16 Facts About Tropicana Products

1.

Tropicana Products immigrated to the United States in 1921 at the age of 21 years.

FactSnippet No. 665,559
2.

Tropicana Products drove a taxi, was a grocer in New York, farmer in Virginia, and then moved to Florida in 1940 where he farmed and was a restaurateur.

FactSnippet No. 665,560
3.

Tropicana Products developed flash pasteurization in 1954, a process that raised the temperature of juice for a short time to preserve its taste.

FactSnippet No. 665,561
4.

Tropicana Products's appeared prominently on the juice cartons and even the train cars used to transport the juice.

FactSnippet No. 665,562
5.

Tropicana Products purchased one million dollars worth of refrigerated trucks to deliver Pure Premium in the mid to late fifties.

FactSnippet No. 665,563
6.

From 1960 to 1970, Tropicana Products utilized piggyback trailers on flatcars to move the juice more efficiently.

FactSnippet No. 665,564
7.

Tropicana Products then retired and was inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1987.

FactSnippet No. 665,565
8.

In 1985, Tropicana Products debuted Tropicana Products Pure Premium HomeStyle orange juice, which featured added pulp.

FactSnippet No. 665,566
9.

Tropicana Products was acquired by PepsiCo in 1998, which combined it with the Dole brand for marketing purposes.

FactSnippet No. 665,567
10.

Tropicana Products later reverted to sourcing its oranges from both Florida and Brazil due to the Asian citrus psyllid, a microscopic insect which spreads a bacterial disease that causes citrus greening.

FactSnippet No. 665,568
11.

In February 2009, Tropicana Products switched the design on all cartons sold in the United States to a new image created by the Arnell Group.

FactSnippet No. 665,569
12.

In 2008, Tropicana started the "Rescue Rainforest" campaign in the U S in collaboration with charity Cool Earth.

FactSnippet No. 665,570
13.

Tropicana Products has Fruit Snacks, and in the United Kingdom makes smoothies.

FactSnippet No. 665,571
14.

Tropicana Products holds sponsorship to Tropicana Products Field in St Petersburg, Florida, the home to the baseball team Tampa Bay Rays.

FactSnippet No. 665,572
15.

PepsiCo, the parent company of Tropicana Products, planned to begin moving Tropicana Products employees into its existing Chicago facility in the first quarter of 2004.

FactSnippet No. 665,573
16.

Until 2004, Tropicana Products was headquartered in the four-story Rossi Office Building in Bradenton, Florida.

FactSnippet No. 665,574