Kibon is a Brazilian ice cream producer, now owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company. The logo that it uses is the same Heartbrand logo that Wall's, Good Humor, Streets, Selecta, and Langnese use in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Philippines and Germany respectively, also owned by TMICC.
History
Kibon was founded in 1941 by Americans U.S. Harkson and John Kent Lutey. Lutey was the on-site Director and President. The two originally worked together in Shanghai. The original corporate name was U.S. Harkson do Brasil, which was later changed to Cia Harkson Industria e Comercio Kibon. Lutey was Director-President until 1962.
In 1942, Kibon introduced its first ice cream products to Brazil: Eskibon (chocolate-covered ice cream) and Chicabon (chocolate and malt popsicle) with 50 refrigerated pushcarts on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. They were an enormous success and the company grew quickly, introducing classic and tropical flavors.