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Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF CONAGRA FOODS, INC.
ConAgra Foods, Inc. is the parent corporation owning, directly or indirectly,
100% of the voting securities (unless otherwise noted) of the following
subsidiaries principally engaged in the production and distribution of food
products (unless otherwise noted) as of May 26, 2002:
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Jurisdiction of
Subsidiary Incorporation
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Ag-Chem, Inc. (principally engaged in the agricultural chemical
business) Maryland
Alliance Grain, Inc. (principally engaged in commodity marketing) Delaware
A.M. Gilardi & Sons, Inc. Ohio
Australia Meat Holdings Pty. Ltd. (owns 100% of one active
foreign corporation) Australia
Bumble Bee International, Inc. (owns 30% of one foreign
corporation) Delaware
Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc. (owns 100% of three domestic
corporations, 50% of one domestic limited liability company and
100% of two foreign corporations) Delaware
CAG 45, Inc. Delaware
Choice One Foods, Inc. California
ConAgra Beef Company (owns 100% of four domestic
corporations, 50% of two domestic limited liability companies, and
100% of one foreign corporation) Delaware
ConAgra Dairy Foods Company (owns 100% of three domestic
corporations) Delaware
ConAgra Grocery Products Company (owns 100% of 11 domestic corporations, 50%
of two domestic limited liability companies, 50% of one foreign
corporation and 100% of one foreign corporation) Delaware
ConAgra International Fertilizer Company (principally engaged in the
agricultural chemicals business) Delaware
ConAgra International, Inc. (owns 100% of the voting securities
of 16 foreign corporations, 99% of five foreign corporations,
85% of one foreign corporation, and 30% of one foreign corporation,
all engaged principally in the worldwide commodities trading
business and the processing of beef and malt) Delaware
ConAgra Limited (owns
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Exhibit 21 (continued)
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100% of one foreign entity and 50% of one foreign entity) Canada
ConAgra Poultry Company (owns 100% of two domestic
corporations and 50% of one domestic limited liability company engaged
principally in waste conversion) Delaware
ConAgra Poultry Company of Kentucky, Inc. Kentucky
Cropmate Company (owns 100% of two domestic corporations;
principally engaged in the agricultural chemicals business) Delaware
GoodMark Foods, Inc. (owns 100% of one domestic corporation) North Carolina
Grist Mill Co. (owns 100% of a domestic corporation) Delaware
Grower Service Corporation (principally engaged in the agricultural
chemicals business) New York
Hester Industries, Inc. West Virginia
Lamb Weston, Inc. (owns 100% of three domestic
corporations; 50% of one domestic limited liability company;
15% of one foreign corporation and 82% of one
domestic limited liability company) Delaware
Loveland Industries, Inc. (principally engaged in the agricultural
chemicals business) Colorado
Midwest Agriculture Warehouse Co. (principally engaged in the
agricultural chemicals business) Nebraska
Molinos de Puerto Rico, Inc. Nebraska
Monfort Finance Company, Inc. Colorado
Ostlund Chemical Company (principally engaged in the agricultural
chemicals business) North Carolina
Platte Chemical Co. (owns 49% of one foreign corporation
and 3% of two domestic limited liability companies; principally engaged
in the agricultural chemicals business) Nebraska
Pueblo Chemical & Supply Co. (principally engaged in the agricultural
chemicals business) Colorado
S&C Beef Processors, L.L.C. Alabama
Swift & Company Delaware
Swift-Eckrich, Inc. (owns 100% of six domestic corporations; 100% of one
domestic limited liability company and 100% of one foreign
corporation) Delaware
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To-Ricos, Inc. Nebraska
Tri-State Chemicals, Inc. (principally engaged in the agricultural
chemicals business) Texas
Tri-State Delta Chemicals, Inc. (principally engaged in the agricultural
chemicals business) Mississippi
United Agri Products, Inc. (owns 100% of the voting securities
of 13 domestic corporations and 50% of two limited
liability companies, all engaged principally in the
agricultural chemicals business) Delaware
United Agri Products - Florida, Inc. (principally engaged in the
agricultural chemicals business) Florida
UAP/GA Ag Chem, Inc. (principally engaged in the agricultural
chemicals business) Georgia
Zoll Foods Corporation Illinois
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The corporations listed above and on the previous page are included in the
consolidated financial statements, which are a part of this report.
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