Vanee Foods

{{Short description|American food company}}

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| name = Vanee Foods Company, Inc.

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| type = Private, Family Owned

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| foundation = February 1, 1950

| location = Oak Brook, IL, United States

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| num_employees = 350 (2022)

| industry = Food Processing & Manufacturing

| products = Gravy, Sauces, Soups, Entrees, Flavor Bases

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.vaneefoodscompany.com/}}

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Vanee Foods Company, Inc., is a manufacturer of a variety of food products, from canned entrees and gravies to dry mixes and soup bases.The company's products are marketed primarily through the foodservice and club store channels. Vanee Foods also manufactures custom formulations for national and regional chain restaurants, and is a co-packer for several major food companies. Founded by Joseph and Adriana VanEekeren in 1950 in downtown Chicago, Vanee Foods is still family owned and operated.{{Cite web| title = Reginald Van Eekeren of Vanee Foods, 1944-2014| author = Joan Giangrasse Kates| work = tribunedigital-chicagotribune| date = 2014-06-24| access-date = 2015-09-21| url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/06/26/reginald-van-eekeren-of-vanee-foods-1944-2014/}} Today, there are ten family members involved in the day-to-day management of the company.{{Cite web| title = Vanee Foods adding hot-fill line| author = Jim Johnson| work = Plastics News| date = 2014-09-15| accessdate = 2015-09-21| url = http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20140915/NEWS/140919946/vanee-foods-adding-hot-fill-line}}{{Cite web| title = Vanee Foods Company Invests $8 Million At Its Broadview, Illinois, Manufacturing Plant| author = Area Development News Desk| work = Area Development| date = 2014-09-11| accessdate = 2015-09-21| url = http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItems/9-11-2014/the-vanee-foods-company-manufacturing-facility-broadview-illinois892344.shtml}}{{cite book|author1=Ferguson|author2=Ferguson Publishing|title=Exploring Tech Careers, Fourth Edition, 2-Volume Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uUXx7TPq88C&pg=PA362|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1227-5|pages=362–}}

Vanee Foods was involved in a minor recall in 2014 after 3,156 pounds of turkey base was mislabeled omitting contents which included milk, a known allergen.{{Cite web| title = Sysco Poultry Base Recalled for Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen| author = Carla Gillespie| work = Food Poisoning Bulletin| date = 2014-06-14| accessdate = 2015-09-21| url = https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2014/sysco-poultry-base-recalled-for-misbranding-and-undeclared-allergen/}} During the 1980’s and 1990’s Vanee Foods supplied T-Rations to the United States Army during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm