Who owns Džiugas?
Džiugas is owned by Žemaitijos pienas (Lithuania, Nasdaq Vilnius: ZMP1L).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: AB Žemaitijos pienas Consolidated Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AB Žemaitijos pienas reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania, Telšiai
- Origin
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Cheese
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Vilnius: ZMP1L
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Džiugas
Džiugas is a long-matured hard cheese and the trademark Žemaitijos pienas calls one of its most important. The company holds Džiugiadieniai tasting events for it in Lithuania and abroad, from Ukraine and Uzbekistan to Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In 2025 the name was extended to grated cheese and to branded butter sold in Germany, Croatia and Ukraine, and Džiugas cheese balls sell in South Korea.
Ownership timeline of Džiugas
- Current owner Žemaitijos pienas [1] reported
Where Džiugas sits in Žemaitijos pienas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Žemaitijos pienas
Žemaitijos pienas controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cheese, and who owns them
The 99 brands in cheese on Brandtree belong to 40 owners. The largest is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, with 9; Žemaitijos pienas has 3.
About the owner: Žemaitijos pienas
Žemaitijos pienas is a publicly listed company headquartered in Telšiai, Lithuania, founded in 1993. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Vilnius: ZMP1L.
Žemaitijos pienas is a Lithuanian dairy company based in Telšiai, where a dairy was first established in 1924. The present company was registered in 1993 and its shares have been listed in Vilnius since October 1997. It makes hard and processed cheeses, butter, milk powders and fresh dairy products, and through its 87.82 per cent subsidiary Šilutės Rambynas it makes string and hard cheeses. In 2019 it absorbed a mineral water company, and the group now sells in 49 countries.
Žemaitijos pienas: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇱🇹 Džiugas and other Lithuanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 28 brands that began in Lithuania. 5 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Džiugas is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Džiugas?
The parent company of Džiugas is Žemaitijos pienas, a publicly listed company headquartered in Lithuania.
Is Džiugas Lithuanian?
Yes. Džiugas originated in Lithuania and its owner, Žemaitijos pienas, is also headquartered in Lithuania.
Is Džiugas still owned by Žemaitijos pienas?
Yes. As of 28 October 2026, Džiugas is still owned by Žemaitijos pienas. 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] AB Žemaitijos pienas Consolidated Annual Report 2025 — AB Žemaitijos pienas, Annual report; retrieved 28 October 2026.
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