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Who owns Daim?

Daim 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 .

Key facts

Current owner
Mondelez International, Inc. verified
Owner HQ
🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
Origin
🇸🇪 Sweden
Founded
1953
Category
Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
Parent ticker
NASDAQ: MDLZ
Trademark registrant
Kraft Foods Sverige Intellectual Property AB (USPTO)
Last verified
· 3 sources

About Daim

Daim is a crunchy almond caramel bar in milk chocolate, created in Sweden in 1953 and sold as Dime in some markets before the names were unified. It is used as an ingredient in a cake sold at IKEA stores worldwide.

Trademark record for Daim

The USPTO record for the Daim mark lists Kraft Foods Sverige Intellectual Property AB as the owner of record (serial number 77664374). 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 Daim

Owners of Daim over 1953 to 2026 Mondelēz start not recorded–present Mondelēz (start not recorded) 1960197019801990200020102020
  1. Current owner Mondelēz [1] verified

Where Daim sits in Mondelēz

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

Where Daim sits in Mondelēz Tree of 28 brands under Mondelēz. Mondelēz Daim belVita Cadbury Cadbury Creme Egg Cadbury Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! and 22 more

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Other brands owned by Mondelēz

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

Also in food

Founded in the 1950s

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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.

BrandOwnerOwner 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 →

🇸🇪 Daim and other Swedish brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Sweden. 53 of them (45%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Daim among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Daim?

The parent company of Daim is Mondelēz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Daim Swedish or American?

Daim originated in Sweden in 1953, but it is owned today by Mondelēz, which is headquartered in the United States. So Daim is a Swedish-origin brand under American ownership.

Is Daim still owned by Mondelēz?

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

Sources (3) & 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. [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. [2] USPTO: DAIM, serial 77664374, registration 3751347 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
  3. [3] Mondelēz International — our brands: Daim — Mondelēz International, Inc., Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.

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