hume.[1] It is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.[2][3] The company is one of the original members of the Flow International (currently Avure Technologies) consortium, which was formed for the Department of Defense Dual Use S&T (DUST) program.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Official website, Our History". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
- ^ a b Yahoo! Archived March 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- ^ a b c d Guenthner, Joseph (2001). The International Potato Industry. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Limited. p. 251. ISBN 1-85573-465-6.
- ^ Balasubramaniam, V. M.; Barbosa-Cánovas, Gustavo V.; Lelieveld, Huub (2016). High Pressure Processing of Food: Principles, Technology and Applications. New York: Springer. p. 688. ISBN 978-1-4939-3233-7.
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