Food manufacturers of Chicago
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Since the 1830s, when Chicago enjoyed a brief period of importance as a local milling center for spring wheat, the city has long been a center for the conversion of raw farm products into edible goods.[2] Since the 1880s, Chicago has also been home to leading firms in other areas of the food processing industry, including cereals, baked goods, and candy.[2]
In the twenty-first century, companies such as Kraft, Wrigley, Sara Lee, and Tootsie Roll Industries, all maintain operations within the Chicago metropolitan area.
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Food manufacturers[edit]
Hundreds of well-known food products have originated or are produced in the city. Below is a list of widely known food manufacturers with current or historical ties to Chicago.
- Armour and Company
- Brach's
- Budlong Pickle Company
- Cloverhill Bakery
- Curtiss Candy Company
- Ferrara Pan Candy Company
- Fortune Brands
- Fuhrman and Forster Company
- Keebler Company
- Kraft Foods
- M&M/Mars
- Morton Salt
- Nabisco
- Oscar Mayer
- Quaker Oats Company
- Sara Lee Corporation
- Swift & Company
- Tootsie Roll Industries
- Tropicana Products
- Urban Accents
- Vanee Foods
- Vienna Beef
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- World's Finest Chocolate
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Doublemint". Wrigley Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ a b Wilson, Mark R. (2005). "Food Processing: Regional and National Market". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
External links[edit]
- "Community Development Department". City of Chicago. 2010.
- "Made in Chicago". Chicago: City of the Century. PBS. 2003.
