{{Short description|Multi-national food and mineral company}} {{Infobox company | name = SunOpta, Inc. | logo = SunOpta Logo - High Resoution.png | type = Public | traded_as = {{TSX|SOY}}<br />{{NASDAQ|STKL}} | foundation = 1973 as Stake Technology, changed name to SunOpta in 2003 | location = Eden Prairie, Minnesota, U.S. | industry = Organic food, Mineral | num_employees = 1,200 | key_people = Brian W. Kocher (CEO) | homepage = {{url|https://sunopta.com}} }} '''SunOpta, Inc.''' is a multi-national food and mineral company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota and founded in 1973 in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/sunopta-idUSN0437673420080904 |title= SunOpta launches review, proposes rights plan |date= September 4, 2008 |work= Reuters }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDfVnA1.3U7Y |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130118120550/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDfVnA1.3U7Y |url-status= dead |archive-date= January 18, 2013 |title= SunOpta Chairman Kendall Plans to Step Down in May |author= Bell, Kevin |date= June 30, 2008 |work= Bloomberg Businessweek }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=STKL.O |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101101073856/http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=STKL.O |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2010-11-01 |title= Profile: SunOpta Inc (STKL.O) |publisher= Reuters }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunopta.com|title=SunOpta - Natural Organic Food Products & Ingredient Sourcing Company|publisher=|accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref>
==Overview== SunOpta offers a wide array of plant-based products and fruit based snacks. These products include soy milk, almond milk, oat milk, tea, broths, and fruit-based snacks. The company produces shelf-stable beverages for retailers as well as branded food companies. The company specializes in sourcing, processing and packaging of natural and organic food products, integrated from seed through packaged products. The company’s core natural and organic food operations focus on grains and fruit based products.
In 2007, SunOpta Inc acquired the Dutch organic ingredients trader Tradin Organic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tradinorganic.com/pdf/SunOpta%20Acquires%20Tradin%20Organic%20Agriculture%20of%20Amsterdam,%20Expands%20Global%20Organic%20Ingredient%20Sourcing%20and%20Processing%20Platform.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.tradinorganic.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214133617/http://www.tradinorganic.com/pdf/SunOpta%20Acquires%20Tradin%20Organic%20Agriculture%20of%20Amsterdam,%20Expands%20Global%20Organic%20Ingredient%20Sourcing%20and%20Processing%20Platform.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
It was announced on February 9, 2026 that the company would be sold to Refresco in a $1.1 billion dollar deal expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plant-based food maker SunOpta sold for $1.1B {{!}} Food Dive |url=https://www.fooddive.com/news/refresco-buys-sunopta/811715/ |access-date=2026-02-09 |website=www.fooddive.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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