Axium Foods
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Axium Foods, a division of McCleary, Inc., is a manufacturer of a large variety of snack products, including plain and flavored tortilla chips, corn chips, puffed cheese snacks, crunchy cheese snacks, potato poppers and caramel corn
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Axium Foods is located in South Beloit, IL and, along with being a private label
manufacturer, they are also the creator and manufacturer of Pajeda’s and Fiesta Crunch.
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.
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. Mac McCleary passed away in 2007, though today the company remains family-owned and operated.
that includes an anaerobic digester. That process creates methane gas, and while the company currently flares that gas, it is exploring ways to recapture it and/or generate electricity with it. The company also takes any dry waste created from producing its corn-based snacks and sells it as cattle feed to a local farmer, keeping the dry waste out of landfills. Raw materials for their snacks, primarily corn and flavorings, come from local farmers and ingredient companies.
Caramel corn
Caramel corn is a confection made of popcorn coated with a sugar or molasses based caramel candy shell. Typically a sugar solution or syrup is made and heated until it browns and becomes thick, producing a caramelized candy syrup. This hot candy is then mixed with popped popcorn, and allowed to cool...
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Axium Foods is located in South Beloit, IL and, along with being a private label
Private label
Private label products or services are typically those manufactured or provided by one company for offer under another company's brand. Private label goods and services are available in a wide range of industries from food to cosmetics to web hosting...
manufacturer, they are also the creator and manufacturer of Pajeda’s and Fiesta Crunch.
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
Snack food
A snack is a portion of food oftentimes smaller than that of a regular meal, that is generally eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home....
company November 22, 1960 and called it McCleary Industries, later to become McCleary Inc. and Axium Foods.
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. Mac McCleary passed away in 2007, though today the company remains family-owned and operated.
Environmental Sustainability
Axium Foods has a full wastewater treatment plantWastewater treatment plant
Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works can mean one of the following:*Sewage treatment – treatment and disposal of human waste....
that includes an anaerobic digester. That process creates methane gas, and while the company currently flares that gas, it is exploring ways to recapture it and/or generate electricity with it. The company also takes any dry waste created from producing its corn-based snacks and sells it as cattle feed to a local farmer, keeping the dry waste out of landfills. Raw materials for their snacks, primarily corn and flavorings, come from local farmers and ingredient companies.
Products
- Pajeda’s Tortilla Chips in flavors White Corn Tostados, Yellow Corn Tostados, Lil’ Dipz Dipping-Size, Nacho Cheese, and Ranch
- Pajeda’s Puffed Cheese and Crunchy Cheese snacks
- Pajeda’s Party Mix
- Pajeda’s Corn Chips
- Pajeda's Onion Rings
- Fiesta Crunch Tortilla Chips in flavors White Restaurant, Yellow Corn, Multi Grain, Jalapeno Cheddar, Cheesy Bean Burrito, Tomato Cilantro, Spinach and Artichoke, Pepperoni Pizza, and Bacon and Blue Cheese
- Fiesta Crunch Poppers in flavors Jamaican BBQ, Chili Con Carne, and Bloody Mary Mocktail