Who owns Cravendale?
Cravendale is owned by Arla Foods (Denmark).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Arla Foods amba Annual Report 2025, 19 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Arla Foods amba reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇰 Denmark, Viby
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1998
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Cheese
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Cravendale
Cravendale is a filtered milk sold in the United Kingdom that keeps longer than ordinary pasteurised milk because filtration removes more bacteria. Its advertising, featuring cats with thumbs, ran for years and is better remembered than the product claim. Arla owns the brand, and filtered milk is now a substantial segment of British fresh milk sales.
Ownership timeline of Cravendale
- Current owner Arla Foods [1] reported
Where Cravendale sits in Arla Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Arla Foods
Arla Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cheese, and who owns them
The 94 brands in cheese on Brandtree belong to 37 owners. The largest is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, with 9; Arla Foods has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alouette | Savencia Fromage & Dairy | 🇫🇷 France |
| Athenos | Emmi | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Alexis de Portneuf | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Amalattea | Granarolo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Galbani | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Babybel | Bel Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fetaxa | Hochland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Brest-Litovsk | Savushkin Product | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
About the owner: Arla Foods
Arla Foods is a cooperative headquartered in Viby, Denmark, founded in 2000. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Arla Foods is a cooperative owned by around eight thousand dairy farmers across seven European countries, formed in 2000 by the merger of Danish and Swedish cooperatives. Because its members own it, its profits return to farmers as milk price rather than to outside shareholders.
🇬🇧 Cravendale and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Cravendale among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cravendale?
The parent company of Cravendale is Arla Foods, a cooperative headquartered in Denmark.
Is Cravendale British or Danish?
Cravendale originated in the United Kingdom in 1998, but it is owned today by Arla Foods, which is headquartered in Denmark. So Cravendale is a British-origin brand under Danish ownership.
Is Cravendale still owned by Arla Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Cravendale is still owned by Arla Foods. 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] Arla Foods amba Annual Report 2025 — Arla Foods amba, Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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