50 small food brands belonging to large companies

You would be surprised to know which conglomerates have these tasting and less well-known lines.


In your quest to make better food choices, a trip to the supermarket implies a lot of decisions of consciousness: do you take a tubing yoghurt do not know or what you are going with the proven brand and real you have grown up? Is it back and forth frozen food company with a list value of grinding ingredients pounding some additional dollars for your go-to microwaveable meal?

If you choose to support the omnipresent conglomerates or throw a bone with smaller lines and probably more conducive, you will be surprised to see that much of the36 Healthiest Brands in the grocery store are actually owned by ancient megacorpos.

Check that mothers companies are at the origin of these brands without pretension. And if you are looking to drop the sweet things of your diet, make sure to recover a copy of14 days without sugar diet-A easy plan to follow that helps you lose books and find your way for better health.

1

Homegrown Annie

Annies mac and cheese
Homegrown / Facebook Annie

The manufacturer of your favoritecheese macaronis was founded in 1989 when it started developing everyday with simple staples and natural ingredients. In September 2014, the Gereal Mills Gereal Giant bought Annie for a fee $ 820 million; However, the sale does not affect Annie's commitment to quality.

2

Larabar

Dark chocolate almond larabar
With the kind permission of larabar

In the spring of 2000, Lara became inspired to create a raw fruit and walnut bar "that we can enjoy, not only a lover of health food", she declares in theGENERAL MILLS BLOG. Once the bars hit the tablets of the shops, more than a million were sold in just the first year! GM capitalized on the huge success of La Larabar and bought the brand in 2008.

3

EPIC Provisions

Epic meat bars
EPIC / Facebook Bar

Just three years after two eager athletes of protein launched the meat bar brand in 2013, General Mills Snagged EPIC Provisions. "Our decision to join GENERAL MILLS provides EPICs on a scale to put our products to consumers even more, and significantly increase the positive impact of our activity on the regeneration of grasslands and appropriate livestock management practices The founders had stated in aPress release. But we think that high quality meat bars and bone broth have made a good impression providers on their own without Corp mega-food support it.

4

Alexia Foods

Alexia waffle fries
Alexia / Facebook

After marking the title of first brand of natural frozen potatoes, was sold to Alexia Conagra in 2007. We still love their fries waffles and frisolate cut.

5

Banquet

Banquet pot pie
Banquet / Facebook

Banquet Foods has been storage freezers with fast dinners since 1953 with the launch of their fleshy pot pie. The Radio Corporation of America bought Banquet in 1970 until Conagra Foods acquired the famous frozen dinner company in 1980 for $ 45 million.

6 And7

Chef Boyardee and Pam

Pam cooking spray cookies
Pam Cooking Becel / Facebook

Conagra has acquired the famous Italian food into a box and uncoated antiadessive together in 2000 when the company bought International Home Foods, Inc. for $ 1.6 billion.

8

National Hebrew

Hebrew National franks
HEBREW National / Facebook

Conagra bought the back of the brand in 1993 for Frankfurt a "non-disclosed amount of stock,"The New York Timesreports. At least they are transparent onWhat's really happening in their hot dogs.

9

Marie CALLEDER

Marie Callender's chocolate pie
/ Facebook Marie Callender

Conagra has expanded even further in the alley of frozen foods when he bought American Pie, LLC-not the lascif of the film late 90s but the owner of Marie Callender's in 2010. The acquisition seemed to be a natural stage, like Conagra has already been involved in the production of some of the meals of Marie Callender.

10

Hunt and Orville Redenbacher

Orville Redenbacher's popcorn
Orville Redenbacher from / Facebook

Hunt and Orville Redenbacher were welcomed to the Conagra Family in 1990, considering that Conagra the second largest American agri-food company at the time. But since the 90s, the Food Conglomerate has been banged until 16th place onscale of food processing.

11

Egg beating

Egg beaters bacon egg muffins
Egg Beaters / Facebook

Conagra bought Egg Beats-Carton with a low-calorie of the egg whites herd trying to cut Calls back in the summer of 1998.

12

Choice

Healthy Choice chicken and broccoli
HEALTHY CHOICE / Facebook

Frozen meal do not exactly health perfectly illustrate, which explains why health conagra property the choice has worked with the FDA to establish nutrition guidelines for fat and sodium for its meals in the 80s. However, it n There are no guidelines for sugar, so many dinners are still on the list ofThe 60 worst frozen foods in America.

13

Rxbar

Rx Nut Butters
EAT THIS, NOT THAT!

After Rxbar was sold to Kellogg Co. in November 2017, the founders put on listening to the resources of the grain giant to develop internationally, the upgrade of their headquarters, and even release a new line ofRX nut butters.

14

Frontera Foods

Frontera Foods nachos
Frontera Foods / Facebook

The Mexican Food Comparison Founded by the Chef, which offers products ranging from Guizanne to Tirilla and Tinga Taco Bowls chips was acquired by Conagra in September 2016. Frontera closed the agreement in the hope of expanding offers and The distribution of products, but it is doomed to keep the quality constant.

15

BOLTHOUSE FARMS

Bolthouse Farms smoothie
BOLTHOUSE FARMS

In a cash $ 1.5 billion cash contract, Bolthouse farms purchased by Campbell Canned Campbell in 2012, with the hope of permitting food space for health after slowing down. However, contrary to the flattening of the bellyZero Belly Smoothies, Bolthouse is notorious to pack his mixtures with sugar.

16 And17

Snyder's of Hannover & Cape Cod

Cape Cod Potato Chips
CAPE COD POTATO CHIPS / Facebook

Snyder's pretzels and Cape Cape Cape potato chips belonging to Snyder's Lance, Inc., were acquired by Campbell's soup in December 2017 for a $ 4.9 billion massif.

18

Secrecy

Pop Secre butter popcorn
Secret Pop / Facebook

It is no longer a secret that the popular micro-wave pop-corn mark is also an essential asset to the Snyder spear belonging to Campbell.

19

Pretzel Chips

Pretzel Crisps honey mustard onion
Pretzel Crispess / Facebook

The lightweight and thin shouts of Snack Factory are making a delicious snack at hummus when you want something other than chopped vegetables. This had to give an incentive to Campbell's to hang the snack under the Snyder spearhead.

20

Skinypop

SkinnyPop popcorn
SKINNYPOP / Facebook

When the Hershey Co. has acquired amplifies $ 1.2 billion in early 2018, she took SkinnyPop under the wing. We cross our fingers that a popcorn snack covered with chocolate is in the works.

21

Oatmega

Oatmega protein bar
Oatmega / Facebook

The grass-Fed Protein Bar Shoatmega brand was part of the amplifying snack brands when the conglomerate was bought by Hershey in 2018. See how the portable snack is classified in ourExclusive taste test!

22

Dagoba chocolate

Dagoba Chocolate
Dagoba Organic Chocolate / Facebook

Dagoba de Hershey's bought Dagoba, a non-GMO company, cocoa cocoa cocoa cocoa, hoping to jump on the organic train. The agreement was sealed in 2006, although Dagoba's operations remain at the original plant in Ashland, Oregon.

23

To evolve

Evol frozen dinners
@ EVOLFOODS / INSTAGRAM

The Boulder brands, a Megacorp Health Food, supervises familiar brands (more on those later) in addition to the delicious and clean range of frozen dishes. In 2015, Pinnacle Foods announced its intention to buy Boulder brands for $ 975 million, an acquisition designed to expand the Pinnacle Health and Wellbeing Portfolio, and now considers its omnipresent brands to more than 85. % of American households. And now, Conagra has just announced Pinnacle usurp projects for nearly $ 11 billion, a transaction that is set at the end of the end of 2018.

24 And25

Smart balance balance and earth

Earth Balance butter and corn
Land of Earth / Facebook

The intelligent balance and the balance of the Earth constituted an essential part of the acquisition of multimillionary boulder brands in 2015. The Smart Balance brand is marketed for healthy healthy regimes, while the balance of the Earth offers selections to Plant-based diaders.

26

Keep

Gardein beefless burger
GARDEN / Facebook

In 2014, Pinnacle embarked the bandwidth based on the plant and bought Gardin-manufacturer of vegetarian-friendly meat alternatives.

27

Birdy

Birds Eye pea soup
Birds eyes / facebook

In 2009, Pinnacle Foods Group announced the acquisition of $ 1.3 billion in the range of vegetables and bird bird birds, including steamfresh steamed birds and eyebirds Voila!

28 And29

UDI'S & GLUTTINO

Udi's gluten free bread
UDI Gluten / Facebook

Gluten-free bakeries, UDIs and Glutino were purchased by Pinnacle Foods in 2015 as part of the acquisition of Boulder Brands.

30

Firm

Earthbound Farm spinach pasta
Earthbound Farm / Facebook

In 2013, the United States the largest producer of biological salad greens was acquired by Whitewave Foods, which is now Danone North America, for $ 600 million. Whitewave wanted a foot in the organic door and stated that the purchase of terraces farms helped to increase its visibility between consumer food trends.

31

Wishbone

Wish Bone salad dressing
Wish-Bone Salad Dressing / Facebook

The original recipe of the vinaigrette, inspired by a dish in a small town, the Missouri restaurant named Wish-Bone, was created by an ex-soldier in 1945. In 1958, the brand was acquired by Lipton under Unilever and, In 2017, it was acquired by Pinnacle Foods for $ 580 million.

32

Aunt Jemima

Aunt Jemima waffles with chocolate
Aunt Jemima Frozen Breakfast / Facebook

The Quaker Oat Company bought Aunt Jemima Mills Company - Manufacturers in the world's first premade pancake in 1926. Fast forward at 2001: Pepsico buys Quaker OATS, bringing the beloved breakfast line under his belt .

33

Justin's

Justin's cashew butter cup
Justin's / Facebook

Believe it or not, Justin's specialty walnut butters were acquired by meat Megacorp Hormel Foods Corp. In order to use a group of more and more conscious conscious health. "My goal has always been to build something really special and tribute is the good partner to make this sustainable brand and far-reaching", Founder of Justin, Justin Gold, affirmed in aPress release.

34

Set of goracamole

Wholly guacamole and chips
@ EATWHOLLY / INSTAGRAM

Hormel Foods and Herdez del Fuerte, SA of CV, joined the forces of Creation of Megamex Foods LLC, before its acquisition of Wholly Guacamole in 2011. The products of Salsa wholly and 100% of Queso were also usurped by the conglomerate of Mexican food.

35

Skippy

Skippy peanut butter
Skippy Peanut Butter / Facebook

Hormel Slippy ripped from Unilever in 2013 for $ 700 million in cash to increase its meatless offers. Despite the high price tag of Nutty Spread, Skippy has always marked a lower quality place on our list ofThe 36 best peanut butres were classified!

36

Applegate Farms

Applegate farms foods
Courtesy of Applegate

The 2015 acquisition of all Applegate farms of the natural meat brand by Hormel Foods, the Creator of Spam, has encountered a lot of dissatisfaction of Applegate fans. Since Applegate and Hormel have since promised that, despite the new joint venture, the two operations will be separated to ensure quality.

37

Hungry man

Man with Hungry-Man frozen dinner
Hungry-Man / Facebook

HUNGRY-MAN Frozen Foods were marketed in the 1970s as traditional television dinners at the Tabletian to appeal to men, with a wide range of fried chicken offers at steak. At present, Hungry-Man is under Pinnacle, who will soon become a member of the Family Family Growth.

38

Sabra hummus

Sabra dips
Sabra / Facebook

Back in 2007, Pepsico announced its intention to buy Sabra Mediterranean dips and spreads in a joint venture with Israeli Food Society Strauss. Find out which other Emblematic Pepsico brands holds the property below.

39

Kevita

Lavender melon kevita
Kevita / Facebook

You would never have guessed that KEVITA to probiotics is actually the property of Pepsico, the apparent antithesis of a Kombucha brand. However, Pepsi has acquired Kevita in 2016 to exploit the needs of consumers for healthy beverage choices.

40

Quaker

Quaker oatmeal
Quaker / Facebook

At the turn of the twentieth century, Pepsico took over the giant Quaker of oats, mainly because of his coveted property of Gatorade belonging to Quaker in order to appeal to athletes who did not want Fizz in their gorgers.

41

Naked juice

Naked berry blast juice
Naked Juice / Facebook

In attempts to offer a diverse range of healthy products, Pepsi landed by bare juice in 2007. It does not matter that, a decade later, naked would land a place on our exclusive list ofThe 18 worst "healthy" juice.

42

ODWALLA

Odwalla mango tango smoothie
ODWALLA / Facebook

You would be surprised to know that another giant of the soda, Coca-Cola, unexpectedly owns Juice Maker Odwalla. The $ 181 million transaction was completed in 2001 in efforts to compete with Pepsico's health profile.

43

Tropicalana

Tropicana orange juice and waffles
Tropicana / Facebook

The year 1998 marked the sale of Tropicana of $ 3.3 billion of $ 3.3 billion that no other than Pepsico. In what seems to be an endless rivalry, Pepsi tried from Coca-Cola to another, who has a minute maid.

44

Zico

Zico coconut water
Zico Coconut Water / Facebook

Before Coca-Cola bought Zico in 2013, she had a minority stake in the coconut company.

45

Vitaminated water

Vitaminwater zero
Vitaminwater / Facebook

In 2007, Coca-Cola bought Glaceau, Vitaminewater manufacturers, helping fruit drinks expand in more than 26 countries.

46

Smartwater water

Smartwater
Smartwater / Facebook

Glaceau belonging to Coca-Cola also manufactures Jennifer Aniston's favorite bottled water brand, Smartwater.

47

Uncle Ben's

Uncle Ben's seafood rice
Uncle Ben's Canada / Facebook

Packing as a right mark of the farm, the rice company is actually the property of Food Giant March March International - Favorite Snacktime Manufacturers such as M & M's, Snickers and Skitles.

48

Van foods

Van's waffle with fruit
Van's Foods / Facebook

Van was acquired by Hillshire brands in 2015 for $ 165 million when transcended from a meat mark only to include pancake and waffle selections among other breakfast favorites.

49

Quirk

Horizon Organic lowfat chocolate milk
Organic Horizon / Facebook

Horizon Organics fell under the ownership of Whitewave's foods when they separated from their Dean Foods parent company, one of the largest dairy companies in 2013.

50

SONYFIELD ORGANICS

Stonyfield greek yogurt
Stonyfield / Facebook

Stonyfield was acquired by the French dairy company of Lactalis after being sold by Danone (yes, the manufacturers of Dannon Yogurt) for a height of $ 875 million in 2017. Whatever the Stonyfield, is still known for its dairy products biological, that's why he landed a task on our25 best yogurts for weight loss.

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