Living in the US, it's easy to forget that only a few major companies are responsible for almost everything we buy. From cereals to beauty products, a small number of parent companies own most of the companies we use daily.
For example, a consumer could start their morning with a bowl of Cheerios, have Progresso chicken noodle soup for dinner, and enjoy Häagen-Dazs ice cream before bed, unaware that General Mills owned every aspect of their diet.
Similar to how General Mills owns many household-name brands in the US, plenty of global companies have purchased American companies to round out their portfolios.
It means that brands you might think of as all-American are actually owned by companies overseas.
Here are 10 of the most surprising classic American brands to have been acquired by international companies.