Kibon
Encyclopedia
Kibon is a Brazil
ian ice cream
producer, now owned by Unilever
.
The logo that it uses is the same Heartbrand logo that Wall's ice cream
, Good Humor
, Streets
and Selecta use in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Philippines respectively – all brands are owned by Unilever
.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian ice cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...
producer, now owned by Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
.
The logo that it uses is the same Heartbrand logo that Wall's ice cream
Wall's ice cream
Wall's is a United Kingdom-originated food brand, covering both meat products and ice cream, owned by Unilever. Founded in London in 1786 by butcher Richard Wall, it was acquired in 1922 by Lever Brothers, which became a part of Unilever in 1930. To avoid summer lay-offs due to the down turn in its...
, Good Humor
Good Humor
Good Humor is an American brand of ice cream novelties sold from ice cream trucks as well as stores and other retail outlets. Originally, Good Humors were chocolate-coated ice cream bars on a stick, but the line was expanded over the years to include a wide range of novelties...
, Streets
Streets (ice cream)
Streets Ice-cream is an Australian ice-cream brand owned by the multi-national company, Unilever.Streets was founded in Corrimal, New South Wales in the 1930s by Edwin 'Ted' Street and Gordon Rider and is now Australia's largest ice-cream manufacturer. Products were manufactured at a factory in the...
and Selecta use in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Philippines respectively – all brands are owned by Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
.
History
- Kibon was founded in 1941 by Americans U.S. Harkson and John Kent Lutey. Lutey was the on-site Director and President. The two originally worked together in Shanghai, China. The original corporate name was U.S. Harkson do Brasil, which was later changed to Cia Harkson Industria e Comercio Kibon. Lutey was Director-President until 1962.
- In 1942, Kibon introduced its first ice cream products to Brazil: Eskibon (chocolate-covered ice cream) and Chicabon (chocolate popsicle) with 50 refrigerated pushcarts on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. They were an enormous success and the company grew quickly, introducing classic and tropical flavors. The company also produced dried eggs for food industries. Kibon later introduced a variety of candies, chocolates and gum. By 1960, Kibon was available through more than 3,000 pushcarts as well as retail stores throughout the industrial south of Brazil.
- In 1957, Kibon entered into a joint venture with the General Foods Corporation to manufacture and market several of its brands, including Kool-Aid and breakfast cereals. The joint venture was named Industrias Alimenticias Gerais, S.A., a Brazilian corporation.
- In 1960, the General Foods Corporation bought Kibon and Kibon's share of the joint venture.
- In 1985, the firm was bought by Philip MorrisAltria GroupAltria Group, Inc. is based in Henrico County, Virginia, and is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, Inc., Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. It is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations...
. - By the 90s, Kibon was made by the Swiss company MövenpickMövenpickMövenpick may refer to:*Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts*Mövenpick Ice Cream...
. - In 1995, Kibon bought Brazilian chocolateChocolateChocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
company Lacta. - In 1997, the AngloEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
company UnileverUnileverUnilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
bought Kibon.