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This morning, Derrick Z. Jackson had an interesting editiorial in the Boston Globe: “Food fight”

The candidates may purport to know you through what you eat, but do you know what politics you are eating?
…
The food companies…are putting their money where their mouths are. In a tight election, do you want to risk indigestion voting one way, only to realize you just swallowed a food that overwhelmingly funded the other side?

This is nothing new, or surprising, but it does spark interest and make you say “what should I do about it?” — like when you find out that your favorite products are tested on animals…

Here’s the list:
BLUE FOODS

Companies (in bold) giving more than 55% of their contributions and PAC money to Democratic causes.
Allen’s chicken 74%
American Crystal Sugar 60%
Boar’s Head meat 100%
Caribou Coffee 95%
Connell rice and sugar 98%
Costco 98%
Diageo 62%Bailey’s
Captain Morgan
Crown Royal
Dom Perignon
Gordon’s
Guinness
Johnnie Walker
Moet & Chandon
Red Stripe
Seagram’s
Smirnoff
E&J Gallo Winery 93%Anapamu
Bridlewood
Frei Bros.
Gallo of Sonoma
Louis Martini
Mirassou
Rancho Zabaco
Redwood Creek
Turning Leaf
Farmer’s Rice Cooperative 60%
Florida Sugar Cane League 63%
Flo-Sun sugar 59%
Hard Rock Cafe 100%
Sara Lee 64%
Ball Park meats
Bryan meats
Chase & Sanborn
Chock full o’Nuts
Earthgrains bread
Hill Bros.Hillshire Farms
Jimmy Dean
Kahn’s meats
Sara Lee products
Sonic 100%
Southern Minn. Beet Sugar Co-Op 60%
Stephanie’s on Newbury 95%
Sugar Cane Growers Co-Op of Florida 72%
Triarc Companies 100%
Arby’s
US Sugar 56%

RED FOODS
Companies (in bold) giving more than 55% of their contributions and PAC money to GOP causes.
Agri-Mark 67%
Cabot Dairy
Albertson’s 71%
Altria Group (formerly Philip Morris) 59%
A-1
Altoids
Baker’s chocolate
Balance bars
Barnum’s Animals
Breyers yogurt
Bulls-Eye
Cheez Whiz
Chips Ahoy!
Comet ice cream cups
Cool Whip
Cream of Wheat
Crystal Light
Dream Whip
Good Seasons salad dressing
Grey Poupon
Honey Maid
Jell-OKnox
Kool-Aid
Kraft products
Life Savers
Lorna Doone
Louis Rich
Maxwell House
Minute Rice
Miracle Whip
Mr. Freeze
Nabisco Grahams
Newtons
Nutter Butter
Oreo
Oscar Mayer
Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Planters
Post cereals
Postum
Premium crackers
Ritz
Sanka
Seven Seas
Shake n’ Bake
Starbucks in stores
Stella D’oro
Stoned Wheat Thins
Stove Top
Tang
Teddy Graham’s
Toblerone
Tombstone
American Meat Inst. 83%
Amway 100%
Anheuser-Busch 56%
Bacardi fruit beverages
Budweiser
Busch
Michelob
O’Doul’s
Aramark 96%
Associated Milk Producers 59%
Berkshire Hathaway 90%
Dairy Queen
Blue Diamond almonds 69%
Boston Concessions Group(stadium food) 80%
Brinker International 92%
Chili’s
Corner Bakery
Macaroni Grill
California Avocado Proponent 70%
California Citrus Mutual 81%
CBRL Group 98%
Cracker Barrel
Chiquita Brands 98%
Coca-Cola 65%
Bacardi mixers
Coke
Dasani
Evian
Fanta
Hi-C
Minute Maid drinks
Nestea
Odwalla
Powerade
Sprite
Tab
ConAgra 83%
Armour
Banquet
Blue Bonnet
Butterball
Chef Boyardee
Chun King
Egg Beaters
Fleischmann’s
Gulden’s mustard
Healthy Choice
Hebrew National
Hunt’s
Jiffy Pop
Knott’s Berry Farm
La Choy
Libby’s
Orville Redenbacher’s
Parkay
Peter Pan
Reddi-Whip
Slim Jim
Swiss Miss
Van Camp’s
Wesson
Coors 86%
Dairy Farmers of America 56%
Darden Restaurants 91%
Olive Garden
Red Lobster
Smokey Bones
Dean Foods 69%
Hershey’s milks
Horizon organic dairy products, producer of Silk soymilk
Dole Food 97%
Dreyer’s GrandIce Cream 96%
Dunkin Donuts 89%
Florida Citrus Mutual 65%
Food Lion 78%
Food Marketing Inst. 87%
Fresh Express 97%
General Mills 70%
Betty Crocker
Bisquick
Bugles
Cascadian Farms organic
Cheerios
Chex
Gold Medal
Green Giant
Haagen-Dazs
Hamburger Helper
Lucky Charms
Nature Valley
Old El Paso
Pillsbury
Wheaties
Yoplait/Colombo
Grocery Manufacturers of America 90%
Heinz 83%
Classico
Heinz condiments
Jack Daniel’s Grilling Sauce
Ore-Ida
Hooters of America 96%
Hormel 100%
Chi-Chi’s salsa
Dinty Moore
Herb-Ox
Hormel meats
SPAM
Illitch Holdings 77%
Little Caesars
International Dairy Foods Assn. 89%
Johnsonville Sausage 100%
Kellogg Co. 57%
Kashi cereals
Keebler Crackers and Cookies
Kellogg cereals
Morningstar vegetarian foods
Krispy Kreme 98%
Kroger 70%
Luigino’s 72%
Michelina’s meals
May 89%
McDonald’s 80%
Nat’l. Beer WholesalersAssn. 76%
Nat’l. Cattlemen’sBeef Assn. 87%
Nat’l. Chicken Council 66%
Nat’l. Food ProcessorsAssn. 92%
Nat’l. Meat Assn. 76%
Nat’l. Milk Producers Federation 66%
Nat’l. Pork Producers Council 73%
Nat’l. Potato Council 60%
Nat’l. Restaurant Assn. 90%
Nat’l. Soft Drink Assn. 77%
Nat’l. Turkey Federation 67%
Nestle 81%
After Eight mint chocolates
Alpo
Baby Ruth
Butterfinger
Carnation
Crosse & Blackwell
Crunch
Friskies
Juicy Juice
Nescafe
Nesquik
Nestle products
O’Henry
Power Bar
Raisinets
Stouffer’s
Sweetarts
Taster’s Choice
Toll House Cookies
Oberto Sausage 100%
Outback Steakhouse 98%
Pepsico 65%
Aquafina
Aunt Jemima products
Cap’n Crunch
Cheetos
Cracker Jack
Doritos
Fritos
Funyuns
Gatorade
Lay’s and Frito-Lay Chips
Mountain Dew
Mug
Oberto meat snacks
Pepsi sodas
Quaker products
Ruffles
Slice
Smartfood popcorn
SoBe
Sunchips
Tostitos
Tropicana juices
Perdue 77%
Pizza Hut Franchisees Assn. 95%
Publix 97%
Rich Products 98%
Russell Stover Candies 98%
Safeway 83%
Sargento Cheese 98%
Smithfield Foods 85%
Farmland
John Morrell
Krakus
Patrick Cudahy
Smithfield meats
Smucker’s 100%
Sunkist Growers 59%
Swift meats 94%
Target 72%
Tyson Foods (Poultry) 65%
United Dairy Farmers 99%
United Egg Assn. 61%
Waffle House 98%
Wal-Mart 81%
Wendy’s 91%
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America 65%
Winn-Dixie 91%
YUM! Brands 85%
KFC
Long John Silver’s
Pizza Hut
Taco Bell

SWING FOODS
Companies (in bold) giving at least 45% of their contributions and PAC money to each party.
American Sugar Cane League
52%D-48%R

Constellation Brands
47%D-53%R
Alice White
Almaden
Corona
Estancia
Inglenook
Paul Masson
Ravenswood
Simi
St. Pauli Gir
lTaylor
Tsingtao

Land O’Lakes
51%D-49%R

Wine Institute
53%D-47%R

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