Wyler's is a food and beverage
brand
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established by Wyler's Company in 1931. The brand is now owned by
Kraft Heinz
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for bouillon and dry soup mixes and by
The Jel Sert Company for powdered
drink mix
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es.
History
The spouses Silvain and Arma Wyler established Wyler's Company in 1931 selling its first product, chicken bouillon cubes. Wyler's began manufacturing bouillon cubes in Chicago in the 1940s and developed bouillon powder, dry soup mixes and powdered drink mixes in the 1950s.
Borden acquired Wyler's Company in 1961.
The Wyler's powdered drink business was sold to
Lipton in 1986.
Jel Sert
The Jel Sert Company is a privately held company based in West Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in 1926, its primary products are snack foods and beverages.
History and products
The Jel Sert Company was named for its original produ ...
bought the Wyler's powdered drink business from Lipton parent
Unilever
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in 1994.
When Borden exited the food business in 2001, it sold the Wyler's bouillon and dry soup business to
H. J. Heinz Company
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six contin ...
. H. J. Heinz Company would merge with
Kraft Foods
The second incarnation of Kraft Foods is an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz in 2015.
A merger with Heinz, arran ...
in 2015, creating
Kraft Heinz
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC), commonly known as Kraft Heinz, is an American multinational food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and Heinz co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Kraft Heinz is the third-largest food and beverage ...
.
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Products introduced in 1931
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