World-Famous Brands You Can Hardly Recognise Abroad

Danone was founded by Spanish pharmacist Isaac Carasso. He named the brand after his son Daniel (Danone is his family nickname). When entering the US market, company executives decided to make the brand name more “American“: Dannon. The former name was wrongly pronounced by Americans, who divided it into two words: ”dan" and “one.” So don’t be surprised at the unusual name of a familiar product — it’s not a mistake.