We are a leading international citrus supplier, but you might be surprised to know that we don't own a single citrus grove. And although we're a billion-dollar a year organization, you can't buy stock because there isn't any. Why?

Because Sunkist is a cooperative—a not-for-profit company. Our 6,000 members, all California and Arizona citrus growers, have joined forces to produce the high-quality Sunkist® fruit you've come to know and love. A cooperative of growers together can do many things that a grower alone cannot afford to do—develop a worldwide market, promote a brand name, access a global transportation system, develop comprehensive research capabilities, and gain governmental access to overseas markets, to name a few.

The company can trace its origins to 1893, when independent growers banded together to form the Southern California Fruit Exchange. By 1905, the exchange had 5,000 members. An ad agency coined the name Sunkist in 1908, and sales climbed as Americans discovered orange juice and learned the benefits of vitamin C. By the 1960s, we were selling citrus all over the world.

Today, Sunkist growers sell more than 80 million cartons of citrus a year internationally. The company is one of the 10 largest marketing cooperatives in America, and the largest marketing cooperative in the world's fruit and vegetable industry. Thanks to a rigorous commitment to quality, Sunkist has built an organization and a trademark known and respected throughout the world.