La Loma Foods is a former food manufacturing company and
brand presently owned by Atlantic Natural Foods Company, based in
Nashville, North Carolina, that manufactures and sells
vegetarian and
vegan foods. Food products are presently branded under the name "Loma Linda" by the Atlantic Natural Foods Company. The company was previously owned by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church and Worthington Foods. The company began operations in 1905 under the name
The Sanitarium Food Company, and produced crackers, breads and cookies. Additional
health foods were later produced by the company, such as the breakfast cereal
Ruskets, and the company also expanded to produce
infant formula and
meat analogue products. At the time the Loma Linda Food Company was founded in 1933, it produced some of the first meat analogue products prepared from soy and wheat that were available in the United States on a commercial basis. In the 1960s, Loma Linda Foods and Worthington Foods were the largest manufacturers of
soy-based foods in the United States. Foods sold under the present Loma Linda
brand name include
canned vegetarian/meat analogue products such as chili, taco filling and faux meats such as sausage, chicken, tuna, scallops and steak. ==History==