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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Snack food |
| Headquarters | South Beloit, Illinois |
| Website | www |
Axium Foods, LLC is a manufacturer of corn-based snack products, including plain and flavoredtortilla chips,corn chips, puffed cheese snacks, and crunchy cheese snacks.
Headquartered inSouth Beloit, Illinois, United States, it is aprivate label snack food manufacturer and the maker of Pajeda's snacks.
Eugene "Mac" McCleary graduated with a degree in chemical engineering fromMichigan State University class of 1942. He enlisted in theNavy duringWorld War II and was stationed inBeloit, WI, where he was head of government inspection forsubmarine engines being built atFairbanks Morse.
After the war, McCleary 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. He 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.
McCleary started his own private labelsnack food company on November 22, 1960, and called it McCleary Industries, which would later[when?] be renamed to McCleary, Inc. and then Axium Foods, Inc.
In 2000, Axium Foods created Pajeda's, its first branded line of tortilla chips and snacks. In 2010, Pajeda's introduced Fiesta Crunch, a line of tortilla chips and potato poppers.
McCleary died in 2007.
In November 2010, Axium Foods celebrated 50 years in business.[1]
In March 2012, Axium Foods introduced the brand Mystic Harvest,[2] including tortilla chips made with purple corn.
Axium Foods was acquired by CK Snacks in September 2024.[3][4]
Axium Foods has a fullwastewater treatment plant that includes an activated sludge sequential batch reactor. 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 oflandfills.[5]
Raw materials for their snacks, primarily corn and flavorings, come from local farmers and ingredient companies.[6]
