Top 10 Ridiculous Products That Famous Brands Actually Sold

#10: Evian Water Bra

Evian

If you were alive in the 90s, you might remember the popular water bra, which used water-filled inserts within the bra cups to give the bust a little more oomph. This was not that. The Evian Water Bra, created by the bottled water brand in 2005, was designed to allow the wearer to hold ready-to-drink natural spring water on their chest. Evian believed this would be a convenient way for consumers to carry water throughout the day, plus the garment would have a cooling effect during warmer weather. Few people agreed, however, and the product was quickly discontinued shortly after its launch.

#9: Currywurst

Volkswagen

Since 1973, the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant has produced what they refer to as part number 199 398 500 A, but you wont find it anywhere on your car. Its Volkswagens own currywurst, a type of sausage popular in Germany. Volkswagen produces up to 7 million sausages in a year which are sold in supermarkets and at football stadiums and are given away to hungry Volkswagen customers. You can find this product in Germany and several other European countries, but unfortunately the currywurst is not available in the United States. However, if you do manage to get your hands on one and would like to add some extra flavor, pick up some part number 199 398 5900 B thats none other than Volkswagens very own ketchup.

#8: Ranch Ice Cream

Hidden Valley & Van Leeuwen

Some people say theyll put ranch dressing on everything. Van Leeuwen Ice Cream decided to put that claim to the test. Their collaboration with Hidden Valley to create ranch flavored ice cream debuted in 2023 for a limited time only, and reactions were mixed. The flavor was said to have notes of garlic powder, herbs, and buttermilk with a hint of sweetness. Ranch lovers loved it, and the ranch-neutral could do without it. Hidden Valley associate director Rachel Garrison even suggested customers top their scoops with pretzels or potato chips for the ultimate ranch-sundae experience.

#7: Cheese Nail Polish

Velveeta & Nails Inc.

The golden yellow hue of Velveeta mac and cheese would make a bright, summer-friendly nail polish color, but what if the similarities didnt stop there? In 2022, Velveeta and Nails Inc. combined forces to create nail polish that not only looked like mac and cheese, but smelled like it too. The color was called La Dolce Velveeta and when fully dried, it took on the unmistakable scent of a bowl of Velveeta shells, exactly as promised. The product was only sold for a limited time, but devoted Velveeta fans can still snag a bottle for themselves on ebay.

#6: Yogurt

Cosmopolitan

In 1999, the popular womens magazine Cosmopolitan wanted to provide their customers with something to snack on while they read. For reasons unknown, they decided nothing says Cosmo like dairy, and subsequently came out with a line of low-fat flavored yogurts. The magazine, which frequently included tips for weight loss, was attempting to cash in on the healthy, low-fat food trend of the time. The yogurt was also linked to the magazines famous sex tips, supposedly inspired by a study that found that 65% of Britons had used food during lovemaking. Despite these attempts to justify this product's existence, its high price and poor marketing led to the products discontinuation in 2001.

#5: Pepper Mills

Peugeot

This company has been in business for over two hundred years, but they havent been making cars that long. Though Peugeot is known today as one of the foremost automobile makers, the Peugeot family was originally known for manufacturing items like saws and coffee grinders. In 1874, Peugeot introduced its pepper mill, which was widely considered to be the best on the market. The product design was so popular and reliable that Peugeot still manufactures the pepper mills today. The pepper mills now come in a variety of styles, materials, and colors, but still contain the same helix-shaped grinder that produces perfectly cracked pepper every time. Created years before the first Peugeot car, pepper mills are the original marvel of Peugeot engineering.

#4: Machine Guns

Samsung

Theres a chance that your smartphone and a South Korean sentry gun have a manufacturer in common. In 2003, a division of Samsung developed the SGR-A1 in collaboration with Korea University. Designed to automate certain guard posts along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, these high tech machines are equipped with infrared cameras, voice recognition, and laser rangefinders. The system can be mounted with an automatic machine gun and a multiple-grenade launcher. When an unknown person is detected, the system will fire automatically unless overridden by a human operator. The autonomous weapon is probably Samsungs most controversial product, given the very real risk of increased civilian casualties.

#3: Ranch Lip Balm

Hidden Valley & Burts Bees

Is there nothing Hidden Valley wont ranch-ify? The salad dressing company came back for another brand collab in 2024, this time with lip balm maker Burts Bees. Originally, this product was intended as just an April Fools prank for social media, but the public response was so enthusiastic they decided to actually go through with it. The lip balms came in four flavors: Hidden Valley Ranch, fresh carrot, buffalo sauce, and crunchy celery. The perfect flavor range to refresh your lips after a hearty meal of chicken wings. Reviews from customers were mixed, but this product undoubtedly garnered both Hidden Valley and Burts Bees a ton of buzz.

#2: Chicken Scented Clogs

KFC & Crocs

Its no secret that Crocs loves some funky footwear - its pretty much their entire business model. However, in 2020 their collaboration with KFC took things to the next level. The Kentucky Fried Chicken x Crocs Bucket Clog was designed to look like a bucket of KFCs famous fried chicken, complete with drumstick Jibbitz perched delicately on top. Those Jibbitz were even more than they appeared, as an up close inspection revealed they even smelled like fried chicken. The clogs went viral after they debuted at New York Fashion Week, and the internet was flooded with articles about how apparently smelling your Crocs can now make you hungry. Love it or hate it, its definitely a fashion statement.

#1: Frozen Dinners

Colgate

Colgate Crab Meat Entree sounds like a cursed toothpaste flavor, but it was actually a real product. In the mid-twentieth century, dinnertime got a whole lot easier with the invention of the frozen TV dinner. The time saving product quickly became a sensation, becoming widely available in a variety of dinner types throughout the 1950s and 60s. This was when Colgate decided they wanted in on the action. In 1964, the toothpaste company began market testing their Colgate Kitchen line. The product line featured chicken and crab meat entrees, and was only marketed in Madison, Wisconsin before the company abandoned the endeavor. A popular image of an alleged Colgate Beef Lasagna dinner also exists, but Colgate vehemently denies the products existence.

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