Smoking tobacco leaves may be hazardous to your health, but selling them has been good for Universal Corporation's wealth. Operating mainly through its flagship subsidiary, Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, the firm selects, buys, processes, packs, stores, and ships leaf tobacco to cigarette makers in the US and more than 30 other nations, including Belgium, China, the Netherlands, Germany, and Russia. Universal also procures and processes dark tobacco used in cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless products. The firm's Universal Leaf subsidiaries are active in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the US. Universal entered the dehydrated and juiced fruit and vegetable market in 2015 to diversify its business.