Fyffes of bananas from overseas plantations. In May 1969, the company was renamed Fyffes Group Ltd, recognising the diversity and importance of the then (x-number) subsidiary companies. It became an Irish company following takeover by the Irish group FII plc in 1986. FII plc had been created when Torney Brothers & McCann, (the origins of that company were Charles McCann's apple exporting business founded in 1890) merged with United Fruit Importers Limited to form Fruit Importers of Ireland Limited in 1968. The combined company was initially known as FII Fyffes plc, but became simply Fyffes plc in 1989. In 2002 Fyffes
Fruit soju of flavors, such as blueberry, grapefruit, lemon and apple. Special limited editions of fruit soju have been produced, such as a 9,000 bottle limited release batch of "C1 Lime" soju from the alcohol company "Daesun Jujo (대선주조)". Fruit soju contains large amounts of sugar, with each bottle containing . The calorie content of each bottle of fruit soju totals 400 kcal; more calories than one bowl of rice and more sugar than a serving of Coke, contributors to obesity and an increase of visceral fat. A 2016 article identified the most popular fruit soju for university students as "Dew on