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Axium Foods, Inc., a division of McCleary, Inc., is a manufacturer of corn-based snack products, including plain and flavored tortilla chips, corn chips, puffed cheese snacks, and crunchy cheese snacks. Axium Foods is located in South Beloit, IL and is a private label snack food manufacturer and the maker of Pajeda’s, Fiesta Crunch and Mystic Harvest. ==History== Eugene “Mac” McCleary was a Chemical Engineering graduate of Michigan State University class of 1942. He enlisted in the Navy during WWII and was stationed in Beloit, WI, where he was in charge of government inspection for submarine engines being built at Fairbanks Morse. After the war, Mac was offered a job at Adams Corporation, a fledgling company formed to manufacture and distribute the Korn Kurl, a new snack food that was invented on a local dairy farm. Mac worked with Adams Corporation for 15 years as their Director of Manufacturing and was instrumental in the development of continuous production of this new snack food. Mac started his own private label snack food company November 22, 1960 and called it McCleary Industries, later to become McCleary Inc. and Axium Foods, Inc. In the year 2000, Axium Foods created Pajeda’s, their first branded line of tortilla chips and snacks, then in 2010 they introduced Fiesta Crunch, a line of tortilla chips and potato poppers. In November, 2010, Axium Foods, celebrated 50 years in business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Axium Foods Parent Company Celebrates 50 Years in Business )〕 Mac McCleary died in 2007, though today the company remains family-owned and operated.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ethanol Ruling Aside Higher Corn Prices Bad for Everyone )〕 In March, 2012, Axium Foods introduced the brand Mystic Harvest,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mystic Harvest Revolutionizes Snack Foods )〕 which includes tortilla chips made with purple corn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Axium Foods」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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