Basic American Foods
Basic American Foods is an American food corporation.[1][2][3] The company, which is privately owned, claims three-quarters of the North American dehydrated potato granule market.[4]
Overview
[edit | edit source]It was started in 1933 by Jaquelin H. Hume and his brother Bill Hume as a dehydration processing plant in Vacaville, California.[1][3] In the 1950s, they established a potato processing plant in Blackfoot, Idaho, whereby potato powder could be turned into mashed potatoes by adding boiling water.[1] This technique was used by brands such as Potato Pearls, Golden Grill, Classic Casserole and Savory Series.[1] In 1986, they invented the same technique for beans, for brands such as Santiago Refried Beans and later Santiago Black Beans and Santiago Quick-Start Chili.[1] The company holds forty patents for food production.[1]
Basic American Foods competes with General Mills, Pillsbury and Sunspiced, Inc.[4] The company, however, had an agreement with General Mills for it to manufacture the dehydrated potato products that it sells under its Betty Crocker brand.[4] During the 1990s, Basic American Foods also acquired Pillsbury’s entire food service business, including its facility at Shelley, Idaho.[4]
Basic American Foods is led by Jaquelin's sons, William J. Hume and George H. Hume.[1] It is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.[2][3] The company is one of the original members of a consortium led by Avure Technologies[5] formed for the Department of Defense Dual Use S&T (DUST) program.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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