Who owns Earth's Best?
Earth's Best is owned by Hain Celestial (the United States, NASDAQ: HAIN).[1]
Evidence: The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-14, SEC EDGAR, 14 September 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Hoboken, New Jersey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1985
- Category
- Food › Baby & infant food › Baby meals & snacks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: HAIN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Earth's Best
Earth's Best was the first organic baby food sold nationally in the United States, founded in Vermont in 1985 by two brothers. It competes with Gerber and Beech-Nut on organic certification rather than on price. Hain Celestial acquired the brand in 1999, and it remains one of the largest organic lines in American infant nutrition.
What Hain Celestial's annual report says about Earth's Best
Sentences about Earth's Best from Hain Celestial's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Baby and kid food products include infant cereals, baby food pouches, snacks, infant and toddler formula, and frozen toddler and kids' foods under the Earth's Best brand.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2026, as a result of a continued decline in actual and projected net sales driven by challenges related to regaining Earth's Best formula distribution, the Company conducted an interim quantitative impairment test for its Earth's Best Organic indefinite-lived tradename in its North America reportable segment.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2026, as a result of a continued decline in actual and projected net sales driven by challenges related to regaining Earth's Best formula distribution, the Company conducted an interim quantitative impairment test for its Earth's Best Organic indefinite-lived tradename in its North America reportable segment .
How often Hain Celestial names Earth's Best in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Earth's Best
- Current owner Hain Celestial [1] verified
Where Earth's Best sits in Hain Celestial
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hain Celestial
Hain Celestial controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in food.
Also in food
- Garden Veggie Snacks (2005)
- Terra (1990)
Other brands in baby meals & snacks, and who owns them
The 20 brands in baby meals & snacks on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Hero Group, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Gourmet | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Promina | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cerelac | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Cerifam | Faffa Food | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
| Good Goût | H&H Group | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Anmum | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Kiddylicious | Lotus Bakeries | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Love Child Organics | Nature's Path | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Hain Celestial
Hain Celestial is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States, founded in 1993. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: HAIN.
Hain Celestial was assembled from the 1990s by buying natural and organic food brands that mainstream companies ignored, and it merged with Celestial Seasonings in 2000. It has spent recent years selling brands rather than buying them, narrowing a portfolio that had grown to several dozen names.
Hain Celestial: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Earth's Best and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Earth's Best is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Earth's Best?
The parent company of Earth's Best is Hain Celestial, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Earth's Best American?
Yes. Earth's Best originated in the United States in 1985 and its owner, Hain Celestial, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Earth's Best still owned by Hain Celestial?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Earth's Best is still owned by Hain Celestial. 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] The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-14 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 14 September 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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