Carte d'Or is owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company (the Netherlands, AEX: MAGNUM), which was separated from Unilever on 8 December 2025.[1][2] Before The Magnum Ice Cream Company, Carte d'Or was owned by Unilever to 2025.[1]
Carte d'Or is a tub ice cream range created in 1977 and sold across Europe, positioned as a dessert to be served at the table rather than eaten from the freezer. Its packaging and flavour range are aimed at home entertaining, and it is one of the largest take-home ice cream brands in continental Europe.
What The Magnum Ice Cream Company's annual report says about Carte d'Or
Sentences about Carte d'Or from The Magnum Ice Cream Company's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Market-specific innovations also contributed to strong growth: T rkiye: successful launch of Magnum Dubai, Volcano, Plombir and Carte d'Or Chunkies Pakistan: focused on category relevance via seasonal packs (Chaunsa Mango) and accessible snacking formats (Cornetto Popcone) The Adjusted EBIT margin in the region declined by 80bps.
How often The Magnum Ice Cream Company names Carte d'Or in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is a publicly listed company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2025. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as AEX: MAGNUM, LSE: MAGN and NYSE: MICC.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is the ice cream business demerged from Unilever and listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange on 8 December 2025. It describes itself as the world's largest ice cream company, with turnover of €7.9 billion in 2025 and around 16,500 employees. Unilever retained a 19.9% stake at admission.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France.
100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Carte d'Or among them.
Unilever separated its ice cream business as The Magnum Ice Cream Company, whose shares were admitted to trading on Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange on 8 December 2025. Unilever shareholders received shares in the new company as a demerger dividend, and Unilever retained a 19.9% stake at admission.
The parent company of Carte d'Or is The Magnum Ice Cream Company, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Netherlands.
Is Carte d'Or French or Dutch?
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Carte d'Or originated in France in 1977, but it is owned today by The Magnum Ice Cream Company, which is headquartered in the Netherlands. So Carte d'Or is a French-origin brand under Dutch ownership.
Since when has The Magnum Ice Cream Company owned Carte d'Or?
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The Magnum Ice Cream Company has owned Carte d'Or since 8 December 2025.
Who owned Carte d'Or before The Magnum Ice Cream Company?
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Before The Magnum Ice Cream Company, Carte d'Or was owned by Unilever until 2025.
Is Carte d'Or still owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company?
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Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Carte d'Or is still owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company. 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.
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