Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners owned Bolthouse from 2005 to 2012, when it was bought by the Campbell Soup Company for US$1.55 billion.

[2] In an effort to reduce the costs of preventative safety protocols for COVID-19 infections and to more quickly reach herd immunity within the company, Bolthouse secured vaccine doses from public health officials to be given directly to their workers.

[8] The campaign mimicked tactics typically employed by snack food marketers, including snack-food-like packaging; futuristic, sexual, and extreme sports-themed TV commercials; carrot vending machines in schools; and an iPhone game and website.

The carrot hot dogs are sold in three flavors: Classic American-Style, Chorizo-Style and Sweet Italian-Style.

[10][11] In 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted Bolthouse Farms' self-certification that carrot fiber ingredient is generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

[12] In September 2006, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered a recall of Bolthouse Farms "100 per cent Carrot Juice" and other Bolthouse Farms products because of several cases of botulism resulting from consumption of the products.

On September 29, 2006, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that Georgia residents not purchase Bolthouse Farms carrot juice and warned consumers not to purchase Bolthouse Farms products stale-dated November 11, 2006, or earlier.

The advocacy group Californians Against Hate (CAH) had urged consumers not to support Bolthouse Farms.