Minnesota Health Food Companies
Pack Lite Foods
Makes vegetarian and vegan compact, lightweight, one pot breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals for camping and backpacking. Also has hot drink mixes. Foods are freeze-dried or dehydrated.
P.O. Box 1106
Grand Marais, MN 55604
Phone: 218-387-9147
FAX: 218-387-2899
French Meadow Bakery
Specializes in yeast-free bakery products made with organic whole grain flours. Includes breads, pizza crusts, and bagels. They also make wheat-free, yeast-free breads, pizza crusts, and bagels.
2610 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: 612-870-4740 and 1-877-No Yeast
Bellboy Corporation
You might think seafood and cigars don't go together, but this Bellboy has other ideas. The company imports, exports, and wholesales seafood, as well as cigars and bar supplies (liquor, beer, drink mixes, accessories, condiments, and cleaning supplies). It also imports and exports meat products. The company was founded in 1973 by its president Martin Bell.
2220 Florida Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55426
Phone: 952-544-7791
Fax: 952-544-0419
Toll Free: 800-554-4700
Cargill, Incorporated
Cargill may be private, but it's highly visible. The US's second largest private corporation (after Koch Industries), Cargill's diversified operations include grain, cotton, sugar, and petroleum trading; financial trading; food processing; futures brokering; and agricultural services including animal feed and fertilizer production. The company is the leading grain producer in the US, and its Excel unit is one of the top US meatpackers. Cargill's brands include Diamond Crystal (salt), Gerkens (cocoa), Honeysuckle White (poultry), and Sterling Silver (fresh meats).
15407 McGinty Rd. West
Wayzata, MN 55391
Phone: 952-742-7575
Fax: 952-742-7393
Toll Free: 800-277-4455
CHS Inc.
CHS Inc. goes with the grain. As one of the largest US cooperative marketers of grain and oilseed, CHS represents local cooperatives from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and from the Canadian border to Texas. CHS trades grain and sells supplies to members through its stores. It also processes soybeans for use in food and animal feeds, and markets petroleum. In addition, CHS grinds wheat into flour used in pastas and bread; subsidiary Sparta Foods makes tortillas. The co-op has joint ventures that sell crop nutrient and protection products, and market grain.
5500 Cenex Dr.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
Phone: 651-355-6000
Toll Free: 800-232-3639
Dahlgren & Company, Inc.
Chew 'em up or spit 'em out -- Dahlgren & Company processes and sells raw, roasted, shelled, and unshelled sunflower seeds. The company provides custom processing, flavoring, and packaging services for snack, baking, cereal, and food-ingredient manufacturers in the US and abroad. It also processes soy nuts and manufactures seed mixtures for wild birds. Dahlgren & Company is a family-owned business and was founded in 1955.
1220 Sunflower St.
Crookston, MN 56716
Phone: 218-281-2985
Fax: 218-281-6218


