Top 9 Food & Beverage Companies in Iowa 2026

Mrs Clark's Foods

Ankeny, Iowa

Mrs. Clark's Foods operates from Ankeny, Iowa, where it was founded in 1926 by Mary Clark as a small mayonnaise supplier to local grocery chains.

Independence Premium Foods

Independence, Iowa

Independence Premium Foods (IPF) operates a USDA-licensed premium food co-manufacturing facility in Independence, Iowa. The company serves brand partners that require USDA certification and legally defensible quality claims for human-grade food products.

Kemin Industries Inc

Des Moines, Iowa

Kemin Industries traces its roots to 1961 when R.W. and Mary Nelson began producing specialty ingredients from their home in Des Moines, Iowa.

Todd's Warehouse (operating as Todd's Foods) traces its roots to 1926 when Martin Todd and his wife Arlene began selling seasoning blends to meat lockers and markets in Des Moines, Iowa. The company expanded across the Midwest through a network of sales routes.

Tone's Spices

Ankeny, Iowa

Tone's Spices operates from Ankeny, Iowa, where the company was founded in 1873 by brothers Jehiel and Isaac Tone. What began as a spice and coffee venture grew into what the brand describes as the oldest spice company in the United States, remaining under the stewardship of the Tone family for generations.

Wapsie Valley Creamery

Independence, Iowa140 employees

Wapsie Valley Creamery, a family-owned dairy processor, has operated in Independence, Iowa since 1906. At its Independence plant, Wapsie manufactures cheese, lactose, and whey products, processing milk sourced from more than 170 independent dairy farms across eastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin, and northwestern Illinois.

Berkwood Farms

Des Moines, Iowa

Berkwood Farms operates from Des Moines, Iowa, as a farmer-owned coalition of more than 90 independent family farmers. The company does not disclose a founding date, but its membership includes second- through fifth-generation producers who have committed to a shared code of humane and environmentally responsible animal husbandry.

Old Capitol Food Company

Iowa City, Iowa

Old Capitol Food Company operates from Iowa City, Iowa, where it produces tofu using locally sourced ingredients. The company describes itself as a natural foods business focused on crafting tofu from 100 percent non-GMO organic soybeans grown in Iowa.

Seaboard Foods of Iowa LLC

Iowa Falls, Iowa

Seaboard Foods of Iowa LLC is headquartered in Iowa Falls, Iowa. The company traces its origins to the early 1990s, when it began developing a vertically integrated pork production system that links every stage from farm to table—an approach it calls The Prairie Fresh Way.