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Westgate Resorts
Westgate Resorts is an American timeshare and hospitality company in Orlando, Florida, founded by David A. Siegel in 1982 with 16 villas near Walt Disney World.
Weston family
The Weston family of Canada, founders of George Weston Limited (1882), controls Loblaw and Choice Properties through private holding company Wittington Investments; a British branch built Associated British Foods and Primark.
Wet market
Wet market: a traditional fresh-food market where independent vendors sell perishables such as vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood, kept cool with water and ice; also called traditional food markets, common across Asia, distinct from dry markets and supermarkets.
Wetherspoons
Wetherspoons (J D Wetherspoon plc, JDW) is a British pub chain founded by Tim Martin in 1979 in Muswell Hill, London. FTSE 250 managed-pub operator of 792 UK and Ireland pubs plus franchised sites, known for low prices, converted historic buildings, and its Curry Club.
Whataburger
Whataburger: Texas-founded fast-food hamburger chain (Corpus Christi, 1950, Harmon Dobson), known for quarter-pound made-to-order burgers, orange A-frame restaurants, Fancy Ketchup, and 2019 BDT Capital majority sale; roughly 1,180 locations in 17 states.
Whatchamacallit (candy)
Whatchamacallit is a Hershey candy bar introduced in 1978 as peanut butter crisp in chocolate, reformulated in 1987 with caramel and peanut-flavored crisps, and relabeled chocolate candy in 2008; spin-offs include Thingamajig and Whozeewhatzit.
Wheat beer
Wheat beer (Weissbier, Hefeweizen, Witbier) is beer brewed with a large wheat proportion alongside barley malt, often hazy. German law requires at least 50% wheat malt; banana-clove yeast character distinguishes Weissbier from spiced Belgian witbier and clean American wheat beer.
Wheaties
Wheaties is a flaked whole-wheat breakfast cereal made by General Mills, introduced in 1924 by the Washburn-Crosby Company and marketed since 1933 as "The Breakfast of Champions."
Where's the beef?
"Where's the beef?" is the 1984 Wendy's slogan spoken by Clara Peller in the "Fluffy Bun" commercial by Dancer Fitzgerald Sample; it became a national catchphrase, boosted Wendy's revenue 31% in 1984, and entered politics via Walter Mondale's debate jab at Gary Hart.
Whey
Whey is the liquid byproduct of cheesemaking, about 93% water with lactose, soluble proteins (β-lactoglobulin, α-lactalbumin), and minerals; processed into whey protein concentrate (34–80% protein) and isolate (90%+), once waste, now a prized, price-surging food ingredient.
Whey mineral concentrate
Whey mineral concentrate (GRN 52) is a milk-mineral powder from whey, used as a calcium source in beverages, foods, and dairy; FDA had no questions in 2001.
Whey protein isolate
Whey protein isolate (WPI) is a dairy ingredient, at least 90% protein by dry weight, made from cheese whey by membrane filtration or ion exchange; used in supplements, sports drinks, and protein-fortified foods, GRAS in the US since 2000.
Whipped cream
Whipped cream (crème Chantilly when sweetened) is a foam made by whipping 30–38% fat dairy cream so partially coalesced fat globules stabilize air bubbles; over-whipping yields butter, and plant-based toppings use coconut or palm fats with added emulsifiers.
Whisky
Whisky (whiskey) is a cereal-grain spirit matured in oak. Gaelic uisge beatha, first records Ireland 1405, Scotland 1496; Scotch, bourbon, Irish, and Japanese styles differ by legal definitions, grains, and casks.
Whitaker family
Whitaker family of Marsala and Palermo: Anglo-Sicilian wine merchants (c. 1820) behind Marsala wine and Mozia excavations; today Tenuta Whitaker, a 2007 Fondazione Whitaker–Tasca d'Almerita partnership producing organic Grillo Mozia in Sicily.
Whitbread
Whitbread PLC (WTB, FTSE 100) is a British hospitality company founded in 1742 as a brewery, now the owner of Premier Inn, the UK's largest hotel brand with 86,000+ rooms, plus a growing German estate; it sold Costa in 2019 and is exiting branded restaurants.
White Castle (restaurant)
White Castle, founded 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, by Walt Anderson and Billy Ingram, is credited as the first fast-food hamburger chain, known for square steamed Sliders, standardized operations, and Columbus, Ohio family ownership.
White chocolate
White chocolate: a confection of cocoa butter, milk solids, and sugar with no cocoa solids, defined by FDA (21 CFR 163.124, min 20% cocoa butter, max 55% sweetener) and Codex standards; first commercialized by Nestlé (Galak/Milkybar) in Switzerland in 1936.
White Claw Hard Seltzer
White Claw Hard Seltzer is a 5% ABV alcoholic seltzer launched in the US in 2016 by Mark Anthony Group, made from seltzer water, a gluten-free alcohol base, and fruit flavor; it leads the global hard seltzer market with about 58% share and spans Surge, Clawtails, and Zero Proof lines.
White coffee
White coffee (kopi putih, 白咖啡) most famously means Ipoh white coffee, a Malaysian style with beans roasted in palm-oil margarine and little sugar, served with condensed milk; the term also covers white roast beans, a Lebanese herbal infusion, and coffee with milk.
White Coke
White Coke was a clear, colorless Coca-Cola made in the 1940s for Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov, disguised as vodka in straight bottles with a red-star cap; never sold publicly.
White meat
White meat is pale meat such as chicken, turkey breast, or veal, classified by low myoglobin; poultry dominates nutritional research. Cohort meta-analyses show lower all-cause mortality but neutral cardiovascular effects, and pork, despite marketing, is scientifically red meat.
White pudding
White pudding is an Irish and Scottish sausage of pork, oatmeal, suet, and seasonings, like black pudding without blood; a full-breakfast staple also deep-fried in Scottish chip shops, with commercial fat of 6.0–22.4% and sodium averaging 867 mg/100 g.
White Rabbit (大白兔奶糖) (candy)
White Rabbit (大白兔奶糖) is a chewy Chinese milk candy made by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan, launched in 1959 for the PRC's 10th anniversary from the 1943 ABC Mickey Mouse candy, famed for the seven-candies-equal-a-glass-of-milk slogan, 1972 Nixon state-gift role, edible rice-paper wrapper, and the 2008 melamine recall.
White tea
White tea (白茶) is a lightly oxidized Camellia sinensis tea made by withering and drying only, the least processed of China's six major tea types. Grades run Silver Needle, White Peony, Gong Mei, Shou Mei, mostly from Fujian's Fuding and Zhenghe.
White wine
White wine: wine fermented without grape-skin contact, from white grapes or pressed juice of red grapes; pale yellow to golden, styles from dry mineral to rich; oldest evidence from Tutankhamun's tomb; OIV-defined skin-contact (orange) variant.
Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market: American natural and organic supermarket chain founded 1980 in Austin, Texas, by John Mackey and others; acquired by Amazon in 2017 for about $13.7 billion; 540+ US stores, 575+ banned ingredients, first certified organic national retailer.
Whole wheat bread
Whole wheat bread, also known as wholemeal or whole grain bread, is bread made from whole wheat flour containing all parts of the wheat kernel: bran, germ, and endosperm.
Whoopie pie
Whoopie pie: American sandwich dessert of two chocolate cake rounds with white marshmallow or shortening frosting filling; also called gob in Pennsylvania; Maine's official state treat since 2011.
Whopper
Whopper: Burger King's signature flame-grilled hamburger, introduced 1957 in Miami by McLamore and Edgerton for 37 cents; flagship of the "Home of the Whopper" brand, basis of Have It Your Way and the Impossible Whopper.