Who owns Aohata?
Aohata is owned by Kewpie (Japan, TSE: 2809).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kewpie Corporation Annual Securities Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kewpie Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1932
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweet spreads & nut butters
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2809
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Aohata
Aohata is the jam and fruit brand of Aohata Corporation, founded in 1932 as Kidoen Corporation, the same year Kewpie's predecessor Shokuhin Kogyo was making Aohata Marmalade. Its Aohata 55 series has passed its 55th anniversary, marked with seasonal strawberry blends. Aohata was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange until November 2025, when a share exchange made it a wholly owned subsidiary of Kewpie.
Ownership timeline of Aohata
Where Aohata sits in Kewpie
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kewpie
Kewpie controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweet spreads & nut butters, and who owns them
The 37 brands in sweet spreads & nut butters on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Halwani Bros, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Halwani Brothers | Halwani Bros | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Hero | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Maple Grove Farms | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bega Peanut Butter | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Jif | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chocolion | Patisen | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| Highland Sugarworks | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Matina | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
About the owner: Kewpie
Kewpie is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1919. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2809.
Kewpie is a Japanese food company founded in November 1919 as Shokuhin Kogyo Co. and renamed Kewpie Corporation in 1957. In 1925 it launched Kewpie Mayonnaise, the first mayonnaise sold in Japan. Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo and listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, it reported consolidated net sales of 513.4 billion yen in fiscal 2025. Its businesses span retail, food service, overseas, fruit solutions and fine chemicals, and it sells KEWPIE-branded products in more than 70 countries and regions. In November 2025 it made its listed jam subsidiary Aohata wholly owned.
🇯🇵 Aohata and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Aohata is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
- Calorie Mate — Otsuka 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Aohata?
The parent company of Aohata is Kewpie, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Aohata Japanese?
Yes. Aohata originated in Japan in 1932 and its owner, Kewpie, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Aohata still owned by Kewpie?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Aohata is still owned by Kewpie. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & 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] Kewpie Corporation Annual Securities Report 2025 — Kewpie Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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