"programme in 2017 ""Rip Off Britain,"" the can's classic design was changed the following year to become easier to open. Fray Bentos (food brand) The Fray Bentos food brand is associated with tinned processed meat products, originally corned beef and, latterly, meat pies. The brand has been sold in the United Kingdom, other European countries, and Australia. Created in the latter half of the 19th century, the name is derived from the port of Fray Bentos in Uruguay where the products were originally processed and packaged until the 1960s. The brand is now owned in the UK by Baxters, which"
"pies in Australia. The Fray Bentos brand is best known for the manufacture and sale in the United Kingdom of a range of tinned meat pies such as steak and kidney and minced beef and onion. Since 2011, the brand in the UK has been owned by Baxters, who manufacture Fray Bentos products at their site at Fochabers in Scotland. In addition to meat pies, the range includes tinned meat puddings and tinned meatballs as well as microwaveable meat-based pasta and rice dishes. The popularity of Fray Bentos products, once a staple in the UK and some European countries, has"
"the domestic UK and overseas markets, including third-party brands such as Del Monte. During the 1980s, the factory was purchased by Premier Foods when Lockwoods Foods Limited went into administrative receivership. Premier Foods, among other popular food brands, would later produce the popular staple food Fray Bentos canned steak and kidney pie at the Long Sutton factory. Following the sale of the Fray Bentos business to Baxters in 2011, production was moved to Scotland in 2013. The factory facility, is now part of the Princes Food & Drink Group and Long Sutton is their largest food production site in the"
"in 2007 and moved its Fray Bentos production to its factory in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. In 2011, the Premier Foods canning division, including Fray Bentos, was bought by Princes Group, but, following an Office of Fair Trading investigation, Princes were required to immediately sell off Fray Bentos on competition grounds. It was bought by Baxters, the current owners, who announced that production would transfer to its site at Fochabers in Scotland. The move was completed in 2013. Baxters have extended the Fray Bentos range to include ""deep fill"" pies and microwaveable bowl products. After an investigation by a BBC One"
"declined in recent decades and, in 2011, it was reported that sales had been flat at around £30 million per year for the previous ten years. Tinned meat products, including Fray Bentos, now have a down-market image. According to the ""Financial Times"", Fray Bentos products ""may engender sneers"" but they also have a ""cult following"" in the UK. Baxters describes Fray Bentos as ""an iconic British brand"". Campbell's Soup Company manufactures and sells steak and kidney pies in Australia under the Fray Bentos brand name. In 1865, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company was founded in Britain by German chemist Justus"
"Fray Bentos was bought by Campbell's in 1993 and sold onto Premier Foods as part of the sale of the US food group's UK assets in 2006. Since the acquisition, Baxters has introduced new products under the Fray Bentos brand, such as soups in August 2012 and instant hot meals (Fray Bentos Hunger Busters) in June 2014. Baxters withdrew from the chilled soups sector in 2008 and sold its Grimbsy factory to Northern Foods, attributing the move to strong competition in the sector and a desire to focus on more profitable products. In May 2016 Baxters announced that up to"
"sells Fray Bentos-branded steak and kidney pies in Australia. In 2008, the Brazilian-owned Marfrig Group announced the re-opening of the Liebig factory and the resumption of export of meat products, though at a lower volume than at the original factory. Botnia S.A., a subsidiary of Finnish corporation Metsä-Botnia, built a large cellulose factory (pulp mill) in Fray Bentos to produce bleached eucalyptus pulp; production started in November 2007, and the first shipments were made in December 2007 from the port of Nueva Palmira. Investment in the project was about 1 billion USD. Several groups raised concerns regarding the effects of"
"America. Its portfolio of brands includes Lay's, Cheetos, Fritos, and Doritos, as well as local brands such as Lucky, Stiksy, and Baconzitos snacks in Brazil and ManiMoto in Colombia. Frito-Lay snacks are distributed in Europe under the ""PepsiCo Europe"" operating division, previously PepsiCo International. Products include: Walkers Crisps, Doritos, Paw Ridge, Smiths, Cheetos, Duyvis, Snack-a-Jacks, Looza, Twistos, and Solinki. PepsiCo maintains manufacturing plants in Europe, the largest of which are two snack manufacturing and processing plants located in Leicester and Coventry in England. Frito-Lay products sold under the ""PepsiCo Asia, Middle East & Africa"" division represent the smallest (as of"
"common in Bulgaria, Canada, Australia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom since 2002. It is also common in Ireland, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Iran, Slovenia, Denmark, Morocco, Macedonia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, Turkey, Finland and Estonia. It has become increasingly more available in the United States, carried at some major chains, like World Market, along with other Kinder products such as Kinder Country Crisp, Kinder Chocolate, Happy Hippos and Kinder Surprise. The Kinder Bueno bar is made in the Ferrero factories of Villers-Écalles, France and Warsaw, Poland. In its early"
"is known in Brazil as ""Manjar Turco"", ""Delícia Turca"", ""Bala de Goma Síria"" or ""Bala de Goma Árabe"". As with most Middle Eastern dishes, it came with the Levantine Arab diaspora to Latin America. Fry's Turkish Delight is marketed by Cadbury in the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa and can also be found in Canada and New Zealand. It is rosewater-flavoured, and covered on all sides in milk chocolate. UK production controversially moved to Poland in 2010. Despite its worldwide popularity and production in several countries, at present, the only protected geographical indication (PGI) for such a product is"
"competitors, such as Pirate's Booty. Cheetos first entered Brazil in 1976, followed by other countries such as Australia during the 1980s. In 1994, Cheetos became the first American brand of snack food to be made and distributed in China. As the distribution of Cheetos expanded outside the U.S. to include more than 36 different countries, localized versions were produced to conform to regional tastes and cultural preferences. Frito-Lay conducted extensive testing before settling on flavors for the Chinese market, with ranch dressing, North Sea crab, smoked octopus and caramel being passed up for two flavors: ""Savory American Cream"" and ""Zesty"
"by Liebig in 1881 to market ""Fray Bentos Compressed Cooked Corned Beef"". With the introduction of freezer units, the company was eventually able to produce and export frozen and chilled raw meat as well. The amount of food processed and shipped around the world caused the town of Fray Bentos to be called ""The Kitchen of the World"". Fray Bentos canned meats, now owned by Baxters, are still sold in Europe. The brand also offers meat pies, which have been manufactured since 1958. The British tonic wine Wincarnis originally contained Liebig's meat extract and was initially called Liebig's Extract of"
"in other regions of the world in the 2000s, including Smith's in Australia, and Sabritas and Gamesa in Mexico. As a result of these international arrangements, some global Frito-Lay products (such as Doritos) are branded under the same name worldwide. Others maintain their original regional names. For example, Lay's chips are a similar product to Walkers Crisps in the UK and both share similar logo designs. The Quaker Oats Company merged with PepsiCo in 2001, resulting in Quaker snacks products, including Chewy granola bars, Gatorade, and Quaker rice cakes, becoming organized under the Frito-Lay North America operating division. This operating"
"its own line of chewy sweets. They were once the distributor of Pez products in the United Kingdom, but this is no longer the case. Haribo makes Pontefract Cakes at their factory in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, and other locations. The Fraise Tagada is one of the best-selling varieties in France. Another popular Haribo product is Happy Cola. Haribo Jingle by UK composer Steve Vickers Haribo had been imported into the United States for many years by German food importers and sold at German and other gourmet stores at ""gourmet prices"", mostly in bulk. In Germany, Haribo was not an exclusive"
"Kinder Bueno Kinder Bueno (""kinder"" is German for ""children"", ""bueno"" is Spanish for ""good"" or ""tasty"") is a chocolate bar made by Italian confectionery maker Ferrero. Kinder Bueno, part of the Kinder Chocolate brand line, is a hazelnut cream filled wafer with a chocolate covering. It is sold in packs of two, three, six, and boxes of twelve. Kinder Bueno was first marketed in Italy and Germany in 1990. It became available in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, France, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Israel and Greece in the mid-1990s, in Spain, Gibraltar starting in 1999, and has been"
"Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Puerto Rico, Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, Romania, Cyprus, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Chile, Malta and Brazil. In Latvia, they are mostly available at Sky. In Australia, Kinder Happy Hippos started appearing in petrol stations and supermarket chains, developing a slightly cult-like following amongst some adults, before the biscuits were discontinued in 2010. Kinder Happy Hippo Kinder Happy Hippo is a biscuit/candy made by the Italian chocolate and confectionery company Ferrero SpA. The candy consists of a wafer biscuit shaped like a hippopotamus. Inside the crisp hollow biscuit are two flavors of icing:"
"the merged manufacturing business of Brooke Bond Liebig. Brooke Bond Liebig was acquired by Unilever in 1984. In 1993, Campbell Soup Company bought Fray Bentos from Unilever's Brooke Bond division. The Hackney plant was closed in the same year and production moved to Campbell's own factory in King's Lynn. Campbell's subsequently transferred its rights to the brand in the UK to Premier Foods as part of the sale of Campbell's UK operations in 2006. However, Campbell's continues to manufacture and sell steak and kidney pies in Australia under the Fray Bentos brand name. Premier Foods closed the King's Lynn factory"
"grape (purple). Ume, Fuji apple, and Pine Fresh (pineapple) Mentos are sold exclusively in Japan. Flavors only available in certain countries; Enigma (Czech Republic) Rainbow (UK and US) Ume (Japan) Fuji Apple (Japan) Pine Fresh (Japan) Ice (Canada) Part of Mentos's popularity in the US and Canada can be attributed to its campy TV commercials and catchy jingle, which debuted in late 1991 on American and Canadian television. Shot in South Africa, individuals facing various day-to-day dilemmas consume Mentos and are subsequently inspired to solve their problems at hand in a creative, often-humorous fashion. For example, a job interviewee sits"
"have a negative impact on the environment or tourism in either country. The paper mill started operating in November 2007. Fray Bentos has an Industrial Revolution Museum in the former meat processing factory of the Liebig Extract of Meat Company, where thousands of people worked. When it was shut down, the opportunity was taken to create a museum, with the original machinery, and social and cultural artefacts of the technological revolution in Fray Bentos. The museum exhibits the machinery used in the meat and extract of meat process, the buildings, an 1893 Merryweather water-pumping machine, a complete canning plant, a"
"used 12,000 pots per year of the easily digestible substance. By 1875, 500 tonnes of the extract were being produced at the Fray Bentos plant each year. It was recommended for soldiers during the American Civil War for its shelf stability, ease of transport, and ease of use. It was still used by the Allied forces in World War II. European adventurer Sir Henry Morton Stanley valued it on his trip to Africa. It is still sold by Liebig Benelux. In 1873, Liebig's began producing tinned corned beef, which it sold under the label ""Fray Bentos"". ""Fray Bentos"" was trademarked"
"Verde, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Macau, Mozambique, Netherlands, S.Tomé and Principe, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Ferbar Ferbar - Fernando Barros, Produtos Alimentares, Lda or simply Ferbar, is a Portuguese company specialized on wholesale of food products, including canned vegetables, sauces, tomato products and canned fruits. The company, headquartered in Maia, Greater Porto subregion, is the leading brand on its segment in Portugal. The company exports its wide range of products to several countries, including Angola and Mozambique. Ferbar was founded in 1971 by Fernando Nogueira de Barros Coelho, having started its operations as a small regional company, operating"
"United States is actually made in Iowa or New York and not Italy. The wheat used is mainly local. Barilla Group has several production plants all over the world: in Italy, Greece, France, Germany, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, the United States (in Ames, Iowa and Avon, New York), and Mexico. The company also operates mills in Italy, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, and the US. While its central office is in Parma, it has corporate offices in several other countries as well, such as Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the US, Mexico, Brazil, Australia,"
"milk-flavoured creams topped with two cocoa wafer spheres, to be eaten with an included spoon. The other half contains a toy. , Kinder Joy is produced in Poland, India, South Africa, Ecuador, Cameroon, and China. Ferrero launched Kinder Joy in Italy in 2001. It has been sold in Spain since 2004, in Germany since May 2006 and in China and India since 2007. It was launched in Australia and the United States in 2018. In 2011, Ferrero opened a factory in Baramati, India, to make the eggs, in addition to other products including Tic Tacs. In 2015, the company opened"
"Cowboy BBQ Beans, Butter Chicken, Montreal Smoked Meat, and PEI Scalloped Potatoes. The winning flavor was PEI Scalloped Potatoes. The following Lay's (called Sabritas) are available nationally in Mexico: Original, Ruffles, Tostitos, Doritos, Cheetos, Pake-Taxo, Japoneses (peanuts), Cheetos Poffets, Rancheritos, Adobados, Frit-os, Churrumais, Caseras, Sabritones, Crujitos and Chicharrón Clásico. There are a number of unique products in the United Kingdom which are sold under the ""Walkers"" label, including, prawn cocktail, pickled onion, cheese & onion and Marmite. Walkers also ran a 'Do Us A Flavour' promotion wherein the public vote for the flavor they like the best. Flavors included in"
"and products produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips, Lay's potato chips, Ruffles chips, and Walker's potato crisps (distributed in the UK and Ireland under the Walker's brand and in the rest of Europe under the Lay's brand)—each of which generated annual worldwide sales over $1 billion in 2009. Frito-Lay also comprises multiple brands outside of the chip category, including Rold Gold pretzels, Cracker Jack popcorn snacks, and TrueNorth nut clusters and nut crisps. In India, Frito-Lay uses its international brands as well as Uncle Chipps, a homegrown brand that"
"a variety of flavours, including Cookies and Cream, Hokey Pokey, Toffee, Rocky Road, Double Chocolate and original chocolate. The slogan from a national advertising campaign for MallowPuffs, ""Have you done enough for a MallowPuff"", has entered into the New Zealand cultural lexicon. Produced in Serbia by Jaffa, it has a cookie base and a soft sponge filling covered by a cocoa mix. In Brazil the dessert is known as Nhá Benta and is manufactured by the Kopenhagen chocolaterie. The cookies are sold in a variety of flavours, including coconut, lemon, passion fruit, caramel, boysenberry, tonka bean and coffee. It is"
"2 in Mexico. The company employs approximately 3,000 people. Culled from the efforts and innovations of numerous individuals who built and grew their products, processes, and companies; at their combined peaks these production companies had once utilized more than 5,000,000 square feet (460,000 m), and employed more than 10,000, workers. Today the company is a set of brand names and marketing programs. Ferrero SpA, a privately held company headquartered in Luxembourg, best known for its Nutella, Fannie May, and Tic Tac brands in the US, purchased Ferrara at the end of October, 2017. Purchase price was not disclosed but was"
"Frankie & Benny's Frankie & Benny's is a chain of Italian-American restaurants in the United Kingdom, with numerous outlets nationwide, run by The Restaurant Group plc. The first location opened in 1995 in Leicester, but now the chain has over 250 locations across the UK. The years 2015 and 2016 proved tough for Frankie & Benny's, as profits slumped. This was blamed on poor management of the company and an unnecessary raise in menu prices. Owners, The Restaurant Group, are currently attempting to reinvent the brand, which introduced a new menu in March 2017. In branches, on menus, and on"
"sold. In the US and Greece, potato wedges are sold instead of French fries. McCormick & Company is KFC's largest supplier of sauces, seasonings and marinades, and is a long-term partner in new product development. Due to the company's previous relationship with PepsiCo, most territories supply PepsiCo products, but exceptional territories include Barbados, Greece, New Zealand, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa, and Turkey, which stock drinks supplied by The Coca-Cola Company, and Aruba, which stocks RC Cola from the Cott Corporation. In Peru, the locally popular Inca Kola is sold. In a number of Eastern European locations and Portugal, beer"
"institution. BRF S.A. BRF S.A. is a Brazilian company. BRF is one of the biggest food companies in the world, with over 30 brands in its portfolio, among them Sadia, Perdigão, Qualy, Paty, Dánica and Bocatti. Its products are sold in over 150 countries, in all five continents. More than 100 thousand employees work at the company, which owns more than 50 factories in eight countries: Argentina, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Thailand and Turkey. In 2016, the company sold over 4 million tons of food and made more than 600 thousand monthly deliveries. Over 13 thousand"
"The tins were also ideally suited as army rations as they weighed just one pound and were easily transportable. With the outbreak of the Boer War, the company's profits were significantly boosted from supplying corned beef to the British Army in South Africa. Fray Bentos corned beef was also supplied to the troops in World War I. Its popularity was such that the term ""Fray Bentos"" was used as slang by soldiers to mean ""good"". One of the early British tanks that fought at the Battle of Passchendaele was given the nickname ""Fray Bentos"", because the men inside felt like"
"Frango Frango mints are a brand of chocolate truffles first created for the Frederick & Nelson department stores. Traditionally flavored with mint and widely popularized by the Marshall Field and Company department store, they were later produced and distributed by Macy's department stores. Frango is also the brand name of a line of various other related food products. Historically associated with the Midwestern and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States, the candy is sold in various outlets throughout the country. Frangos were created by Seattle, Washington's Frederick & Nelson department store in 1918; the company and Frango trademarks were"
"market of the United States; worldwide the annual retail sales totaled approximately $4 billion. The original ""Crunchy Cheetos"" are still in production but the product line has since expanded to include 21 different types of Cheetos in North America alone. As Cheetos are sold in more than 36 countries, the flavor and composition is often varied to match regional taste and cultural preferences—such as ""Savory American Cream"" in China, and ""Strawberry Cheetos"" in Japan. Cheetos were invented in 1948 by Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin, who cooked early test batches in the Frito Company's Dallas, Texas-based research and development kitchen."