International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the creation and manufacture of fragrance and flavor products in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Flavors and Fragrances. The Flavors segment offers flavor compounds to the food and beverage industries for use in consumer products, such as prepared foods, beverages, dairy, and food and confectionery products. The Fragrances segment provides various functional fragrances, including fragrance compounds for personal care and household products; fine fragrance and beauty care, including perfumes, colognes, and toiletries; and ingredients consisting of synthetic ingredients that could be combined with other materials to create functional and fine fragrance compounds. This segment markets its products primarily to the cosmetics industry, including perfume and toiletries manufacturers; and the household products industry comprising the manufacturers of soaps, detergents, fabric care, household cleaners, and air fresheners. The company markets its products through agents and distributors. International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. was founded in 1909 and is based in New York, New York.

Landec Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of temperature-activated and other specialty polymer products for various food products, agricultural products, and licensed partner applications in the United States. The company’s polymer products are based on its proprietary Intelimer polymers, which could be customized to abruptly change their physical characteristics when heated or cooled through a pre-set temperature switch. It operates in three segments: Food Products Technology, Commodity Trading, and Technology Licensing. The Food Products Technology segment markets and packs produced and specialty packaged fresh-cut vegetables utilizing fresh-cut produce processing technology and access to specialty packaged produce products to distribute in the retail grocery chains, club stores, and to the foodservice industry. The Commodity Trading segment involves in the purchase and sale of primarily whole commodity fruit and vegetable products to Asia. The Technology Licensing segment licenses and supplies Intellicoat, a proprietary seed coating technology to the farming industry, as well as Intelimer polymers technology for personal care products and other industrial products. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Menlo Park, California.