Unico: version 1
Saved 2026-09-14 02:35 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Unico Tomato Paste 156 mL** (GTIN 00067800000302), a barcode from the wanted list ("unico tomato paste" on the 2008 Barcodepedia). - **Identity:** Open Food Facts names the same product ("Tom. Current is v3.
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| 1 | 1 | # Unico <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Unico | |
| 5 | 5 | disambiguation: Canadian food distributor behind the Unico brand, Concord, Ontario | |
| 6 | 6 | legal_name: Unico Inc. | |
| 7 | 7 | country: CA | |
| 8 | 8 | website: https://www.unico.ca/ | |
| 9 | − | gs1_prefixes: 0067800 | |
| 9 | + | gs1_prefixes_inferred: 0067800 | |
| 10 | 10 | founded: 1917 | |
| 11 | 11 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 14 | 14 | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 15 | 15 | | -------- | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 16 | 16 | | owned_by | company/sun-brite-foods | | 1997 | | | verified | ^sunbrite-history | Sun-Brite's history page says it "bought Unico Inc." in 1997. Unico's own history page (^unico-history) agrees. | | |
| 17 | 17 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 20 | 20 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 21 | 21 | | ---------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 22 | 22 | | Unico Inc. | legal | | | | | |
| 23 | 23 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 24 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 25 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 26 | 26 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 27 | 27 | | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------- | --------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- | | |
| 28 | 28 | | off-2026 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/780/000/0302/4.jpg | Photographs of the can: front (imgid 4), ingredients (imgid 5), nutrition (imgid 6), uploaded 2026-04-13 | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2026-04-13 | 0067800000302 | Uploads 4.jpg, 5.jpg, 6.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 29 | 29 | | off-black-beans | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0067800002528 | Open Food Facts: Black Beans, Unico, 540 mL | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0067800002528 | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 30 | 30 | | unico-product | https://www.unico.ca/products.php?id=31&catid=16 | Unico Tomato Paste | 2026-09-14 | Unico | manufacturer | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | 31 | | unico-history | https://www.unico.ca/corporate.php?id=3 | Unico Corporate Overview: Our History | 2026-09-14 | Unico | manufacturer | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | 32 | | sunbrite-history | https://www.sun-brite.com/history.php | Sun-Brite Foods: History | 2026-09-14 | Sun-Brite Foods Inc. | manufacturer | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | 33 | <!--/references--> | |
| 34 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 35 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 36 | 36 | Unico Inc. was founded in Toronto in 1917 by Edward Pasquale to distribute Mediterranean-style foods. After two generations of family ownership and three corporate owners, Sun-Brite Foods Inc. bought it in 1997.[^unico-history] Its site lists the address as 8000 Keele Street, Concord, Ontario L4K 2A4.[^unico-product] GS1 company prefix 0067800 is listed here as derived, not confirmed. No public lookup names who registered it, but the Unico tomato paste can shows a Concord L4K 2A4 "prepared for" address and other Unico articles use the same prefix.[^off-2026][^off-black-beans] | |
| 37 | 37 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Unico <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Unico
disambiguation: Canadian food distributor behind the Unico brand, Concord, Ontario
legal_name: Unico Inc.
country: CA
website: https://www.unico.ca/
gs1_prefixes: 0067800
founded: 1917
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/sun-brite-foods | | 1997 | | | verified | ^sunbrite-history | Sun-Brite's history page says it "bought Unico Inc." in 1997. Unico's own history page (^unico-history) agrees. |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Unico Inc. | legal | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------- | --------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| off-2026 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/780/000/0302/4.jpg | Photographs of the can: front (imgid 4), ingredients (imgid 5), nutrition (imgid 6), uploaded 2026-04-13 | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2026-04-13 | 0067800000302 | Uploads 4.jpg, 5.jpg, 6.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-black-beans | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0067800002528 | Open Food Facts: Black Beans, Unico, 540 mL | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0067800002528 | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| unico-product | https://www.unico.ca/products.php?id=31&catid=16 | Unico Tomato Paste | 2026-09-14 | Unico | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| unico-history | https://www.unico.ca/corporate.php?id=3 | Unico Corporate Overview: Our History | 2026-09-14 | Unico | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| sunbrite-history | https://www.sun-brite.com/history.php | Sun-Brite Foods: History | 2026-09-14 | Sun-Brite Foods Inc. | manufacturer | | | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Unico Inc. was founded in Toronto in 1917 by Edward Pasquale to distribute Mediterranean-style foods. After two generations of family ownership and three corporate owners, Sun-Brite Foods Inc. bought it in 1997.[^unico-history] Its site lists the address as 8000 Keele Street, Concord, Ontario L4K 2A4.[^unico-product] GS1 company prefix 0067800 is listed here as derived, not confirmed. No public lookup names who registered it, but the Unico tomato paste can shows a Concord L4K 2A4 "prepared for" address and other Unico articles use the same prefix.[^off-2026][^off-black-beans]
<!--/about-->