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Knouse Foods Inc
Knouse Foods, located in Peach Glen, Pa., is a cooperative fruit processor that produces food items, including apple butter, apple juice, apple sauce, pie filling, cherries and vinegar. Founded in 1949, Knouse owns an 80,000 square foot storage facility in Peach Glen. The facility contains 18 controlled atmosphere rooms, which enables it to regulate temperature and humidity, as well as oxygen and carbon dioxide content. Each of the rooms are 2,746 square feet and can hold 31 tractor loads of apples per room, allowing for total storage of 558,000 bushels. The company also operates processing plants in Chambersburg, Biglerville, Gardner and Orrtanna, Pa.; Paw Paw, Mich., and Inwood, W. Va. Knouse distributes their products to retailers and foodservice operations and provides a variety of packaging and packing solutions.
