| The other day I was talking with a friend about the | | | | * Tio Rico (Venezuela) |
| names of the so called Heartbrand, the umbrella brand | | | | * Helados La Fuente (Colombia) |
| that covers the ice cream operations of Unilever. | | | | * Pingüino (Ecuador) |
| Every country has the same logo, but the name of the | | | | * Kibon (Brazil) |
| brand changes from country to country. | | | | * Bresler (Chile and Bolivia) |
| In Belgium I knew it as Ola, and when I arrived here I | | | | * Eskimo (Slovenia, Croatia, Austria and Czech |
| realized that Ola actually means hello in Portuguese. | | | | Republic) |
| But Brasil uses a different word: Kibon. | | | | * Frigo (Spain) |
| That made me wonder, whether they wanted to keep | | | | * Frisko (Denmark) |
| more abstract naming, and have the name not actually | | | | * GB Glace (Finland and Sweden) |
| meaning something. Turns out that the names relate to | | | | * Strauss (Israel) |
| the way the company expanded its operations. | | | | * HB Ice cream (Ireland) |
| In every country were they expanded through | | | | * Kwality Wall's (India) |
| acquisitions, they just kept the name of the original | | | | * Langnese (Germany) |
| company. This way, familiarity with the brand continued | | | | * Miko (Egypt and France) |
| even under new management. | | | | * Lusso (Swiss) |
| And to satisfy my inner child (don't ask), I made a small | | | | * Streets (Australia, New Zealand) |
| overview from the names and countries where they | | | | * Wall's (United Kingdom, Signapore, China and |
| are used! | | | | Pakistan) |
| * Olá (Portugal) | | | | * Good Humor (United States of America) |
| * Ola (Holland, South Africa and Belgium) | | | | * Selecta (Philippines) |
| * Algida (Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey | | | | What about your your earliest childhood brand |
| and Hungary) | | | | obsessions? |
| * Holanda (Mexico) | | | | |