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North Star Processing LLC in Litchfield, MN is a leading provider of food ingredients, flavors, sauces, and seasonings, specializing in innovative products such as melting cheese, cheese spread, and melting cheese sauce. Their team of flavor experts collaborates with food industry professionals to develop unique flavors and high-quality ingredients that enhance products and menus, ensuring a seamless experience from concept to market. With a focus on customization and customer satisfaction, North Star Processing offers a range of options including gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, vegan, organic, kosher, and non-GMO products. Their commitment to innovation, high-quality ingredients, and tailored solutions makes them a trusted partner for businesses looking to elevate their food offerings with delicious and consistent flavors.Generated from the website

Upper Lakes Foods is a family owned and operated full-line, full-service food distributor founded in 1967. With annual sales in excess of $200 million, we are the 29th largest broad-line food service distributer in America. We service a wide variety of food service operators in the Upper Midwest ranging from independent restaurants to schools to healthcare facilities. We currently stock more than 10, 000 foodservice products from over 700 quality vendors. We are the largest independent distributor in Minnesota.

Birds Eye Foods, headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., provides some of the leading food brands, including Birds Eye, Comstock, Freshlike and McKenzie's. It also provides Bernstein's brands, such as salad dressings, Birds Eye, Birds Eye Fresh, Birds Eye Steamfresh, Birds Eye Voila, Brooks, Greenwood Beets and Husman's. The company was founded in the early 1960s and was formerly known as Agrilink Foods. It has various manufacturing and administrative facilities at several locations, such as Watsonville, Calif., Montezuma, Ga., Fennville, Mich., and Waseca, Minn. Birds Eye Foods also operates various offices in Bergen, Brockport, Fulton, Oakfield, N.Y., and Berlin, Penn. The company also partners with Pro-Fac, a farmers cooperative that offers a wide variety of farm products.