Sour Patch Kids are from the same manufacturer as Swedish Fish. The red Sour Patch Kids are the same candy as Swedish Fish but with sour sugar.
100 Mind-Blowing Manufacturer Facts
An espresso maker was sent into space in 2015. Coffee lovers will appreciate this interesting space fact: Samantha Cristoforetti was the first astronaut to get a warm and cosy piece of home sent to her while in orbit. The Italian Space Agency worked with Italian coffee manufacturer Lavazza to get the coffee capsules into space.
LEGO is the world’s largest tyre manufacturer. Pretty ironic considering how small LEGO tyres are, but LEGO is the biggest tyre manufacturer in the world. Lego manufactures over 318 million toy tyres per year, with 870,000 tyres per day.
Samsung’s various business activities account for more than 15% of Korea’s entire economy. While Samsung is known worldwide as a technology giant, it has its fingers in many pies in its home country. Being the world’s largest manufacturer of phones is not enough, as in Korea, there are hospitals, apartments, universities, and even funeral parlours owned by Samsung.
Mac computers were named after the apple. It’s not a coincidence that “Macintosh” is similar to the apples called “mcintosh.” The name was misspelt on purpose to avoid conflict with a manufacturer called “McIntosh Laboratory.”
Nokia is the largest company in Finland. So much so, that it is viewed as a national pride by Finns! And while we often think Nokia is just a cell phone company, this famous brand was originally a paper manufacturer in 1865. Nokia branched out into technology in the 1980s.