Standard Brands was a packaged foods company, formed in 1929 by J. P. Morgan with the merger of: * Fleischmann Company *

Royal Baking Powder Company The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US. History It was started by brothers Joseph Christoffel Hoagland and Cornelius Nevius Hoagland in 1866, It later came under the ownership of William ...

E. W. Gillett Company E is the fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. E or e may also refer to: Commerce and transportation * €, the symbol for the euro, the European Union's standard currency unit * ℮, the estimated sign, an EU symbol indicating that the weig ...

of Canada (1929) - Toronto-based baking goods company (maker of Magic Baking Powder) founded by P. W. Gillett in 1852 *

Widlar Food Products Robert John Widlar (pronounced ''wide-lar''; November 30, 1937 – February 27, 1991) was an American electronics engineer and a designer of linear integrated circuits (ICs). Early years Widlar was born November 30, 1937 in Cleveland to pare ...

Company * Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company By 1940, it was the number-two brand of packaged goods after

General Foods General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895. The company changed its name to "General Foods" in 1929, after several corporate ...

. By 1955 the company was listed as 75 in the

Fortune 500 The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by '' Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along ...

. Standard Brands made several acquisitions. It bought

Planters Planters Nut & Chocolate Company is an American snack food company now owned by Hormel Foods. Planters is best known for its processed nuts and for the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Mr. Peanut was created by grade schooler Antonio Genti ...

in 1960, and the Curtiss Candy Company in 1964. In 1979, it acquired Inver House scotch. The company merged with

Nabisco Nabisco (, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International. Nabisco ...

in 1981 to form Nabisco Brands, Inc.http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Nabisco-Foods-Group-Company-History.html Nabisco History

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*{{Commonscatinline Food manufacturers of the United States Defunct companies based in New York (state) Nabisco Food and drink companies established in 1929 Food and drink companies disestablished in 1981 1981 mergers and acquisitions 1929 establishments in New York (state) 1981 disestablishments in New York (state)