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Hormel Foods is well known for its variety of meat products in microwaveable, refrigerated and canned formats. It makes a variety of canned poultry, pork and beef products including Hormel chili products, Dinty Moore hearty meals, Hormel chicken breasts and, of course, its legendary SPAM family of products.
The processor is also an industry leader in sustainability efforts. For instance, in 2010, the Hormel Foods Progressive Processing facility in Dubuque, IA became the first USDA-inspected refrigerated foods production plant to earn LEED gold certification.