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Freezer burn
Freezer burn is surface dehydration and oxidation of frozen food, also called cold drying. Ice sublimates to vapor where air reaches food, leaving grayish-brown leathery spots; it harms quality, not safety, and is prevented by airtight, moisture-vapor-proof packaging at 0 °F.
Frito-Lay
Frito-Lay, PepsiCo's convenient foods unit formed from the 1961 Frito Company and H.W. Lay merger and the 1965 Pepsi-Cola merger, makes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Tostitos, and Fritos; headquartered in Plano, TX, with roughly 60% of US salty snacks.
Fritos
Fritos is an American brand of corn chips created in 1932 by Charles Elmer Doolin in San Antonio, Texas, and produced since 1961 by Frito-Lay.
Froot Loops
Froot Loops (Fruit Loops is a common misspelling) is Kellogg's 1963 sweetened multigrain ring cereal with Toucan Sam mascot, six colors, one shared flavor, now owned by Ferrero via WK Kellogg and switching to natural colors by end of 2026.
Frosted Flakes
Frosted Flakes, also known as Frosties, is a sweetened corn flake breakfast cereal produced by Kellogg's, introduced in 1952 and marketed with the mascot Tony the Tiger.
Frozen food
Frozen food is food preserved at about −18 °C (0 °F), safe indefinitely though quality declines. Key facts: Clarence Birdseye's 1924 quick-freezing, 1930 Springfield retail debut, microbes dormant not killed, nutrition comparable to fresh.
Galen Weston
Galen Weston (W. Galen Weston, 1940–2021), British-Canadian retailer who turned Loblaw into Canada's largest grocery chain, led George Weston Limited until 2016, built Selfridges, Brown Thomas, and Holt Renfrew holdings, and founded the Weston Brain Institute; his son Galen G. Weston now leads the group.
Galen Weston Jr.
Galen Weston Jr. (Willard Galen Garfield Weston, born 1972) is the fourth-generation Canadian chairman and CEO of George Weston Limited and chairman of Loblaw, known for Choice Properties, the 2023 grocery price hearings, and the bread price-fixing settlement.
General Foods
General Foods Corporation, American packaged-food company formed 1929 from the Postum Company; maker of Maxwell House, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Birds Eye, and Post cereals; acquired by Philip Morris in 1985 and merged into Kraft General Foods in 1989, distinct from unrelated firms using the same name.
General Mills
General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Minneapolis-based packaged food company founded 1866 as the Washburn-Crosby flour mill, renamed 1928. Owns Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Blue Buffalo; FY2026 net sales $18.4 billion.
Generally recognized as safe
Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is a U.S. FDA food-law exemption under the 1958 Food Additives Amendment allowing ingredients deemed safe by qualified experts to enter food without premarket approval; notification is voluntary, with a mandatory-notice rule proposed in 2026.
Geographical indication
Geographical indication (GI): a sign, also called appellation of origin or PDO/PGI, marking products whose quality, reputation, or characteristics stem from a specific geographic origin, protected via TRIPS, sui generis systems, or trademarks.
Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union
EU quality schemes protecting food, wine and spirit names: PDO, PGI, GI for spirits, and TSG for traditional products without geographic link; governed by Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, with about 4,000 registered names in eAmbrosia.
Gerber Baby
The Gerber Baby is the 1928 charcoal sketch by Dorothy Hope Smith, adopted as Gerber's trademark in 1931; the baby depicted is Ann Turner Cook, whose identity was revealed in 1978, with annual Photo Search spokesbabies since 2010.
Gerber Products Company
Gerber Products Company, founded 1927 in Fremont, Michigan and owned by Nestlé since 2007, is the leading U.S. baby food maker, known for the Gerber Baby image, WIC-approved products, heavy-metal testing controversies, and a 2026 arrowroot biscuit recall.
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, founded 1852 in San Francisco by Domenico (Domingo) Ghirardelli, is America's longest continuously operating chocolate maker, known for the Broma process, Ghirardelli Square, SQUARES chocolates, and Lindt & Sprüngli ownership since 1998.
Giant Eagle
Giant Eagle, Inc. is a privately held Pittsburgh-founded supermarket and pharmacy chain (1931, Eagle Grocery plus OK Grocery families) across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, and Indiana; Kroger agreed in July 2026 to buy it for $1.65 billion.
Giovanni Ferrero
Giovanni Ferrero (born 1964), Italian billionaire businessman and novelist, President of Ferrero International S.A., maker of Nutella, Kinder, and Tic Tac; co-CEO from 1997, Executive Chairman from 2017, led acquisitions including Nestlé US confectionery and WK Kellogg.
Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scout Cookies are seasonal cookies sold annually by Girl Scouts in the United States through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, begun in 1917, commercially baked since 1936 by ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers, with about 200 million boxes sold yearly.
Givaudan
Givaudan, Swiss flavour and fragrance maker founded 1895 in Zürich by Léon and Xavier Givaudan, headquartered in Vernier; divisions Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty; 2025 sales CHF 7,472 million; industry leader versus IFF, Symrise, DSM-Firmenich.
Gleaning
Gleaning is the collection of surplus food, traditionally crops left after harvest, for redistribution to people in need; also called food recovery or rescue. Ancient roots in Leviticus and Ruth, modern US liability law (Emerson Act 1996, FDIA 2023), and documented programs from county projects to Farm to Family.
Global Hunger Index
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a peer-reviewed annual composite index, originally by IFPRI and now published by Welthungerhilfe, IFHV, and Helvetas, scoring countries 0-100 on undernourishment, child stunting, wasting, and mortality; the 2026 global score is 18.1 (moderate).
Gobstopper
Gobstopper, also called jawbreaker in the US, is a hard spherical candy of many layered sugar coats meant to be sucked slowly. The Everlasting Gobstopper, from Roald Dahl's 1964 book, became a real Wonka candy in 1976, now made by Ferrara.
Godfrey Phillips India
Godfrey Phillips India Limited (GPI, NSE: GODFRYPHLP) is the second-largest Indian tobacco and cigarette company, a Modi Enterprises flagship founded in 1936, maker of Four Square and Red & White and distributor of Marlboro with Philip Morris.
Godiva Chocolatier
Godiva Chocolatier: Belgian premium chocolate brand (Belgium 1926), founded by Pierre Draps in Brussels, named after Lady Godiva; royal warrant 1968; owned by Turkey's Yıldız Holding via pladis, not Campbell Soup or Hershey.
Goldfish (cracker)
Goldfish crackers: fish-shaped baked cheese snack created as Goldfischli by Swiss baker Oscar J. Kambly in 1958, introduced to the US by Pepperidge Farm in 1962, now a Campbell brand icon.
Got Milk?
Got Milk? is the 1993 American milk advertising campaign by Goodby Silverstein & Partners for the California Milk Processor Board, famous for the Aaron Burr commercial, Michael Bay direction, and celebrity milk mustache ads; retired 2014 for Milk Life, revived 2020.
Goya Foods
Goya Foods, Inc., American food company founded 1936 by Prudencio and Carolina Unanue in Lower Manhattan; largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US, HQ Secaucus, New Jersey, 2,500+ Latin cuisine products, family-run, 90th anniversary 2026.
Graham cracker
Graham cracker: thin, crisp American cookie made from graham flour, invented 1829 by Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham as a bland anti-vice health food; now sweetened with honey and cinnamon and used in s'mores and pie crusts.
Grape-Nuts
Grape-Nuts is a Post Consumer Brands breakfast cereal introduced in 1897 by C.W. Post, made from whole-grain wheat and barley with no grapes or nuts; known for dense crunchy nuggets, high fiber, and New England grape-nut ice cream.