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Smarties
Smarties: Nestlé's candy-coated milk chocolate, created by Rowntree's in 1882 as Chocolate Beans, renamed Smarties 1937; distinct from the American dextrose wafer candy sold as Rockets in Canada.
Smarties (tablet candy)
Smarties (tablet candy), US pressed-dextrose tablets by Smarties Candy Company (founded 1949 as Ce De Candy), six flavors, 25 calories per roll, vegan and gluten-free; sold in Canada as Rockets, distinct from Nestlé's chocolate Smarties.
Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods (Nasdaq: SFD), founded 1936 in Smithfield, Virginia, is a major American packaged meats and fresh pork producer, majority owned by WH Group, public since its January 2025 IPO, with brands including Smithfield, Eckrich, and Nathan's Famous.
Smoke point
The smoke point, also called the burning point, is the temperature at which a cooking oil or fat begins to emit visible smoke as it thermally degrades.
Smoking (cooking)
Smoking (cooking) is slow, indirect cooking over wood smoke, done hot or cold (cold about 18-25 °C), that preserves and flavors meat, fish, and cheese while raising PAH and Listeria concerns.
Snap, Crackle and Pop
Snap, Crackle and Pop are the cartoon mascots of Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal, created by illustrator Vernon Grant in 1933 after a radio jingle; Snap debuted alone, Crackle and Pop joined the box in 1941, and a fourth elf, Pow, briefly appeared in the 1950s.
Snapple
Snapple: American iced tea and juice brand founded 1972 as Unadulterated Food Products by Marsh, Golden, and Greenberg; famous for glass bottles, cap pop, Real Facts; owned by Keurig Dr Pepper.
Snickers
Snickers (formerly Marathon in the UK) is a Mars, Incorporated chocolate bar of nougat, caramel, and peanuts, launched in Chicago in 1930, named after the Mars family horse, with about $3.5 billion in 2012 sales.
SoBe
SoBe (South Beach Beverage) is an American herbal tea and 'healthy refreshment' drink brand founded in 1995 by John Bello and Tom Schwalm, named for South Beach, Florida, with its two-lizard logo; PepsiCo bought it in 2000 for about $370 million.
Sobeys
Sobeys (Sobeys Inc.) is one of Canada's two national grocery retailers, founded in 1907 in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, wholly owned by Empire Company Limited, with about 1,600 stores, a 19% grocery market share, and a 2026 consent agreement ending property controls.
SodaStream (סודהסטרים)
SodaStream (סודהסטרים), Israeli home carbonation company founded 1903 in London, acquired by PepsiCo in 2018 for $3.3 billion; makes sparkling water makers using CO2 cylinders and reusable bottles.
Sodexo
Sodexo (formerly Sodexho) is a Paris-headquartered food services and facilities management group founded by Pierre Bellon in Marseille in 1966, with 430,000 employees in 43 countries, €23.7 billion Fiscal 2023 revenues, and the 2024 Pluxee benefits spin-off.
Sodium iron EDTA
Sodium iron EDTA (NaFeEDTA, ferric sodium edetate, sodium feredetate), CAS 15708-41-5, is a chelated iron fortificant approved by JECFA for supervised food fortification, used in high-phytate flours, sugar, soy sauce, and fish sauce.
Sodium nitrite packaging film
Sodium nitrite packaging film, or nitrite-embedded film (GRN 228), is active packaging with 113 mg/m² sodium nitrite on one side that keeps vacuum-packaged raw beef and pork bright red via nitric oxide myoglobin, with FSIS 7/30-day dating and labeling conditions.
Somerfield
Somerfield, formerly Gateway, was a British supermarket and convenience chain (with Kwik Save) bought by Co-operative Group in 2009 for £1.565bn; brand phased out, company closed 2010.
Soup kitchen
A soup kitchen, also called a meal center, is a charitable or public institution serving free ready-to-eat meals, traditionally soup with bread, to needy people, widespread since the 1700s.
Sour Patch Kids
Sour Patch Kids, also Mars Men, Very Bad Kids (France), Maynards Sour Patch Kids (UK/Canada): sour-then-sweet gummy candy created in Canada in the late 1970s, renamed in 1985, owned by Mondelēz International.
Soylent (meal replacement)
Soylent is an American meal replacement brand founded in 2013 in Silicon Valley by Rob Rhinehart and co-founders, offering ready-to-drink shakes, powders, and bars with plant-based protein; acquired by Starco Brands in 2023, distinct from the Soylent film fiction.
Spar (retailer)
Spar, originally founded as Despar, is a voluntary food retail chain started by wholesaler Adriaan van Well in the Netherlands in 1932, with about 13,600 stores in 50 countries.
Spindrift Beverage Co.
Spindrift Beverage Co. is an American beverage company in Newton, Massachusetts, founded by Bill Creelman in 2010, known for sparkling water made with real squeezed fruit.
Splenda
Splenda is an American brand of low- and zero-calorie sweeteners, launched in 1991 and owned by Heartland Food Products Group, whose original sucralose-based product is about 600 times sweeter than sugar.
Spray drying
Spray drying, patented by Samuel Percy in 1872, converts liquid feeds into dry powder by atomizing droplets into hot gas within seconds; dominant in food (dairy), pharmaceuticals (ASDs, inhalables), and chemicals.
Sprouts Farmers Market
Sprouts Farmers Market (Nasdaq: SFM) is a Phoenix-headquartered specialty grocer of fresh, natural, and organic food, founded in 2002 in Chandler, Arizona by the Boney family, with 490 stores in 25 states as of mid-2026.
Starburst (candy)
Starburst, originally Opal Fruits, is Mars's chewy fruit candy: UK launch 1959/1960, US debut 1967 as M&M's Fruit Chewies, global Starburst rebrand in 1998.
Starch gelatinization
Starch gelatinization: irreversible loss of crystalline order in starch granules heated in water, causing swelling, birefringence loss, amylose leaching, and thickening; typically 60–80 °C, measured by DSC.
Stefan Persson (magnate)
Stefan Persson (born 1947, Stockholm) is a Swedish retail magnate, H&M CEO 1982-1998 and chairman 1998-2020, son of founder Erling Persson. Owner via Ramsbury Invest; Sweden's richest person, about 18.6-23.6 billion USD.
Stewart Resnick
Stewart Resnick is an American billionaire businessman, chairman, president, and co-owner with wife Lynda of The Wonderful Company (Wonderful Pistachios, POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, Teleflora), a $6 billion firm, and a philanthropist behind a $750 million Caltech sustainability gift.
Stop & Shop
Stop & Shop is a Northeastern US supermarket chain founded from the 1914 Economy Grocery Company of the Rabb (Rabinovitz) family of Boston, pioneer of self-service supermarkets, owned by Ahold Delhaize since 1996.
Sucralose
Sucralose (E 955, Splenda) is a chlorinated sucrose-derived artificial sweetener about 600 times sweeter than sugar; FDA-approved 1998-1999, EU ADI 15 mg/kg bw/day, heat stable.
Sunfeast
Sunfeast is ITC Limited's Indian packaged-food brand, launched July 2003 with glucose, Marie, and cream biscuits; now a Rs.2,500+ crore brand spanning biscuits, Dark Fantasy cookies, YiPPee! noodles (No. 2 in India), pasta, and cakes.