Eagle Brand

Eagle Brand

Eagle Family Foods Incorporated and its brands/products were acquired by The J.M. Smucker Company in May 2007.

The company's name is derived from the product created by Gail Borden and sold under Borden, Inc., from 1856 to 1997. The company was created in 1997 by employees of Borden Milk Products, which sold its condensed milk line.

As part of the 2007 acquisition, sales of Eagle Brand products in Canada transitioned to The Smucker Company's Canadian subsidiary, Smucker Foods of Canada.

Eagle Family Foods has made several acquisitions and changes to their product line:

  • Mott's acquired the Realemon and Realime brands from Eagle. - 2001
  • Cremora and Cremora Royale creamers sold to Dean Foods - 2003

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