Top 10 Ridiculous Products That Famous Brands Actually Sold

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Prepare to be amazed by the bizarre brand extensions you never knew existed! Join us as we explore the strangest products famous companies have actually sold. From automotive giants making sausages to toothpaste brands attempting frozen dinners, these corporate sidesteps will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about your favorite brands.

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00:00I can tell you as somebody that sits about two feet away from you for most of our lives,

00:05I don't want you to smell like ranch on your lip.

00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 random products

00:12you didn't know you could actually buy from these well-known brands.

00:15I've stopped the production line.

00:17Yes.

00:18Sorry, everybody. Sorry.

00:21Number 10, Evian Water Bra. Evian.

00:24It designed a bra that was filled with water and targeted women to help keep their breasts cool.

00:29It also had a handy pouch to hold their water bottle.

00:32If you were alive in the 90s, you might remember the popular water bra,

00:36which used water-filled inserts within the bra cups to give the bust a little more oomph.

00:40This was not that.

00:41The Evian Water Bra, created by the bottled water brand in 2005,

00:45was designed to allow the wearer to hold ready-to-drink natural spring water on their chest.

00:50Okay, this is your most important secret weapon, the water bra.

00:54Just stay away from sharp corners.

00:56Evian believed this would be a convenient way for consumers to carry water throughout the day.

01:01Plus, the garment would have a cooling effect during warmer weather.

01:04Few people agreed, however, and the product was quickly discontinued shortly after its launch.

01:09You've just been served by Evian Bottle Service.

01:11All right.

01:11Enjoy.

01:12Number 9, Currywurst, Volkswagen.

01:14We have produced last year 6.8 million sausages in this factory here.

01:22In here?

01:22Yeah.

01:23Since 1973, the Wolfsburg Volkswagen plan has produced what they refer to as part number 199398500A,

01:31but you won't find it anywhere on your car.

01:33It's Volkswagen's own Currywurst, a type of sausage popular in Germany.

01:37Volkswagen produces up to 7 million sausages in a year, which are sold in supermarkets and

01:43at football stadiums, and are given away to hungry Volkswagen customers.

01:46You can find this product in Germany and several other European countries, but unfortunately,

01:51the Currywurst is not available in the United States.

01:53However, if you do manage to get your hands on one and would like to add some extra flavor,

01:57pick up some part number 1993985900B.

02:01That's none other than Volkswagen's very own ketchup.

02:03And now squeeze it back up.

02:05I was going to do that!

02:07You're making it harder!

02:09You're making it more complicated than shouting at me!

02:12Number 8, Ranch Ice Cream, Hidden Valley and Van Leeuwen.

02:15It tastes like pasta with mayonnaise.

02:19Ooh, there's an aftertaste.

02:20Some people say they'll put ranch dressing on everything.

02:23Van Leeuwen Ice Cream decided to put that claim to the test.

02:26Their collaboration with Hidden Valley to create ranch-flavored ice cream debuted in 2023

02:30for a limited time only, and reactions were mixed.

02:33The flavor was said to have notes of garlic powder, herbs, and buttermilk with a hint of sweetness.

02:39Ranch lovers loved it, and the ranch-neutral could do without it.

02:42Hidden Valley Associate Director Rachel Garrison even suggested customers top their scoops with

02:47pretzels or potato chips for the ultimate ranch sundae experience.

02:51Unless you really like, I mean, I like ranch, but that is, that tastes kind of rancid.

02:56I'm trying to see where, like, it would make sense.

02:58Number 7, Cheese Nail Polish, Velveeta and Nails Incorporated.

03:02The price is $15.

03:04No.

03:05No.

03:06That's a, that's a cheap manicure if you ask me, though.

03:09The golden yellow hue of Velveeta Mac and Cheese would make a bright, summer-friendly

03:13nail polish color, but what if the similarities didn't stop there?

03:16In 2022, Velveeta and Nails Incorporated combined forces to create nail polish that not only looked

03:22like mac and cheese, but smelled like it, too.

03:24The color was called La Dolce Velveeta, and when fully dried, it took on the unmistakable

03:29scent of a bowl of Velveeta shells, exactly as promised.

03:32The product was only sold for a limited time, but devoted Velveeta fans can still snag a

03:36bottle for themselves on eBay.

03:38Number 6, Yogurt, Cosmopolitan.

03:41In 1999, the popular women's magazine Cosmopolitan wanted to provide their customers with something

03:46to snack on while they read.

03:48For reasons unknown, they decided nothing says Cosmo like dairy, and subsequently came

03:53out with a line of low-fat flavored yogurts.

03:55The magazine, which frequently included tips for weight loss, was attempting to cash in

03:59on the healthy, low-fat food trend of the time.

04:02The yogurt was also linked to the magazine's famous sex tips, supposedly inspired by a study

04:07that found that 65% of Britons had used food during lovemaking.

04:11Despite these attempts to justify this product's existence, its high price and poor marketing

04:15led to the product's discontinuation in 2001.

04:18Number 5, Pepper Mills, Peugeot.

04:20We got this lineup of seven different Pepper Mills, because our old favorite one had been

04:25slightly redesigned, and we found some new ones on the market.

04:28This company has been in business for over 200 years, but they haven't been making cars

04:32that long.

04:33Though Peugeot is known today as one of the foremost automobile makers,

04:37the Peugeot family was originally known for manufacturing items like saws and coffee grinders.

04:42In 1874, Peugeot introduced its pepper mill, which was widely considered to be the best

04:47on the market.

04:48The product design was so popular and reliable that Peugeot still manufactures the pepper

04:52mills today.

04:53The pepper mills now come in a variety of styles, materials, and colors, but still contain the

04:58same helix-shaped grinder that produces perfectly cracked pepper every time.

05:02Created years before the first Peugeot car, pepper mills are the original marvel,

05:07of Peugeot engineering.

05:09Number 4, Machine Guns, Samsung.

05:12There is a chance that your smartphone and a South Korean sentry gun have a manufacturer

05:16in common.

05:16In 2003, a division of Samsung developed the SGR-A1 in collaboration with Korea University.

05:23Designed to automate certain guard posts along the Korean demilitarized zone, these high-tech

05:27machines are equipped with infrared cameras, voice recognition, and laser rangefinders.

05:33The system can be mounted with an automatic machine gun and a multiple grenade launcher.

05:37When an unknown person is detected, the system will fire automatically, unless overridden

05:42by a human operator.

05:43The autonomous weapon is probably Samsung's most controversial product, given the very real

05:48risk of increased civilian casualties.

05:51A and B gun, tracking and firing, multiple targets.

05:55Number 3, Ranch Lip Balm, Hidden Valley, and Burt's Bees.

05:59Is there nothing Hidden Valley won't ranchify?

06:01Time for some ranch!

06:03The salad dressing company came back for another brand collab in 2024, this time with lip balm

06:13maker Burt's Bees.

06:19Originally, this product was intended as just an April Fool's prank for social media, but

06:24the public response was so enthusiastic, they decided to actually go through with it.

06:28The lip balms came in four flavors, Hidden Valley Ranch, Fresh Carrot, Buffalo Sauce, and

06:33Crunchy Celery.

06:34I want to do the Buffalo Wings one and the Ranch one, and mix them, like put it on top and then

06:39one on the bottom.

06:40The perfect flavor range to refresh your lips after a hearty meal of chicken wings.

06:45Reviews from customers were mixed, but this product undoubtedly garnered both Hidden Valley

06:49and Burt's Bees a ton of buzz.

06:51This Hidden Valley, Burt's Bees combo collaboration is over because the four-pack sold out in less

07:00than 24 hours.

07:02Number 2, Chicken Scented Clogs, KFC and Crocs.

07:11It's no secret that Crocs love some funky footwear.

07:14It's pretty much their entire business model.

07:16However, in 2020, their collaboration with KFC took things to the next level.

07:20The Kentucky Fried Chicken X Crocs Bucket Clog was designed to look like a bucket of KFC's

07:25famous fried chicken, complete with drumstick gibbets perched delicately on top.

07:30Those gibbets were even more than they appeared, as an up-close inspection revealed, they even

07:34smelled like fried chicken.

07:36The clogs went viral after they debuted at New York Fashion Week, and the internet was flooded

07:40with articles about how apparently smelling your Crocs can now make you hungry.

07:44Love it or hate it, it's definitely a fashion statement.

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08:09Number 1, Frozen Dinners, Colgate.

08:12Colgate crab meat entree sounds like a cursed toothpaste flavor, but it was actually a real product.

08:17In the mid-20th century, dinner time got a whole lot easier with the invention of the

08:21frozen TV dinner.

08:23The time-saving product quickly became a sensation, becoming widely available in a variety of dinner

08:28types throughout the 1950s and 60s.

08:30This is when Colgate decided they wanted in on the action.

08:33In 1964, the toothpaste company began market testing their Colgate kitchen line.

08:38Colgate Total is the only toothpaste clinically proven to fight tartar, plaque, gingivitis, and

08:43bad breath between brushings.

08:44The product line featured chicken and crab meat entrees, and was only marketed in Madison,

08:49Wisconsin, before the company abandoned the endeavor.

08:51A popular image of an alleged Colgate beef lasagna dinner also exists, but Colgate vehemently

08:57denies the product's existence.

08:59Which of these surprising products would you be willing to try?

09:01Let us know in the comments.

09:03People were gobbling them up, and they were actually eating them in front of the TV.

09:08We'll be back up to the TV.

09:31We'll be back.

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