11 American companies that are no longer American

Times have changed and some of America's most famous brands have fallen into foreign hands.

We put together a list of the most surprising and popular consumer companies that are no longer able to truly call themselves American.

Take a look below:

Budweiser

Current owner: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Belgian brewers

Ben & Jerrys

Current owner: Unilever, Dutch-British consumer goods company

Burger King

Current owner: Restaurant Brands International, Canadian fast-food company

In 1954 James McLamore and David Edgerton opened a small hamburger shop called "Insta Burger King" in Miami, selling 18-cent hamburgers and milkshakes. Three years later, they dropped the "Insta," added a gas grill, and created the signature "Whopper" burger.

In 1967, the duo sold the chain to the Pillsbury Company and it became the second-largest burger chain in the US after McDonald's. In the decades that followed, the chain changed hands several times after a series of mergers and acquisitions with its parent company, before going public in 2006. In 2010 it was sold to private-equity firm 3G Capital and went back to being privately owned.

Today, it's part of Restaurant Brands International, a Canadian fast food company that was formed when Burger King merged with the Canadian coffee and doughnuts chain

Trader Joe's

Current owner: Aldi Nord, German discount supermarket chain

Lucky Strike

Current owner: British American Tobacco company, a British tobacco company

General Electric (appliances)

Current owner: Haier, Chinese consumer and electronics company

American Apparel