Grocery Staples / Baking Brands

True North: 100/100

Bee Maid is a Canadian honey cooperative owned by over 300 beekeepers in Alberta and Manitoba. The brand specializes in 100% Canadian-sourced honey products sold through major national retailers, though it does not offer direct-to-consumer sales on its website.

True North: 100/100

Crosby's is a long-standing family-owned Canadian company based in Saint John, New Brunswick. While the company imports its raw molasses from the Caribbean, it maintains its own SQF-certified packaging facility in Canada.

True North: 90/100

Lantic is a prominent Canadian sugar and maple syrup brand owned by Rogers Sugar Inc., with its headquarters located in Montreal. The company operates multiple refineries and a sugar beet factory across Canada, providing domestically processed sweeteners to the retail market.

True North: 90/100

Tenderflake is a long-standing Canadian brand specializing in lard and frozen pastry products. It is owned by the Canadian company Maple Leaf Foods Inc., though specific manufacturing site locations are not explicitly detailed on the brand website.

True North: 90/100

President's Choice is a major Canadian private-label brand owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. It offers an extensive range of products including food, kitchenware, and health items, sold exclusively through Loblaw's network of domestic retail banners.

True North: 80/100

Compliments is a Canadian private label brand offering a vast range of grocery staples and household goods. It is owned by Empire Company Limited and sold exclusively through its retail banners, including Sobeys and Safeway.

True North: 50/100

Windsor Salt is a historic Canadian salt producer specializing in culinary, water softening, and de-icing products. While the brand identifies as a Canadian company and maintains significant mining operations in Ontario and Nova Scotia, it is currently owned by the US-based Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC.

True North: 50/100

Rogers Foods is a Canadian producer of flour and cereal products, operating milling facilities in British Columbia. Owned by the Canadian family-owned firm Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited, the brand sources its wheat from Canadian farmers and maintains global food safety certifications.

True North: 50/100

Eagle Brand is a long-standing producer of sweetened condensed milk and baking ingredients, owned by the US-based Eagle Family Foods Group LLC and operated in Canada under license by Smucker Foods of Canada Corp. While it is a staple in Canadian grocery stores, the brand does not provide specific manufacturing location details or direct-to-consumer shipping on its website.

True North: 40/100

Nestlé is a Swiss multinational food and beverage giant with a long-standing presence in Canada, where it operates ten local manufacturing facilities. While the brand produces a wide array of snacks and staples within Canada, they do not sell directly to consumers via their website, instead utilizing major national retailers.

True North: 40/100

Robin Hood is a prominent Canadian heritage brand specializing in flour and baking products. It is owned by the American multinational The J.M. Smucker Co., and while it emphasizes the use of Canadian wheat, specific facility-level manufacturing locations are not disclosed on the site.

True North: 40/100

Five Roses is a heritage baking brand specializing in flour, currently owned by the U.S.-based J.M. Smucker Co. While the brand emphasizes its historical roots in Canadian milling dating back to 1888, current manufacturing locations for the full product line are not explicitly detailed on the website.

True North: 40/100

Dr. Oetker is a German-owned food brand specializing in baking supplies and frozen pizzas. While headquartered in Germany, the company operates a major manufacturing facility in London, Ontario, where it produces frozen pizzas for the North American market.

True North: 40/100

E.D. Smith is a long-standing food brand specializing in jams, pie fillings, and syrups. Although it maintains deep historic roots and a production facility in Winona, Ontario, the brand is currently owned by the American conglomerate TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

True North: 30/100

Hershey's is a global confectionery and baking brand owned by the US-based Hershey Company. While the brand maintains a manufacturing facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, they do not sell directly to consumers via their Canadian website, instead relying on major national retailers.

True North: 30/100

Kraft is a global food brand owned by the US-based Kraft Heinz Company. While the company maintains significant manufacturing operations in Canada (specifically in Quebec and Ontario), specific product origins vary and the brand does not sell directly to consumers via its corporate website.

True North: 30/100

Club House is a major Canadian spice and seasoning brand owned by the US-based McCormick & Company. While the brand highlights its 1883 heritage in London, Ontario, it does not provide explicit manufacturing location disclosures for its full product range on its website.

True North: 30/100

Heinz is a global food brand specializing in condiments and pantry staples, owned by the US-based Kraft Heinz Company. While the brand is American-owned, Heinz Ketchup for the Canadian market is manufactured in Montreal, Quebec.

True North: 30/100

Great Value is the primary private-label brand for Walmart, offering a massive catalog of grocery staples and household goods. It is owned by the American corporation Walmart Inc., and while many products are sourced locally for the Canadian market, manufacturing origins vary by individual item.

True North: 25/100

Redpath Sugar is a historic Canadian brand that operates a major sugar refinery in Toronto, Ontario. While the brand has been 'crafting sugar' in Canada for over 160 years, it is currently owned by the American Sugar Refining (ASR) Group based in the United States.

True North: 20/100

Fleischmann's is a historic baking brand specializing in yeast, corn starch, and baking powder. It is owned by the UK-based conglomerate Associated British Foods plc and operated in Canada via license by ACH Food Companies.

True North: 20/100

Campbell's is a major food brand specializing in soups, broths, and snacks, owned by the US-based Campbell Soup Company. While the brand operates a significant manufacturing facility in Toronto that produces most of its Canadian soup inventory, specific origin details for its other product categories remain unstated.

True North: 10/100

Arm & Hammer is a major household brand specializing in baking soda-based products across laundry, oral care, and pet hygiene. It is owned by the American multinational Church & Dwight Co., Inc., with its Canadian operations headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario.

True North: 10/100

Bob's Red Mill is a US-based manufacturer of whole grain foods and baking ingredients, owned by its employees and headquartered in Oregon. While the brand is widely available in Canadian grocery stores, the company does not offer direct international shipping from its website to Canada.