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  1. Chicken of the Sea is a brand of canned tuna produced by a company owned by Thai Union International.

     

    Based in San Diego, California, the company markets a variety of other seafood items under the Chicken of the Sea brand name, including clam, crab, mackerel, salmon and sardines. The original company was founded in 1914 when Frank Van Camp and his son bought the California Tuna Canning Company and changed the name to the Van Camp Seafood Company. The phrase Chicken of the Sea, first devised as a way to describe the taste was so successful that soon it also became the company name.

     

    In 1963, Van Camp Seafood Company was purchased by Ralston Purina. In 1988, Ralston sold its Van Camp division to an Indonesian corporation, P.T. Mantrust, which had financial problems, and the primary creditor, Prudential Life Insurance, became the majority owner. In 1997 the company was purchased by the investment group Tri-Union Seafoods LLC, made up of three partners:

     

    In 2003, on the MTV reality television show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey exchanged this curious dialog:

     

    Simpson: Is this chicken what I have, or is it fish? I know it’s tuna, but it says Chicken. By the sea. Is that stupid?

    [Long pause]

    Simpson: What? Don’t make fun of me right now. I’m not in the mood.

    Lachey: You act like you’ve never had tuna before.

    Simpson: I’ve had tuna fish, like, sandwiches and stuff, like this.

    Lachey: Baby, you and I have eaten tuna like this before.

    Simpson: Why is it called "Chicken by the Sea"? Or "in the Sea"?

    Lachey: "Chicken of the Sea" is the brand.

    Simpson: Oh.

    Lachey: You know, 'cause a lot of people eat tuna, it's like a lot of people eat chicken?

    Simpson: Oh. I understand now. I read it wrong.

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