Which company did The Coca-Cola Company acquire in 1960 to obtain Minute Maid?

The Coca-Cola Company acquired the Minute Maid Corporation in 1960.

Minute Maid began as a juice business whose early success came from frozen concentrated orange juice. That product made it possible to distribute orange juice more widely without transporting large volumes of water, helping establish the company as an important juice producer.

Coca-Cola’s acquisition expanded the company beyond carbonated soft drinks and gave it a major position in packaged fruit beverages. Minute Maid became one of Coca-Cola’s long-running beverage brands and later appeared in many forms, including juices, juice drinks, and frozen products.

The acquisition is sometimes confused with Coca-Cola’s later purchases of other juice businesses. Minute Maid was not originally created by Coca-Cola; it joined the company through the 1960 acquisition.