Who owns Barista Rules?
Barista Rules is owned by Maeil Dairies (South Korea, KRX: 267980).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Brands - Maeil Dairies (English site), Maeil Dairies Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Maeil Dairies Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Ready-to-drink tea & coffee
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 267980
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Barista Rules
Barista Rules is a ready-to-drink coffee brand from Maeil Dairies. Its brand page says it uses beans from the top 1 percent of the world's coffee yield, with custom roasting for each type of bean and a taste settled on by 12 baristas. The product list includes an espresso latte.
Ownership timeline of Barista Rules
- Current owner Maeil Dairies [1] reported
Where Barista Rules sits in Maeil Dairies
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Maeil Dairies
Maeil Dairies controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- My Café Latte (1997)
- Sunup
Other brands in ready-to-drink tea & coffee, and who owns them
The 39 brands in ready-to-drink tea & coffee on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is Coca-Cola, with 3; Maeil Dairies has 2.
About the owner: Maeil Dairies
Maeil Dairies is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1969. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 267980.
Maeil Dairies is a South Korean milk and food company. Its English site says it was founded in 1969 as the Korea Dairy Processing Company, and its head office is in the Twin Towers K building on Jong-ro 1-gil in Seoul. Its brand list also carries imported and distributed names such as Arla, Lurpak, Hershey, Ferrero Rocher, Almond Breeze and Florida's Natural; these are other companies' brands and are not recorded as Maeil-owned.
Maeil Dairies: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇷 Barista Rules and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 185 brands that began in South Korea. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Barista Rules is not one of them.
- A Café La — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Boseong Green Tea — Dongwon Industries 🇰🇷
- Cass — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Chamisul — HiteJinro 🇰🇷
- Chum Churum Soonhari — Lotte Chilsung 🇰🇷
- Good Day — Muhak 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Barista Rules?
The parent company of Barista Rules is Maeil Dairies, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Barista Rules South Korean?
Yes. Barista Rules originated in South Korea and its owner, Maeil Dairies, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Barista Rules still owned by Maeil Dairies?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Barista Rules is still owned by Maeil Dairies. 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] Brands - Maeil Dairies (English site) — Maeil Dairies Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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