[1] It was founded in 1945 by Benjamin Eisenstadt and is best known as the manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of Sweet'n Low, a saccharin-based zero-calorie sweetener sold in pink packets.

Cumberland Packing began as a tea bag factory prior to the invention of Sweet'n Low.

[3] The company received Federal Trademark Registration Number 1,000,000 for the Sweet'n Low musical scale logo.

[7] In the late 1970s, Cumberland Packing Corp. bought the rights to concentrated dairy-flavor formulas called Butter Buds, and added the Butter Buds Food Ingredients division, producing all-natural, fat- and cholesterol-free butter-flavored granules.

[9] In addition to sweetener products, Cumberland Packing produces a sodium-free salt substitute, known as Nu-Salt.