Who owns Cerelac?
Cerelac 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
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Founded
- 1867
- Category
- Food › Baby & infant food › Baby meals & snacks
- Parent ticker
- SIX: NESN
- Trademark registrant
- Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Cerelac
Cerelac is Nestlé's infant cereal brand, descended directly from the farine lactée that Henri Nestlé developed in 1867 to feed an infant who could not be breastfed, the product that founded the company. It is sold mainly in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East as a weaning food.
Trademark record for Cerelac
The USPTO record for the Cerelac mark lists Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. as the owner of record (serial number 77826989). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Cerelac
Where Cerelac 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)
- Boost (1994)
- Carnation (1899)
- 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 1860s
- Perrier (1863)
Other brands in baby meals & snacks, and who owns them
The 20 brands in baby meals & snacks on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Hero Group, with 6; Nestlé has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Gourmet | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Promina | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cerifam | Faffa Food | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
| Good Goût | H&H Group | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Earth's Best | Hain Celestial | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anmum | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Kiddylicious | Lotus Bakeries | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Love Child Organics | Nature's Path | 🇨🇦 Canada |
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.
🇨🇭 Cerelac and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 128 brands that began in Switzerland. 35 of them (27%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Cerelac is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cerelac?
The parent company of Cerelac is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Cerelac Swiss?
Yes. Cerelac originated in Switzerland in 1867 and its owner, Nestlé, is also headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Cerelac still owned by Nestlé?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Cerelac 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: CERELAC, serial 77826989, registration 3778000 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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