Who owns Bottle Caps?
Bottle Caps is owned by Ferrero (Italy) through its subsidiary Ferrara.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ferrara Candy Company — our brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ferrero Group via Ferrara reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Alba
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1972
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Candy & sugar confectionery
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bottle Caps
Bottle Caps are soda-flavoured pressed tablets shaped like crown caps, launched in 1972 by the maker of SweeTarts. The brand came to Ferrara with Nestlé's United States candy business in 2018. The flavours imitate cola, root beer, orange, cherry and grape, and the product sits in the same tart candy family as SweeTarts and Nerds.
Ownership timeline of Bottle Caps
Where Bottle Caps sits in Ferrero
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Ferrero
Ferrero controls 23 brands on Brandtree, 23 of them in food.
Also in food
- Baby Ruth (1921)
- Blue Bunny (1935)
- Brach's (1904)
- Butterfinger (1923)
- Crunch (1928)
- Famous Amos (1975)
- Ferrero Rocher (1982)
- Froot Loops (1963)
- Frosted Flakes (1952)
- Halo Top (2012)
- Keebler (1853)
- Kellogg's Corn Flakes (1894)
- Kinder (1968)
- Laffy Taffy (1970)
- Nerds (1983)
- Nutella (1964)
- Raisin Bran (1942)
- Rice Krispies (1928)
Other brands in candy & sugar confectionery, and who owns them
The 83 brands in candy & sugar confectionery on Brandtree belong to 36 owners. The largest is Cloetta, with 6; Ferrero has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ahlgrens bilar | Cloetta | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Charleston Chew | Tootsie Roll | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bon Bon Bum | Colombina | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Candy Kittens | Katjes International | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Airheads | Perfetti Van Melle | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Goldbears | Haribo | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Háls | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
| Jolly Rancher | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Ferrero
Ferrero is a family-owned company headquartered in Alba, Italy, founded in 1946. Brandtree records 23 brands under its control.
Ferrero was founded by pastry maker Pietro Ferrero in Alba, Piedmont in 1946, where wartime cocoa shortages led him to stretch chocolate with local hazelnuts. It remains family-owned through a Luxembourg holding company and has expanded into American biscuits and ice cream by acquisition.
🇺🇸 Bottle Caps and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bottle Caps among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bottle Caps?
The parent company of Bottle Caps is Ferrero, a family-owned company headquartered in Italy. Bottle Caps sits under Ferrero's subsidiary Ferrara.
Is Bottle Caps American or Italian?
Bottle Caps originated in the United States in 1972, but it is owned today by Ferrero, which is headquartered in Italy. So Bottle Caps is an American-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Is Bottle Caps still owned by Ferrero?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Bottle Caps is still owned by Ferrero. 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] Ferrara Candy Company — our brands — Ferrara Candy Company, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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