Food companies established in 1962

Frucor is a Japanese-owned beverage company operating in Australasia, and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. The company is known for its V energy drink launched in 1997, which is sold across the world including Europe, South Africa and Argentina. Frucor has joint partners PepsiCo, Danone, and Sanitarium so their products are marketed by Frucor.

Skylark Holdings (株式会社すかいらーくホールディングス, Kabushiki gaisha Sukairāku Hōrudingusu) is a Japanese corporation that owns over 2,717 restaurants in Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia and the United States. Their headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan.

Faccenda Group is a privately owned UK business established in 1962 by Robin Faccenda, which supplies fresh poultry products.

PepsiAmericas, Inc. was the world's second-largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola products, under contract with product owner PepsiCo. PepsiAmericas also held contracts to produce beverages for Dr Pepper Snapple Group and smaller regional brands. PepsiAmericas had 19 bottling plants in the United States and had a presence in 11 countries in Central/Eastern Europe and 5 countries in the Caribbean. PepsiAmericas was based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pronto Pup is an amusement park and carnival food similar to a corn dog made with flour mix, which is used by restaurants and street vendors across the United States. Named for the speed of the cooking process, the Pronto Pup was invented in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, and is marketed as the original corn dog. The independently owned Rockaway Beach location was opened in 2016.

Läderach is a Swiss chocolate and confectionary manufacturer based in Ennenda (Glarus). It was founded in 1962 in Glarus by Rudolf Läderach (1929–2013). His patent for the process of manufacturing hollow, ready-made chocolate truffles revolutionized the fine chocolate industry. In 2004 Läderach decided to enter the consumer market by acquiring Merkur Confiserie AG, a well-established chocolate retailer. In 2012 the company was further vertically integrated towards end-consumers when it opened its first factory in Bilten in the Alps region. As of 2020 Läderach operates 100 stores in 35 countries.

The Brasseries de Bourbon ("Breweries of Bourbon") is the only major producer of beer on Réunion Island, formerly known as Bourbon Island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean.

Ujarrás is a Costa Rican brand of jellies and related products. The company was established in January 1962 by Manuel Rodríguez Rojas and is named after the village of Ujarrás. They produce products such as marmalade, blackberry, guava and strawberry jam and products such as fruit paste, crackers and cookies with jam in them, similar to Jammie Dodgers.

Want Want Holdings Limited (Want Want; Chinese: 旺旺集團有限公司; pinyin: Wàngwàng Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a food manufacturer and media corporation from Taiwan. It is one of the largest rice cake and flavored drink manufacturers in Taiwan. It engages in the manufacturing and trading of snack foods and beverages, divided into four businesses: rice crackers, dairy products, beverages, snack foods (candies, jellies, popsicles, nuts, and ball cakes), and other products. It operates over 100 manufacturing plants in mainland China and 2 in Taiwan, and employs over 60,000 people.