SunOpta Inc. sources, processes, packages, and markets natural and organic food products. The company operates in two segments, SunOpta Foods and Opta Minerals. It offers identity preserved (IP), non-genetically modified (non-GMO), and organic seeds and whole grains, including soy, corn, and sunflower; and organic, non-GMO, and IP grain-based ingredients. The company also offers packaged food products, such as aseptic and refrigerated soy, rice, almond, sunflower, and other beverages; aseptic broths and teas; frozen edamame and vegetable blends; and roasted grains-based snacks for retail and foodservice use, as well as provides animal feed and pet food products, and processing and contract manufacturing services. In addition, it offers fibers and brans, starch-based texturizing agents, fruit-based ingredients, and functional food ingredients; and shelf stable and refrigerated juices, frozen fruits and vegetables, specialty beverages, vitamin waters, electrolyte waters, energy drinks, soups, baby food, and healthy fruit and vegetable based snacks. Further, the company sources or processes organic fruit and vegetable-based ingredients, sweeteners, cocoa, coffee, grains, nuts, seeds and pulses, and other organic food products. Additionally, it produces, manufactures, distributes, and recycles industrial minerals, silica-free abrasives, and specialty sands and other products and services to the foundry, steel, loose abrasive cleaning, roofing granule, marine/bridge cleaning, waterjet cutting, municipal, recreational, and industrial water filtration industries. The company was formerly known as Stake Technology Ltd. and changed its name to SunOpta Inc. in October 2003. SunOpta Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Brampton, Canada.