Worthington Foods, Inc., has grown from a tiny manufacturer of specialty foods into a leader of the U.S. markets for vegetarian foods and meat alternatives. The business traces its heritage to 1939, when Dr. George T. Harding III founded Special Foods in Worthington, Ohio. Harding established Special Foods to supply vegetarian foods to his father’s nearby sanitarium (health spa). With companies like Michigan’s Battle Creek Foods Company, Tennessee’s Madison Foods, and California’s Loma Linda Foods as models, Harding, his wife Mary Virginia, and four other investors bought and refurbished a fire-damaged house and started production in 1939.
Special Foods’ early products were fashioned after “nut meats,” first concocted by Dr. John Kellogg, the first Adventist to become a medical doctor. They combined roasted peanuts with gluten (derived from flour) and seasonings to form meatless, yet high-protein main courses like PROAST, a substitute for dark meat, and NUMETE, a substitute for light meat.
Worthington Foods was aquired by Heritage Health Food in 2016, and continues to innovate and grow in the vegetarian food industry.
Worthington is committed to producing high quality, vegetarian products to promote healthful living. Aspiring to be the “World’s Best!”, Worthington seeks to expand the options for those pursuing a meatless, plant based lifestyle and satisfy the tastebuds of all who partake.
Company Details
- Employees
- 42
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 6384 Artesian Circle, Ooltewah,tennessee 37363,united States
- Phone
- (614)885-9511
- Industry
- Food Production
- Website
- eatworthington.com
- Keywords
- Meatless Turkey, Meatless Chicken, Meatless Ham, Meatless Beef, Meatless Hot Dogs, Meatless Burgers, Meatless Steak, Meatless Sausage, Meatless Salami, Meatless Meat, Vegan Meat, Vegetarian Meat, Plant Based, Plant Powered, Plant Meat, Vegan, Vegetarian, Meatless, Plant Protein.
- HQ
- Ooltewah, Tennessee
Worthington Questions
Worthington's helpline number is (614)885-9511
Worthington's website is eatworthington.com
Worthington's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/eatworthington
Worthington has
42 employees.
View email and phone details for 42
employees at Worthington.
Worthington's industry is
Food Production
Worthington's top competitors are
Alfresco Pasta,
Heritage Health Food,
Baluch Capital,
Cultiva Design,
Heritage Health Food, Inc,
Proofload,
White Bison Ventures,
Loma Linda Plant-Based Foods,
Moody Dunbar, Inc.,
Develey Mustard & Condiments Corporation.
Worthington's categories are Food Production
Worthington's founding year is 1939
