Is Best Foods Canadian?
No
This brand is owned by a foreign parent company.
What we found
Best Foods mayonnaise is owned by McCormick & Company as of 2026, following Unilever's sale of its food business. Best Foods was originally acquired by Unilever in 2000 from Bestfoods Corporation and is sold in North Ame.
The receipt
| Verdict | Foreign-owned |
| Category | Supermarket |
| HQ | Hunt Valley |
| Confidence | high |
| Evidence | Secondary source only |
| Source | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmann%27s_and_Best_Foods secondary source — registry check pending “Wikipedia states that Best Foods is owned by Unilever.” Verdicts are only marked verified once a government registry record or corporate filing confirms them. |
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