Sugar Is Sweet.The Amalgamated Sugar Company, with roots reaching back to 1915, turns beets into sweets. It's the second-largest US sugar producer, processing sugar beets grown on about 180,000 acres in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The company manufactures granulated, coarse, powdered, and brown consumer sugar products marketed under the brand White Satin. It also makes products for retail grocery chains under private labels. The sugar company produces beet pulp, molasses, and other beet by-products for use by food and animal-feed manufacturers. Since 1997 Amalgamated Sugar has been owned by the Snake River Sugar Company, a cooperative that comprises sugar beet growers in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Founded in 1984, Trailblazer Foods is one of the preferred manufacturers of branded and private-label grocery products in the western United States. Based in Portland, Ore., the company serves national brand owners and specialty food marketers. It specializes in supplying syrups, preservatives, fillings, savory sauces, marinades, drink mixes, toppings and other non-oil-based wet products. Trailblazer Foods is Oregon Tilth certified to manufacture organic products. It is a member of the Northwest Grocery Association and National Association for the Specialty Food Trade Inc.
