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Sunshine Biscuits
Sunshine Biscuits, founded 1902 in Kansas City as Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company and renamed Sunshine Biscuit, Inc. in 1946, was the American baker behind Hydrox cookies, Cheez-It, and Krispy crackers and Nabisco's chief rival; acquired by Keebler in 1996, Kellogg in 2001, and now under Kellanova/Mars.
Suntory (サントリーホールディングス株式会社)
Suntory, also known as Suntory Holdings, is a Japanese beverage and spirits company founded in Osaka in 1899 by Shinjiro Torii. Its brands include Yamazaki whisky, Jim Beam, and BOSS coffee.
Supermarket
Supermarket: a large self-service food retail store combining full grocery lines, meat, produce, and non-food goods under one roof. Key markers: Piggly Wiggly's 1916 self-service origin, King Kullen 1930, low-margin high-volume economics, and dominance of food retail since the mid-1950s.
Supertaster
Supertaster: coined by Linda Bartoshuk in 1991 for people who taste PROP/PTC as intensely bitter; about 25% of Americans, more fungiform papillae, TAS2R38-related but not explained by it alone.
SuperValu (United States)
Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU), American grocery wholesaler and retailer of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, successor to 1870s firms, once largest US grocery distributor; acquired by United Natural Foods in 2018 for $2.9 billion. Distinct from the Irish SuperValu franchise of Musgrave Group.
Swanson
Swanson is the Omaha, Nebraska food brand (founded 1899 as Jerpe Commission Company) that introduced the frozen TV Dinner in the 1950s; its name is now split between Campbell's (broths) and Conagra (frozen meals).
Swedish Fish
Swedish Fish, known in Sweden as Malaco pastellfiskar, are fish-shaped gelatin-free wine gum candies created by Malaco in Sweden in the late 1950s for the US market. The North American version is now made by Mondelēz in Hamilton, Ontario, and Turkey; the red flavor remains officially unconfirmed.
Sysco
Sysco Corporation, Houston-based foodservice distributor founded by John Baugh in 1969, is the world's largest food-away-from-home distributor with $84.6 billion fiscal 2026 sales, 333 distribution centers, and a pending $29.1 billion acquisition of Jetro Restaurant Depot.
Takis (snack)
Takis are rolled corn tortilla chips made by Barcel of Grupo Bimbo, introduced in Mexico in 1999, with chili-lime Fuego (2006) as flagship; known for intense seasoning, US entry 2001, and 2026 removal of artificial colors and TBHQ.
Tamarind seed polysaccharide
Tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP, tamarind gum, tamarind xyloglucan) is a galactoxyloglucan hydrocolloid from Tamarindus indica seeds, GRAS (GRN 503, 2014), used as thickener, stabilizer, and mucoadhesive ophthalmic excipient.
Tartrazine
Tartrazine (E 102, FD&C Yellow No. 5, Acid Yellow 23) is a synthetic lemon-yellow azo dye used in foods, drugs, and cosmetics, with an ADI of 7.5 mg/kg bw/day, FDA batch certification, and EU labeling for intolerance reactions.
Teavana
Teavana: American specialty loose-leaf tea retailer founded 1997 in Atlanta by Andrew and Nancy Mack; went public 2011; acquired by Starbucks in 2012 for $620 million; all 379 US stores closed by 2018; brand and blends survive under Starbucks ownership.
Tenmei riots
The Tenmei riots (天明の騒動) were the wave of food riots and peasant uprisings that shook Japan during the Tenmei famine, peaking in the great urban riots of 1787.
Terry's Chocolate Orange
Terry's Chocolate Orange: British segmented orange-flavored chocolate ball, launched early 1930s by Terry's of York; predecessor Chocolate Apple 1926; York factory closed 2005; now made in Strasbourg, France by Carambar & Co.
Tesco
Tesco PLC, British multinational grocery retailer founded by Jack Cohen in 1919 as an East London market stall; name from T.E. Stockwell plus Cohen. Largest UK grocer at 28.2% market share, 3,724 stores, FY25/26 sales £66.6bn, headquartered in Welwyn Garden City.
Tesco Clubcard
Tesco Clubcard is Tesco's UK supermarket loyalty scheme, launched in 1995 as the UK's first supermarket loyalty card. Members earn one point per £1, redeem vouchers at double or triple value with partners, and get member-only Clubcard Prices.
Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak (founded 1951, Sweden, by Ruben Rausing as a subsidiary of Åkerlund & Rausing) is a food packaging company known for tetrahedron and brick beverage cartons and aseptic packaging, sold in over 160 countries.
The California Raisins
The California Raisins are a fictional claymation rhythm-and-blues band created in 1986 to advertise California raisins, best known for singing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine."
The Co-operative Group
The Co-operative Group (Co-op) is a British consumer-owned co-operative, roots 1844 and CWS 1863, formed by the 2000 CWS-CRS merger. It runs 2,300+ stores, supplies 5,600+ locations, and had £11bn revenue in 2025 despite a £107m cyber-attack impact.
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), founded 1894 by Milton Hershey, is a leading North American chocolate and confectionery maker; brands include Hershey's, Reese's, and Kisses; 2025 net sales were $11.69 billion amid a record cocoa price shock.
The J.M. Smucker Company
The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM), founded 1897 in Orrville, Ohio, is a branded food maker owning Smucker's, Jif, Folgers, Uncrustables, Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, and Hostess, with $9.1 billion fiscal 2026 net sales.
The Laughing Cow
The Laughing Cow (La Vache qui rit) is Bel Group's French processed cheese brand, trademarked by Léon Bel in 1921, sold as foil-wrapped triangular wedges in 136 countries with about 110 recipes.
The Most Interesting Man in the World
The Most Interesting Man in the World is Dos Equis' advertising character, played by Jonathan Goldsmith 2006-2016 and revived in 2026, created by Havas Worldwide with the tagline "I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis."
The Noid
The Noid is Domino's Pizza's 1986 claymation anti-mascot from the "Avoid the Noid" campaign, created by Group 243 and Will Vinton Studios, retired after a 1989 hostage incident by Kenneth Lamar Noid, and revived in 2021.
The Smith's Snackfood Company
The Smith's Snackfood Company, also Smith's Chips, is PepsiCo's Australian snack manufacturer founded in 1931 in Sydney; it makes Crinkle Cut chips, Twisties, and Red Rock Deli, and leads Australia's salty snack market.
Thickening agent
Thickening agent (food thickener, hydrocolloid): a food additive that increases a food's viscosity. Key types: starch, xanthan gum, guar gum, pectin, gelatin, carrageenan; defined by Codex, used in sauces and dysphagia diets.
Tic Tac
Tic Tac is Ferrero's pill-shaped breath mint and candy brand, launched in 1969 with the iconic flip-top dispenser; made from layered sugar with Piedmont mint, sold in over 70 countries.
Tiens Group (天狮集团)
Tiens Group (天狮集团), Chinese health products and direct selling conglomerate founded by Li Jinyuan in Tianjin; licensed entity 天津天狮生物工程有限公司 licensed 2011, claims 224 countries and 117 branches, with legal disputes over fake "Tianjin Tianshi" pyramid groups.
Tim Tam
Tim Tam is a chocolate biscuit made by Arnott's. Created in 1964, it consists of two chocolate-malted layers with a cream filling, famous for the Tim Tam Slam ritual.
Tiramisu
Tiramisu (tiramisù, tiramesù) is a chilled Italian dessert of coffee-soaked savoiardi layered with mascarpone, egg, and sugar cream, dusted with cocoa. Codified at Le Beccherie in Treviso in the early 1970s; recipe deposited by the Accademia Italiana della Cucina.