Universal Corporation is a global business-to-business agriproducts company operating across more than 30 countries that sources, processes, and supplies customized value-added agricultural products to consumer product manufacturers. Through its tobacco operations, the company is a leading global leaf tobacco supplier that procures, processes, and blends various tobacco types for consumer tobacco manufacturers while providing agronomic support and specialty services to farmers; through its ingredients operations, it manufactures specialty plant-based ingredients including juices, concentrates, extracts, and flavorings for food and beverage producers. The company generates revenue from product sales, processing fees, and specialty services, with tobacco operations characterized by seasonal production cycles and a concentrated customer base, while ingredients operations serve a fragmented market through differentiated, customized solutions leveraging the company's global sourcing and integrated processing platform.