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United Fruit Company (later United Brand Company and currently Chiquita) is a U.S.-based multinational agricultural corporation. It was established in 1899 through the merger of Minor Cooper Keith’s Tropical Trading and Transport Company and Andrew Preston’s Boston Fruit Company. The company expanded by producing and exporting tropical fruits, particularly bananas, from Central America and the Caribbean. Founding and Early Expansion The foundations of United Fruit Company were laid in 1899 with