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24-521: Peter Pan’s origins date to 1915, when Derby Foods manufactured peanut butter under the name of its subsidiary, the E.K. Pond Company. Edmund Kirk Pond was the company’s namesake, and the cousin of Henry Clay Derby, whose Derby Foods was the parent entity. Edmund Pond died in 1900, and Henry Derby sold the enterprise to Swift & Company in 1904. E.K. Pond Company also marketed its peanut butter under its "Yankee" and "Toyland" brands, but without much success. Meanwhile, in 1921, Joseph L. Rosefield patented

48-467: A delicatessen . In mid-1905, he opened his own delicatessen at 490 Columbus Avenue, where he developed his first ready-made mayonnaise, dished out in small amounts to customers. It became so popular that he began selling it in bulk to other stores, constantly improving the recipe to make it avoid spoilage longer. In 1913, after continued success, he built a factory to produce his mayonnaise in even greater quantities, and began selling it on September 1 under

72-532: A best seller. Originally packaged in a tin can with a turn key and reclosable lid, the product's packaging was changed to glass jars because of metal shortages during World War II. In 1988, Peter Pan was the first brand of peanut butter to be sold in plastic jars. The product was the main ingredient in Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company 's now-discontinued product, Peter Pan Peanut Butter Cups. On December 8, 2020, Conagra announced that it would sell

96-467: A nonseparating, partially hydrogenated peanut oil peanut butter . In 1923, he licensed his patent to Derby Foods, which initially marketed the product under the name “Dainty” or “Delicia." It did not sell well. The greatest boost to sales came when, in 1928, Derby Foods seized upon the popularity of the James M. Barrie play by appropriating the title character for its brand name. Peter Pan Peanut Butter became

120-542: A small mayonnaise factory at 120 Lawrence Street (now West 126th) in Manhattan ; by the end of the year, he had a larger factory at 495/497 Steinway Street in Long Island City . In February 1916, the company was incorporated as Richard Hellmann, Inc., after which he briefly tried other products, such as horseradish and pumpernickel bread, before deciding to concentrate on mayonnaise and expand distribution outside

144-482: A vast food industry. Among other roles, Rosefield Packing provided emergency supplies of peanut butter to Hawaii during World War II . Rosefield's family sold Rosefield Packing and the Skippy brand to Best Foods in 1955. Forms of peanut butter were already popular before Rosefield's innovation. The problem was that the oil separated from the peanut grit and did not keep. Rosefield's patented homogenization solution

168-778: Is sold in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains , in Latin America , Europe, Australia, the Middle East , Canada, India, and Pakistan. The Best Foods brand is sold in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains, in East Asia , Southeast Asia , Australia, and New Zealand. Hellmann's and Best Foods are marketed in a similar way. Their logos and websites resemble one another, and they have

192-455: The 1880s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hellmann%27s and Best Foods Hellmann's and Best Foods are American brand names that are used for the same line of mayonnaise , ketchup , mustard , sauce , salad dressing , condiments and other food products. They have been owned by the British multinational company Unilever since 2000. The Hellmann's brand

216-539: The Hellmann's brand), and spun-off the corn-refining business into a new company called Corn Product International, currently known as Ingredion . Bestfoods was acquired by Unilever in 2000. On February 1, 2023, Hellmann's was discontinued in South Africa. When Best Foods acquired the Hellmann's brand, it decided to keep the respective recipes for both mayonnaises. However, at least as recently as June 2003,

240-745: The New York area. In November 1919, he licensed John Behrmann to make the mayonnaise in Chicago . In 1920, the New York Tribune asked three chefs to rate commercial salad dressing brands, and they voted Hellmann's mayonnaise the best, noting that it had more oil (85%) than any other salad dressing they tested. This helped to boost sales. On July 29, 1920, Hellmann became a U.S. citizen; later that year, Margaret Hellmann died, and on May 11, 1922, he married second wife Nina Maxwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Maxwell. In 1922, after sales of

264-602: The Peter Pan brand to Post Holdings . The transaction was completed on January 25, 2021. Past spokesmen for Peter Pan have included actor Sterling Holloway , actor Mark Linn-Baker , comedian Alan Sues , and game show host Art James . In late August 2007, it was announced that Disney's version of the Peter Pan character would become the mascot for Peter Pan Peanut Butter, alongside many other characters from Disney 's 1953 animated film version to appear in their new advertising campaign , possibly in 2009. This would not be

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288-652: The U.S. East Coast , selling $ 15 million a year by 1927 with $ 1 million in profits, the California company Postum Foods (later Best Foods) introduced their own mayonnaise, Best Foods Mayonnaise, which became popular on the West Coast , and was operating a major plant in San Francisco. In August 1927 Postum Foods bought the Hellmann's brand, allowing Hellmann to retire. By then both brands of mayonnaise had such commanding market shares in their respective halves of

312-511: The USA poses some unique challenges. Marketing campaigns for both products are identical; however, Hellmann's and Best Foods must make separate television commercials for each product and cannot make use of nationwide media to market their product. However, each brand can use a different ad, where a Hellmann's ad airs on a national television network's Eastern / Central feed, and the Best Foods ad

336-545: The United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials believe this is the first Salmonella outbreak involving peanut butter to occur in the United States. The recall involved both Peter Pan and some Great Value peanut butter with a product code starting with the digits "2111". The recall included all ConAgra-produced peanut butter sold in the United States since October 2004. Peter Pan products returned to stores in late August 2007. Joseph L. Rosefield Joseph Louis Rosefield (18 Dec 1882 - 8 Nov 1958)

360-485: The country that the company decided that both brands and recipes be preserved in their respective territories. To this day: In 1955, Best Foods acquired Rosefield Packing Co., makers of Skippy peanut butter . In 1958 Best Foods was bought by Corn Products Refining Company to form Corn Products Company, which in 1969 became CPC International Inc. Hellmann's mayonnaise arrived in the United Kingdom in 1961 and by

384-718: The first time: in the mid-1950s, when Peter Pan cosponsored ABC 's Disneyland TV series, Tinker Bell often appeared in their ads during the program. In earlier versions of the product, Peter Pan was clearly pictured as a woman in a Peter Pan costume, rather than as a boy. Peter Pan Peanut Butter is currently sold in 10 varieties: Creamy Original, Crunchy Original, Creamy Whipped, Creamy Honey Roast, Crunchy Honey Roast, Natural Creamy, Natural Creamy Honey Roast, Original Almond Butter, Vanilla Roast Almond Butter, and Honey Roast Almond Butter. In February and March 2007, Peter Pan and some Great Value ( Walmart 's store brand) peanut butters were linked to 425 cases of salmonellosis across

408-655: The late 1980s had over 50% market share . Before 1960, Hellmann's and Best Foods were advertised in the same advertisement, which pointed out that it is known as Hellmann's in the East and Best Foods in the West. Around 1968 the Best Foods brand added the Blue Ribbon from the Hellmann's brand, making them more like sister products. Since 2007, both brands have exactly the same design. In 1997, CPC International renamed itself Bestfoods, focusing on packaged food products (including

432-651: The mayonnaise were launched in Toronto, Ontario, Hellmann began building a larger (5-story) factory at 34-08 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. While honeymooning in San Francisco, California , Hellmann decided to open a plant there too, setting up an office and soliciting salesmen. In 1922 the Hellmann's mayonnaise cookbook was published by Behrman in Chicago. While Hellmann's Mayonnaise thrived on

456-429: The name Hellmann's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise , seeing sales greatly increase after switching from hotel-size large stone jars to customer-size clear glass jars that could be reused for home canning after selling them a rubber ring for 1 penny. In May 1914, he simplified the label from three ribbons to a single blue ribbon, and trademarked it along with the name "Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise". In 1915, he sold his store and opened

480-438: The recipes were almost identical. From the company's FAQs at the time: Today, the two products are made in the same plant. Both labels contain the same ingredients in the same 'relative quantity' order: soybean oil, water, whole eggs & egg yolks, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice, sorbic acid , calcium disodium EDTA , and natural flavors. Best Foods' may contain more lemon juice, though the ingredients, ordered by volume, are

504-524: The same as Hellmann's. Still, the fine print in the company's marketing and websites state that " Hellmann's is known as Best Foods west of the Rockies" and " Best Foods is known as Hellmann's east of the Rockies" The recipe may vary by country. For example, in the UK rapeseed oil is used in place of soybean oil. The ingredients list also includes paprika extract. Maintaining the separation of brands in

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528-524: The same slogan: "Bring out the best". Both brands were previously sold by the U.S.-based Bestfoods Corporation , which also sold several other food products in addition to Hellmann's and Best Foods mayonnaise. Bestfoods, known as CPC international before 1997, was acquired by Unilever in 2000. In 1903, Richard Hellmann (1876–1971) emigrated from Vetschau , Germany, to New York City, where in August 1904 he married Margaret Vossberg, whose parents owned

552-630: Was a California food businessman who invented modern, nonseparating peanut butter in 1922 – 1923. His family business, the Rosefield Packing Company, was based in Alameda . His new production process was licensed to another company to make Peter Pan peanut butter in 1923. Rosefield Packing later marketed Skippy peanut butter in 1932; both brands are still sold today. It also introduced cylindrical "wide-mouth" jars for peanut butter in 1935. Peanut butter then became

576-479: Was to partially hydrogenate the peanut oil to make it more miscible with the peanuts. (In other words, he used a similar process as vegetable shortening to process the peanut oil for the recipe.) This also made it possible to churn the peanut butter to a creamy consistency. His company promised a one-year shelf life for the product and claimed that it tasted better and was less sticky than previous formulas. This article about an American businessperson born in

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