Illinois Health Food Companies

Mother's Natural Foods
Makes whole-grain hot cereals including Oat Bran, Instant Oatmeal, Rolled Oats, Whole Wheat, Multigrain, and Barley. Also makes toasted wheat germ. Newer products include sweetened dry cereals including Peanut Butter Bumpers, Groovy Grahams, and Cinnamon Oat Crunch. Products are vegetarian.
Mother's is owned by The Quaker Oats Company which is owned by Pepsico (Pepsi Cola).
Mother's Natural Foods
321 N. Clark St.
Chicago, Illinois 60610
800-234-6281

Premier Harvest Soyfoods
Produces a variety of products with non-GMO soy ingredients. Items include vegetarian meatless meal kits, soy-enriched baking mixes, granola cereals with soy nuggets, expeller-pressed soybean oils, soy flour, and soy/rice nuggets.
P.O. Box 3483
Springfield, IL 62708
Phone: 866-372-6879 or 217-391-0091
Fax: 217-391-0096

Boca Burger, Inc.
Makes a number of meatless products such as burgers (one a Vegan Original), a ground beef substitute, breakfast links and patties, meatless tenders and nuggets, and chicken substitutes. Now owned by Kraft which is part of Phillip Morris. 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1360, Chicago, Il 60606
Phone: 312-201-0300

Near East Food Products
Creates more than 30 different flavors and varieties of pilafs, couscous, and grain dishes including taboule and falafel mixes. Most items are certified kosher.
P.O. Box 049003
Chicago, Il 60604-9003
800-822-7423

Abbott Laboratories
Don't be lulled by Abbott Laboratories' innocuous name: It is one of the US's top health care products makers. The company's pharmaceuticals include HIV treatment Norvir, rheumatoid arthritis therapy HUMIRA, and obesity drug Meridia. Its nutritional products division makes such well-known brands as Similac infant formula and the Ensure line of nutrition supplements.
100 Abbott Park Rd.
Abbott Park, IL 60064
Phone: 847-937-6100
Fax: 847-937-9555

Ala Carte Entertainment, Inc.
This company caters to many tastes with a varied menu of dining and drinking options. Ala Carte Entertainment (ACE) operates more than 30 nightspots in the Chicago area, including such popular night clubs as Apartment, The Loft, and Excalibur. It also has several pub establishments, including Finn McCool's, The Celtic Crown, and The Full Shilling. ACE's portfolio of restaurants includes Chandler's Chophouse, Magnum's Steakhouse, and Moretti's Ristorante and Pizzeria.
6666 N. Oliphant Ave.
Chicago, IL 60631
Phone: 773-774-9111
Fax: 773-774-9305