Bolthouse Farms
Bolthouse Farms, a vertically integrated farm company specializing in refrigerated beverages, was founded in 1915 in Grant, Michigan. The farm was originally a small muck-soil vegetable farm until 1938 when William Herman Bolthouse took it over from his parents. He expanded it and began to concentrate on the production and distribution of carrots. In 1973, Bolthouse opened a second facility in Bakersfield, California, where year-round production was possible. The company has changed ownership several times. Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners owned Bolthouse from 2005 to 2012. It was then bought by the Campbell Soup Company for US$1.55 billion. In June 2019, Campbell sold it to Butterfly Equity.
Bolthouse Farms began bottling premium fruit and vegetable beverages in 2002, at a state-of-the-art facility in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Their 100% juices contain no artificial flavors and no high fructose corn syrup, sweetened only with natural fruit juice. In September 2010, Bolthouse Farms led a group of nearly 50 carrot producers to promote baby-cut carrots as an alternative to junk food for children. The company markets packaged baby-cut carrots with cartoon mascots and spicing shakers under the name "Kids Veggie Snackers".
- Founded: 1915
- Headquarters: California, United States
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- Website: https://www.bolthouse.com/
