China Doll is a brand of rice and beans bagged and shipped by Marshall Biscuit Company, based in Saraland, Alabama

Saraland, Alabama

Saraland is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, in the United States, and a suburb of Mobile, Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 13,405. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan area. Saraland is the third largest city in Mobile County....

 (facilities based formerly in Mobile

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

, Alabama). It is a local favorite among residents of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Northern Florida. It specializes in non-flavored rice and beans and was founded by N.W. Hutchings in Mobile in 1938 and stayed in his family for more than 30 years but was eventually acquired by Riviana Foods. In November 2005, Riviana (having been acquired by Spain's leading food processor, Ebro Puleva

Ebro Puleva

Ebro Foods S.A. is the leading company in the Spanish food processing sector. Ebro Foods is the world's largest traders/miller of rice and the second biggest producer of pasta ....

) sold the China Doll division to Marshall Biscuit Co.

Articles

Purchase by Marshall helps retain China Doll's local flavor: The Mobile Register

Press-Register

The Press-Register is a daily newspaper serving the southwest Alabama counties of Mobile and Baldwin. The newspaper is a descendant of one founded in 1813, making the Press-Register Alabama's oldest newspaper...

, Mobile, Alabama