Volkswagen Currywurst
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Complete with patent-dickery:
"During the Second World War, [the] university patented the homogenisation of cheese milk and attempted to have charges levied on Danish cheese produced using homogenised milk. Their attempts failed, as it could be proved that this method had been introduced 20 years earlier in Denmark by Marius Boe."
Peugeot, the car company, invented the pepper grinder and still makes them.
They started making pepper grinders before they made cars though, so perhaps you could argue they're a kitchen tools company that also makes cars.
> The product is sold in 11 countries but is not available in the United States due to its rules on the import of uncooked meat.
But, there is still hope that they might make it available again:
> In the past Volkswagen has sent a team of chefs to the United States to replicate the product with locally sourced ingredients.
Its a highly automated factory so it was very interesting to see work done (or not done) by machines. If you're in the area, its well worth the visit. The auto museum is a huge complex next to the factory; its not just VW stuff.