27 Facts About Mars Incorporated

Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$40 billion in annual sales in 2021.

Mars Incorporated operates in four business segments around the world: Mars Incorporated Wrigley Confectionery, Petcare, Food, and MARS Edge, the company's life sciences division.

Mars Incorporated started the Mars Candy Factory in 1911 with Ethel V Mars, his second wife, in Tacoma, Washington.

In 1930, Frank Mars Incorporated created the Snickers bar and first sold it in US markets.

In 2014, Mars Incorporated opened a new $270 million chocolate plant in Topeka, Kansas, the first new Mars Incorporated plant in the US in 35 years.

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In 2016, Mars Incorporated announced the merger of its chocolate and Wrigley segments to form a new subsidiary, called Mars Incorporated Wrigley Confectionery.

In May 2020, Mars Incorporated filed a lawsuit against JAB Holding over claims that Jacek Szarzynski, a former JAB Holding executive stole various confidential documents and passed them to the owner of Pret A Manger and Panera Bread.

In November 2020, Mars Incorporated acquired full ownership of snack food company Kind North America for $5 billion.

Mars Incorporated brands manufactured for the United Kingdom market but not for the United States include Tunes.

Mars Incorporated Drinks produces coffee and the equipment used to make it.

Forrest Mars Incorporated started the pet food industry in Europe, and his Mars Incorporated Candy Company bought Kal Kan.

Forrest Mars Incorporated changed the name of Kal Kan dog food to Pedigree, and Kal Kan cat food to Whiskas.

In February 2003, Mars acquired Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Inc and in 2007 it was renamed Mars Fishcare, Inc The company manufactures and supplies home aquarium and pond products.

In 2018, Mars Incorporated Petcare acquired Genoscoper Laboratories, a Finnish animal molecular diagnostics company, "to form the basis for future practical applications in enabling precision healthcare for pets" under its genetic testing unit, Wisdom Health.

In 2007, Mars, Incorporated purchased a significant stake in the Banfield Pet Hospital chain.

In February 2016, Mars Incorporated stated that it would no longer be using artificial colors in each of its candy products.

Mars Incorporated announced that more than 50 of its products would be affected in commitment effort to align with the changing preferences of consumers.

From May 1,2007, many Mars Incorporated products made in the UK became unsuitable for vegetarians.

Mars Incorporated announced that it would be using whey made with animal rennet, instead of using rennet made by microorganisms, in products including Mars, Twix, Snickers, Maltesers, Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way.

The response from many consumers, particularly the Vegetarian Society's request for UK vegetarians to register their protests with Mars Incorporated, generated extensive press and caused the company to abandon the plans shortly thereafter.

In 2007, Mars Incorporated came under criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for funding laboratory experiments on mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits, which the group alleges are inhumane and in violation of the company's own policies prohibiting experiments on animals.

The study, which Mars Incorporated contends was legally required in order for the company to make flavonoid-related health claims, showed that the inclusion of epicatechin in the diet improved memory and angiogenesis, more so if coupled with exercise.

Mars Incorporated has been criticized for buying cocoa beans from West African farmers who reportedly use unpaid or poorly paid child laborers.

In 2009, Mars Incorporated announced that the company would work towards only purchasing cocoa from suppliers who meet environmental, labor, and production standards.

In 2010, Mars Incorporated Inc received the US Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence.

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In 2021, Mars Incorporated was named in a class action lawsuit filed by eight former child slaves from Mali who alleged that the company aided and abetted their enslavement on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast.

Mars Incorporated scored a lower rating for "Agrochemical Management", "needs more work on policy and implementation".