Some iconic brands, with their quality products, rigorous campaigns and faithful services for several years, become a part of our lives. They become household names and get ‘Indian’ tag by the users over generation. Here are the top 5 foreign brands that you have always thought to be Indian.
Let us see what are the top 5 brands you always thought to be Indian but are foreign.
1) Hindustan Unilever Limited:-
Despite having the word ‘Hindustan’ in its name, it is not an Indian company. HUL is basically a subsidiary of Unilever, a British-Dutch company. It produces most common household goods in India namely Surf Excel, Rin, Wheel, Sunlight, Vim, Pureit, Lux, Lifebuoy, Dove, Fair & Lovely, Pond’s, Vaseline, Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Indulekha, Lakmé, Pepsodent, Closeup, Axe, Brooke Bond, BRU, Kwality Wall’s, Knorr and Kissan.
2) Bata:-
Every Indian adores this footwear brand. It’s really surprising to know that Bata is a swiss company founded in 1894 by a cobbler family. Bata has its business spread across more than 70 countries of the world.
3) Colgate:-
It is one of the most popular toothpaste brand of Indian households. It is manufactured and solely owned by an American company named Colgate-Palmolive.
4) Reynolds:-
This is an iconic brand of pens that every Indian must have used in life. It’s difficult to believe the fact that this favorite brand of us was founded in 1945 in U.S. by Milton Reynolds. It was the first ever ballpoint pen manufactured.
5) Maggie:-
It will not be an exaggeration to say that several generation of India grew up with Maggie. This 2 minutes noodles has been a childhood treat, a savior in hostel life, a quick fix dinner after a tiresome day and so on. But most of us don’t know that our favorite Maggie is not an Indian product. It is owned by Swiss company Nestlé.