Beverage Companies

Worldwide, there are thousands of successful beverage companies. The food and beverage industry is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy to population of the world. The Standard Industrial Classification Codes or SIC codes groups beverage companies. A vast global transportation system supports the food industry so that its suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, warehousing, and retailers are connected. Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and beverage company. Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, its brands include: Acqua Panna, Aero, Alpo, Antica Gelateria del Corso, Aquarel, Arrowhead, Baby Ruth, Baci, Baeren Marke, Beggin Strips, Beltè, Beneful, Boost, Buitoni, Butterfinger, Buxton, Cailler, Calistoga, Carnation, Cat Chow, Cerelac, Cerevita, Chamyto, Cheerios (Europe-license), Chef, Chef-Mate, Chocapic, Cini Minis, Clinutren, Coffee-Mate, Contrex, Cookie Crisp, Nestlé Crunch, Dar Natury, Davigel, Davifrais, Deer Park, Dibs, Dog Chow, Dreyer's, Edy's Slow Churned, Dibs, Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Skinny Cow, Nestlé Toll House, Nestlé Carnation, Nestlé Push-Up, Frosty Paws, Eskimo Pie, Ecco, Estrelitas, EveryDay, Extrême, Fancy Feast, Felix, Fitness, Friskies, Gerber, Gerber Graduates, Good Start, Gourmet, Herta, Hot Pockets, Lean Pockets, Ice Mountain, Impact, Jenny Craig, Juicy Juice, Kit Kat, La Cremeria, La Laitière, Lean Cuisine, Levissima, Lion, Maggi, Maxibon, Milo, Minor's, Mövenpick, Mucilon, NaturNes, Nero, Nescafé, Nescau, Nespresso, One, Optifast, Orion, Peptamen, Perrier, Perugina, Poland Spring, PowerBar, Pro Plan, Pure Life, Purina, Resource, S. Pellegrino, Smarties, Stouffer's, Taster's Choice, Thomy, Tidy Cats, Toronto, Trio, Vittel, Wonka and Yorkie. PepsiCo is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York with interests in manufacturing and marketing a wide variety of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, as well as salty, sweet, and grain-based snacks, and other foods. Their main product, Pepsi-Cola, sells over 100 billion cans a year. In addition to Pepsi-Cola brands, the company owns: Aquafina, Aunt Jemima, Cheetos, Diet Pepsi, Dole, Doritos, Frappuccino Coffee Drink, Flat Earth, Fritos, Funyuns, Gamesa, Gatorade, Grandma's Cookies, Lay's, Lipton Brisk, Lipton Iced Tea, Lites, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Mug, Near East, Nobby Nuts, O'Grady's, Parkers, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Pepsi One, Propel, Quaker, Rice-A-Roni, Rold Gold, Ruffles, Sierra Mist, Slice, Smartfoods, Smith's, SoBe, South Beach, Storm, Sunchips, Tostitos, Tropicana, Tropicana Pure Premium, Tropicana Season's Best, and Walkers. The Coca-Cola Company is a manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. Some of the company products and brands include: Barq's, Bright & Early, Canada Dry, Carver's, Citra, Coca-Cola, Dasani, Diet Coke, Enviga, Fanta, Five Alive, Flavor Rage, Fresca, Fruitopia, Full Throttle, Glacéau, Georgia, Hi-C, Inca Cola, Maaza, Mello Yello, Minute Maid, Mr. Pibb, Nestea, Northern Neck, Powerade, Red Flash, Seagram's, Simply Orange, Sprite, Surge, Tab, and Vault.