Who owns Boost?
Boost, a food brand, is owned by Nestlé (Switzerland, SIX: NESN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025, 19 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nestlé S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Vevey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1994
- Category
- Food › Nutrition & supplements › Meal replacement & weight management
- Parent ticker
- SIX: NESN
- Trademark registrant
- SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE, S.A. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Boost
Boost is a nutritional drink sold for older adults and people recovering from illness, part of Nestlé Health Science. It competes directly with Abbott's Ensure in a category driven by clinical recommendation as much as by consumer choice. Sales rise where hospitals and care homes specify a brand, so the marketing is aimed at dietitians rather than at shoppers.
Trademark record for Boost
The USPTO record for the Boost mark lists SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE, S.A. as the owner of record (serial number 74131151). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Boost
Where Boost sits in Nestlé
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nestlé
Nestlé controls 32 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in food.
Also in food
- Aero (1935)
- Carnation (1899)
- Cerelac (1867)
- Chocapic (1984)
- Coffee mate (1961)
- Fitness (1993)
- Garden Gourmet (1996)
- Gerber (1927)
- Hot Pockets (1983)
- KitKat (1935)
- La Lechera (1925)
- Lean Cuisine (1981)
- Maggi (1884)
- NAN (1962)
- Nestlé Toll House (1939)
- Smarties (1937)
- Stouffer's (1922)
Founded in the 1990s
- Felix (1993)
Other brands in meal replacement & weight management, and who owns them
The 15 brands in meal replacement & weight management on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Abbott, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ensure | Abbott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Huel | Danone | 🇫🇷 France |
| OPTAVIA | Medifast | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nutrimax | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Nucare | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Nurishment | GraceKennedy | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
| Herbalife Formula 1 | Herbalife | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands |
| TruHealth | Mannatech | 🇺🇸 United States |
Every brand in meal replacement & weight management and its owner →
About the owner: Nestlé
Nestlé is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 32 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: NESN.
Nestlé is a Swiss food and drink company formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company with Henri Nestlé's infant food business, and traces its origins to 1866. It is the largest food company in the world by revenue and is organised around coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery and water.
🇺🇸 Boost and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Boost among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Boost?
The parent company of Boost is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Boost American or Swiss?
Boost originated in the United States in 1994, but it is owned today by Nestlé, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Boost is an American-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Boost still owned by Nestlé?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Boost is still owned by Nestlé. 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] Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: BOOST, serial 74131151, registration 1882769 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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