Who owns Andes?
Andes is owned by Tootsie Roll (the United States, NYSE: TR), which has owned the brand since 2000.[1]
Evidence: Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Delavan
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TR
- Trademark registrant
- Tootsie Roll Industries, LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Andes
Andes is a line of chocolate-mint confections, best known for Andes Crème de Menthe Thins. Tootsie Roll Industries acquired Andes Candies in 2000, a purchase that, according to the company history page, also included the Andes manufacturing facility in Delavan, Wisconsin. Andes is listed among the registered trademarks in the Tootsie Roll Industries annual report.
Trademark record for Andes
The USPTO record for the Andes mark lists Tootsie Roll Industries, LLC as the owner of record (serial number 72196092). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Andes
- 2000 – present Tootsie Roll [1] verified
Where Andes sits in Tootsie Roll
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Tootsie Roll
Tootsie Roll controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them
The 131 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9; Tootsie Roll has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cadbury | Mondelēz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Danusia | Wawel | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Colian | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baby Ruth | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Almond Joy | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Caffarel | Lindt & Sprüngli | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eitt Sett | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: Tootsie Roll
Tootsie Roll is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, United States, founded in 1896. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TR.
Tootsie Roll Industries is a Virginia-incorporated confectionery manufacturer headquartered at 7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago. Its history page says the business began in 1896 with the Tootsie Roll and grew through acquisitions of other candy brands, most recently Andes Candies (2000) and Concord Confections (2004). Its 10-K describes confectionery as its only line of business, with plants in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Spain and principal markets in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Brand acquisition years below come from the company history page (tootsie.com/history); the 10-K lists the trademarks but does not give dates.
Tootsie Roll: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Andes and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Andes is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Andes?
The parent company of Andes is Tootsie Roll, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Andes American?
Yes. Andes originated in the United States and its owner, Tootsie Roll, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Tootsie Roll owned Andes?
Tootsie Roll has owned Andes since 2000.
Is Andes still owned by Tootsie Roll?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Andes is still owned by Tootsie Roll. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [2] USPTO: ANDES, serial 72196092 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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