FROM Marmite to Magnums, Unilever produces a whole range of popular household items.
But if you're a Tesco shopper and a Marmite fan, you might have to start shopping elsewhere, as a row between the supermarket and consumer goods manufacturers has broken out.
Unilever is believed to have demanded a 10 per cent price rise due to the falling value of sterling, halting deliveries to Tesco when it refused.
The stand-off has left the supermarket facing a shortage of brands such as Surf washing powder, Comfort fabric conditioner, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Pot Noodle and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.
The move is understood to have hit online sales rather than products in store.
Shoppers trying to buy items from Tesco's website on Wednesday were met with the message "Sorry, this product is currently not available".
It is thought a number of supermarkets are embroiled in the row with Unilever, which earlier this year posted profits of around £2 billion for the first half of 2016.
Unilever refused to comment on the dispute, but chief executive Paul Polman warned in June that a vote to leave the EU's single market would increase prices for consumers.
A Tesco spokesman said: "We are currently experiencing availability issues on a number of Unilever products. We hope to have this issue resolved soon."
Tesco had a significant rift with Premier Foods, the maker of Ambrosia, Oxo and Mr Kipling cakes, in 2011 when the supermarket refused to stock products after the supplier tried to pass on a cost hike.
From spreads to shampoo, here are some of the major brands made by Unilever:
FOOD
Bertolli
Flora
Hellmann's
Knorr
Magnum
Ben & Jerry's
Carte D'Or
Cornetto
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
Maille
Marmite
Solero
Stork
Vienetta
Wall's
Bovril
Colman's
Elmlea
Pot Noodle
DRINK
Lipton
Lyons
PG Tips
COSMETICS
Dove
Lynx
Sure
Brut
Tresemme
Timotei
VO5
Vaseline
Pond's
Impulse
Radox
Simple
St Ives
HOUSEHOLD
Comfort
Domestos
Persil
Surf
Cif
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