Who owns Côte d'Or?

Côte d'Or is owned by Mondelēz (the United States, NASDAQ: MDLZ).^[1]

Evidence: Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04, SEC EDGAR, 4 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked 26 September 2026.

Key facts

Current owner: Mondelez International, Inc. verified
Owner HQ: 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
Origin: 🇧🇪 Belgium
Founded: 1883
Category: Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
Parent ticker: NASDAQ: MDLZ
Trademark registrant: KRAFT FOODS BELGIUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BVBA (USPTO)
Last verified: 26 September 2026 · 3 sources

About Côte d'Or

Côte d'Or is a Belgian chocolate brand founded in 1883 and named after the Gold Coast, then a source of cocoa, with an elephant on the packaging as a reference to Africa. It is one of the largest chocolate brands in Belgium and is sold across continental Europe.

Trademark record for Côte d'Or

The USPTO record for the Côte d'Or mark lists KRAFT FOODS BELGIUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BVBA as the owner of record (serial number 71322304). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.^[2]

Ownership timeline of Côte d'Or

Current owner Mondelēz ^[1] verified

Where Côte d'Or sits in Mondelēz

Controlling ownership as of 2026-10-23. Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

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Other brands owned by Mondelēz

Mondelēz controls 28 brands on Brandtree, 26 of them in food.

Also in food

belVita (2010)
Cadbury (1824)
Cadbury Creme Egg (1963)
Cadbury Dairy Milk (1905)
Chips Ahoy! (1963)
Clif Bar (1992)
Club Social (1962)
Daim (1953)
Freia (1889)
LU (1846)
Marabou (1916)
Milka (1901)
Nutter Butter (1969)
Oreo (1912)
Philadelphia (1872)
Premium (1876)
Prince (1961)
Ricolino (1970)

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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; Mondelēz has 9.

Brand	Owner	Owner based in
Bounty	Mars	🇺🇸 United States
Danusia	Wawel	🇵🇱 Poland
Elizabeth Shaw	Colian	🇵🇱 Poland
Baby Ruth	Ferrero	🇮🇹 Italy
Almond Joy	Hershey	🇺🇸 United States
Caffarel	Lindt & Sprüngli	🇨🇭 Switzerland
Eitt Sett	Nói Síríus	🇮🇸 Iceland
Águila	Arcor	🇦🇷 Argentina

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About the owner: Mondelēz

Mondelēz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 2012. Brandtree records 28 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MDLZ.

Mondelēz International is the snacks company created in 2012 when Kraft Foods split in two, keeping the global biscuit, chocolate and gum businesses while the North American grocery business became Kraft Foods Group.

Mondelēz: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇧🇪 Côte d'Or and other Belgian brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Belgium. 19 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Côte d'Or among them.

Alpro — Danone 🇫🇷
Bel'Mer — Colruyt Group 🇧🇪
Godiva Biscuits — pladis 🇬🇧
Lotus — Lotus Bakeries 🇧🇪
Lutosa — McCain Foods 🇨🇦
Magnum — The Magnum Ice Cream Company 🇳🇱

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Côte d'Or?

The parent company of Côte d'Or is Mondelēz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Côte d'Or Belgian or American?

Côte d'Or originated in Belgium in 1883, but it is owned today by Mondelēz, which is headquartered in the United States. So Côte d'Or is a Belgian-origin brand under American ownership.

Is Côte d'Or still owned by Mondelēz?

Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Côte d'Or is still owned by Mondelēz. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (3) & corrections

Last verified 26 September 2026. Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

[1] Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 4 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
[2] USPTO: COTE D'OR, serial 71322304, registration 294075 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
[3] Mondelēz International — our brands: Côte d'Or — Mondelēz International, Inc., Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.

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