What does Mars Inc. make?

Well, obviously, they make Mars bars. Slightly less obviously, they also 
make Bounty, Twix, Snickers and a few other things.

They also own Wrigleys though. So they make all kinds of chewing gum, 
breath mints, and so forth.

But I bet you didn't know, they own Uncle Ben's. You know, they guys who 
sell packet rice. So yeah, next time you eat that stuff, it's made by Mars.

But that's not all. They also own... Whiskas. Yeah, that's right. They 
make cat food. Eww. :-S



PepsiCo is a similar story. They obviously make Pepsi, Pepsi Max and 
Diet Pepsi. They also make Mountain Dew, Gatorade, 7UP, etc. Apparently 
they make Tropicana - which is interesting, because that's supposedly a 
healthy fruity drink, not the flavoured sugar water listed so far. Also 
mildly surprising, they make Lipton Ice (in association with Unilever, 
better known for making floor cleaners and disinfectants).

But it gets weirder. They own Doritos. Next time you're munching through 
some of those, that's PepsiCo. Not /that/ surprising, since you can 
easily imagine somebody eating those out of the same vending machine 
that also dispenses Pepsi.

They also own Quaker Foods, makers of Quaker Oats, etc. They make 
Cheetos too. And, perhaps most surprising of all, they /own/ Walkers, 
the iconic crisp manufacturers. So next time you think to yourself 
"stick these Doritos, I'm going to buy Walkers instead" then, um, yeah - 
it's the same damned company.



All of this is /nothing/, though, compared to the Coca-Cola company. 
Their Wikipedia page doesn't even /say/ what they make; there's an 
entire other page for that. I counted 16 screenfuls of text. Suffice it 
to say, they own A LOT of stuff! o_O

Baffling, isn't it? So many brands, and yet they're all actually made by 
just three big companies. And many of them make seemingly unrelated 
products...

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