Who owns Caffarel?
Caffarel is owned by Lindt & Sprüngli (Switzerland, SIX: LISN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Integrated Annual Report 2025, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, 9 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Kilchberg
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Turin
- Founded
- 1826
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Parent ticker
- SIX: LISN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Caffarel
Caffarel is a Turin chocolatier founded in 1826 and credited with creating the gianduiotto, the hazelnut and chocolate ingot that emerged when cocoa was scarce under the Napoleonic blockade. Lindt acquired the company in 1997. The hazelnut and chocolate combination it pioneered is the same one that later made Ferrero's Nutella a global product.
Ownership timeline of Caffarel
- Current owner Lindt & Sprüngli [1] reported
Where Caffarel sits in Lindt & Sprüngli
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Lindt & Sprüngli
Lindt & Sprüngli controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
- Ghirardelli (1852)
- Lindor (1949)
- Lindt (1845)
- Russell Stover (1923)
- Whitman's (1842)
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; Lindt & Sprüngli has 6.
About the owner: Lindt & Sprüngli
Lindt & Sprüngli is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kilchberg, Switzerland, founded in 1845. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: LISN.
Lindt & Sprüngli traces to a Zurich confectionery shop opened in 1845 and to Rodolphe Lindt, who invented conching in 1879, the prolonged stirring process that gives chocolate its smooth texture. It is the largest premium chocolate company in the world and owns Ghirardelli and Russell Stover in the United States.
Lindt & Sprüngli: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇹 Caffarel and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 210 brands that began in Italy. 77 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Caffarel among them.
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Alpenliebe — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Amalattea — Granarolo 🇮🇹
- Balconi — Valeo Foods 🇮🇪
- Bertagni — Ebro Foods 🇪🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Caffarel?
The parent company of Caffarel is Lindt & Sprüngli, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Caffarel Italian or Swiss?
Caffarel originated in Italy in 1826, but it is owned today by Lindt & Sprüngli, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Caffarel is an Italian-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Caffarel still owned by Lindt & Sprüngli?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Caffarel is still owned by Lindt & Sprüngli. 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] Integrated Annual Report 2025 — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, Annual report, published 9 March 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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