Who owns Daintee?
Daintee is owned by Sunshine Holdings (Sri Lanka, CSE: SUN.N0000), which has owned the brand since 2020.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sunshine Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sunshine Holdings PLC reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Candy & sugar confectionery
- Parent ticker
- CSE: SUN.N0000
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Daintee
Daintee is a Sri Lankan toffee and sweets brand made at a factory in Ratmalana. Sunshine Holdings bought the company behind it, Daintee Ltd, in 2020 for LKR 1.7 billion, when it held about 40 per cent of the toffee and sweets market, and has since written down the goodwill from the purchase. Milady and X-tra are sold alongside it.
Ownership timeline of Daintee
- 2020 – present Sunshine Holdings [1] reported
Where Daintee sits in Sunshine Holdings
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Sunshine Holdings ownership tree →
See the full Sunshine Holdings brand portfolio (5) →
Other brands owned by Sunshine Holdings
Sunshine Holdings controls 5 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in candy & sugar confectionery, and who owns them
The 87 brands in candy & sugar confectionery on Brandtree belong to 39 owners. The largest is Cloetta, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ahlgrens bilar | Cloetta | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bottle Caps | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Charleston Chew | Tootsie Roll | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bon Bon Bum | Colombina | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Candy Kittens | Katjes International | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Airheads | Perfetti Van Melle | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Goldbears | Haribo | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Háls | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: Sunshine Holdings
Sunshine Holdings is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1967. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as CSE: SUN.N0000.
Sunshine Holdings is a Sri Lankan group that began in 1967 as a single pharmacy in Gampola and now works in healthcare, consumer brands and plantations. It imports, makes, distributes and sells medicines through Sunshine Healthcare Lanka, in which the World Bank's IFC holds 14.73 per cent, and owns branded tea and confectionery businesses outright. Its plantation arm, Watawala Plantations, was acquired in partnership with the Tata Group. Revenue grew 11.2 per cent to LKR 65.9 billion in the year to March 2026.
Sunshine Holdings: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇱🇰 Daintee and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 60 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Daintee is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Daintee?
The parent company of Daintee is Sunshine Holdings, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Daintee Sri Lankan?
Yes. Daintee originated in Sri Lanka and its owner, Sunshine Holdings, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Since when has Sunshine Holdings owned Daintee?
Sunshine Holdings has owned Daintee since 2020.
Is Daintee still owned by Sunshine Holdings?
Yes. As of 27 October 2026, Daintee is still owned by Sunshine Holdings. 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] Sunshine Holdings PLC Annual Report 2025/26 — Sunshine Holdings PLC, Annual report; retrieved 27 October 2026.
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