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EXHIBIT 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

The Company owns the indicated percentage of the issued and outstanding stock of the following corporations:

Name of Subsidiary	State or Country of Incorporation		Ownership Percentage
Hormel Financial Services Corporation		Minnesota	100%
Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc.		Minnesota	100%
Hormel Foods, LLC		Minnesota	100%
Hormel Foods International Corporation		Delaware	100%
Hormel HealthLabs, Inc.		Minnesota	100%
Vista International Packaging, Inc.		Wisconsin	100%
Dan's Prize, Inc.		Minnesota	100%
Mountain Prairie, LLC		Colorado	67%
PH, Inc.		Minnesota	100%
Fort Dodge Foods, Inc.		Iowa	100%
Rochelle Foods, Inc.		Illinois	100%
Logistic Services Incorporated		Iowa	100%
Creative Contract Packaging Corp.		Illinois	100%
Dold Foods, Inc.		Kansas	100%
Stagg Foods, Inc.		California	100%
Osceola Foods, Inc.		Iowa	100%
Melting Pot Foods, Inc.,		Minnesota	100%
Park Ten Foods, Ltd.		Texas	100%
West Central Turkeys, Inc.		Minnesota	100%
Heartland Foods Co.		Minnesota	100%
JJOTS, LLC		Minnesota	100%
Beijing Hormel Foods Co. Ltd.		China	76%
Shanghai Hormel Foods Co. Ltd.		China	77%
Campoco, Inc.		Minnesota	100%
Hormel Netherlands B.V.		Netherlands	100%
Hormel Foods Australia Pty Limited		Australia	100%
Hormel Spain SRL		Spain	100%
Dubuque Foods, Inc.		Minnesota	100%
Hormel Canada, Ltd.		Canada	100%
Park Ten MN, LLC		Minnesota	100%
Park Ten TX, LLC		Minnesota	100%
Hormel Foods FSC, Inc.		Barbados	100%
Precept Foods, LLC		Delaware	51%

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EXHIBIT 21.1 SUBSIDIARIES OF HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION