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Who owns Dolmio?

Dolmio is owned by Mars (the United States).[1]

This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.

Evidence: Mars, Incorporated — our brands. Last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Mars, Incorporated reported
Owner HQ
🇺🇸 United States, McLean, Virginia
Origin
🇦🇺 Australia
Founded
1985
Category
Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
Trademark registrant
Mars, Incorporated (USPTO)
Last verified
· 2 sources

About Dolmio

Dolmio is a pasta sauce brand created in Australia in 1985 and sold across Europe and Oceania, best known in Britain for advertising featuring an Italian puppet family. In 2016 Mars advised consumers that some Dolmio products should be eaten only occasionally because of salt and sugar content.

Trademark record for Dolmio

The USPTO record for the Dolmio mark lists Mars, Incorporated as the owner of record (serial number 99861843). That name matches the owner named above.[2]

Ownership timeline of Dolmio

Owners of Dolmio over 1985 to 2026 Mars start not recorded–present Mars (start not recorded) 1990200020102020
  1. Current owner Mars [1] reported

Where Dolmio sits in Mars

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

Where Dolmio sits in Mars Tree of 42 brands under Mars. Mars Kellanova Cheez-It Crunchy Nut Eggo Extra Nutri-Grain Pop-Tarts and 4 more Dolmio Altoids Banfield Pet Hospital Ben's Original Bounty Celebrations and 26 more

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Other brands owned by Mars

Mars controls 42 brands on Brandtree, 31 of them in food.

Also in food

Founded in the 1980s

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Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them

The 90 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 52 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
Bautz'ner Develey 🇩🇪 Germany
Chungjungone Daesang 🇰🇷 South Korea
Haitian Haitian 🇨🇳 China
Búfalo Grupo Herdez 🇲🇽 Mexico
A.1. Kraft Heinz 🇺🇸 United States
Las Palmas B&G Foods 🇺🇸 United States
Erisco Erisco Foods 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Hon Tsuyu Kikkoman 🇯🇵 Japan

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About the owner: Mars

Mars is a family-owned company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States, founded in 1911. Brandtree records 42 brands under its control.

Mars is one of the largest privately held companies in the world, owned by the Mars family since Frank Mars began making sweets in Tacoma in 1911. It publishes no financial statements. Its four segments are snacking, pet nutrition, food and Mars Wrigley, and it agreed to acquire Kellanova in 2024.

Mars: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇦🇺 Dolmio and other Australian brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 214 brands that began in Australia. 64 of them (30%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Dolmio among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Dolmio?

The parent company of Dolmio is Mars, a family-owned company headquartered in the United States.

Is Dolmio Australian or American?

Dolmio originated in Australia in 1985, but it is owned today by Mars, which is headquartered in the United States. So Dolmio is an Australian-origin brand under American ownership.

Is Dolmio still owned by Mars?

Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Dolmio is still owned by Mars. 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. [1] Mars, Incorporated — our brands — Mars, Incorporated, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] USPTO: DOLMIO, serial 99861843 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 27 September 2026.

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