The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. is an American food company whose main focus is natural foods and botanically-based personal care products. Its products range from

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s, sold by its Celestial Seasonings brand to snacks offered through its Terra brand as well as soaps, lotions, hair care, and body wash offered through their Jason, Alba, Live Clean, and Avalon Organic Brands. In May 2000, Hain Food Group merged with Celestial Seasonings, Inc. creating the current company. Hain Daniels is its subsidiary in the United Kingdom.

History

The

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acquired 19.5% of the company in September 1999, but subsequently divested itself of all holdings in December 2005. On May 7, 2002, the company prior year periods had been restated by reclassifying promotional allowances and other sales incentives of $16.8 million in the third quarter of 2001. On January 13, 2014, the company acquired the rice company Tilda for $357 million. In 2015 the company acquired the non-dairy company Mona Naturprodukte Gmbh with its brand Joya. In June 2018, Hain Celestial announced that CEO Irwin Simon would step down, becoming non executive chairman after a replacement is found.

Lawsuit

In November 2013, Hain Celestial became one of 25 companies targeted in an ongoing class action lawsuit regarding allegations of falsely labeling their personal care products (including Celestial Seasonings) as 'organic' under California law (California Products Act of 2003) to mislead consumers into purchasing them. According to Glaucas Research Group and

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, many of these products, including beverages, contain high levels of

pesticide Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests. This includes herbicide, insecticide, nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, microbicide, fungicide, and lampri ...

, far above federal limits of the United States. In September 2015, Hain Celestial Group reached a settlement and agreed to pay consumers a $7.5 million compensation for mislabeling their products with an additional $2.4 million worth of coupons.

Subsidiaries and Brands

Beverages

* Celestial Seasonings * Mountain Sun * Rice Dream now divested * Soy Dream now divested * Almond Dream now divested * WestSoy now divested * Joya (European plant-based company)

Foods & Snacks

* ALBA * Casbah * Earth's Best * Ella's Kitchen *

Empire Kosher Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc. is the largest producer of kosher poultry in the United States.Frank Cooper's Frank Cooper's is a UK brand of marmalades and jams owned by Hain Daniels. Frank Cooper's is known primarily for its "Oxford" Marmalade and holds a Royal Warrant. History Oxford High Street Francis Thomas Cooper (1811–1862) was originally a ...

Oxford Marmalade * FreeBird * Garden of Eatin' * Hain Pure Foods * Hain Pure Snax * Harry's Premium Snacks * Health Valley * Hollywood * Imagine Foods *

Keiller's marmalade Keiller's marmalade is named after its creator James and Janet Keiller (nee Mathewson, 1737-1813), and is believed to have been the first commercial brand of marmalade in Great Britain. It was made by James Keiller in Dundee, Scotland, later cr ...

* Lima * Linda McCartney Foods * Little Bear Snack Foods * MaraNatha * Milkfree, a sub brand of Natumi * Natumi * Nile Spice * Rosetto * Salt * Sensible Portions * Spectrum Essentials * Spectrum Naturals * Terra Chips * That's How We Roll: ParmCrisps & Thinsters *

The Greek Gods The Greek Gods is an American yogurt company based in Seattle, Washington. Their products include Greek-style yogurt, kefir and lebni. The company was founded in 2003 and acquired by the Hain Celestial Group The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. is ...

* Walnut Acres Organic * Westbrae Natural * Yves Veggie Cuisine

Personal Care

* Alba Botanica * Avalon Organics * Batherapy * Footherapy * Heather's Naturals * JĀSÖN Natural Products * Live Clean * Queen Helene

References

External links

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List of brand names for Hain Celestial Group
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