International Home Foods (IHF) was an American manufacturer, distributor and marketer of food products, based in Parsippany, New Jersey. It was acquired in 2000 by ConAgra Foods and merged into ConAgra's Grocery Products division. IHF's best known brands were Chef Boyardee pasta products, Bumble Bee Seafood,[1] PAM cooking spray, and Gulden's mustard.[2]
History
The company was founded in November 1996 when American Home Products spun off its food business, American Home Foods, which was acquired by private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and renamed International Home Foods.[3]