The H. J. Heinz Company, a food processing company, has factories in not less than ________ states of the United States.

The H. J. Heinz Company that was founded by Henry John Heinz in 1869 and manufactures thousands of food products has processing plants in at least 11 states of the United States. The company's world headquarters are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the company has been tied to this location since 1890. The company's "keystone" logo is based on that of Pennsylvania, the "keystone state".

Including the state of Pennsylvania, Heinz also has factories in the following ten locations: 1 - Arizona (Phoenix); 2 - California (Chatsworth, Escalon, Irvine, San Diego); 3 - Florida (Fort Myers, Jacksonville); 4 - Idaho (Pocatello); 5 - Michigan (Holland); 6 - Iowa, (Cedar Rapids, Muscatine); 7 - Ohio ( Fremont, Mason, Massillon); 8 - Massachusetts (Newburyport); 9 - Oregon (Ontario), and 10 - South Carolina (Florence). Overall it is clear that Heinz has to date opened eleven factories since 1869, and it has ranked first in making ketchup in the U.S. with a market share in excess of 50%.