Who owns French Cafe?
French Cafe is owned by Namyang Dairy (South Korea, KRX: 003920).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 19 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 2010
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Coffee
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 003920
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About French Cafe
French Cafe is Namyang's instant coffee-mix brand, sold since 2010, which pairs coffee with skimmed milk. The range runs from Mild and Original to Arabica Gold Label, a half-calorie mix, sugar-free stevia versions (one with added goat-milk protein), an iced recipe and decaffeinated mixes, which Namyang reformulated in 2025. The company has made its own coffee at a freeze-drying plant in Naju since December 2013.
Ownership timeline of French Cafe
- Current owner Namyang Dairy [1] reported
Where French Cafe sits in Namyang Dairy
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Namyang Dairy
Namyang Dairy controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- 17 Cha (2015)
Founded in the 2010s
- Choco Emong (2011)
- Devinch (2017)
Other brands in coffee, and who owns them
The 67 brands in coffee on Brandtree belong to 34 owners. The largest is Keurig Dr Pepper, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Douwe Egberts | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Caribe | Coffee Holding | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Barão | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Nescafé | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Ah Huat | Power Root | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Barcaffè | Atlantic Grupa | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Carte Noire | Lavazza | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Boyds | Royal Cup | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Namyang Dairy
Namyang Dairy is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1964. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 003920.
Namyang Dairy Products is a South Korean dairy company founded on 13 March 1964 and listed on the Korea Exchange since June 1978. It makes milk, infant formula, fermented milk, cheese, coffee mixes and drinks at five plants. Consolidated sales were 914.1 billion won in 2025: 54.0% from milk, 21.1% from formula and 24.9% from other products. Hahn & Co Dairy Holdings, owned by a Hahn & Company private equity fund, became the largest shareholder on 30 January 2024, when Hong Won-sik and two other sellers received the full price for their shares. It held 63.2% at the end of 2025.
Namyang Dairy: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇷 French Cafe and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 237 brands that began in South Korea. 12 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; French Cafe is not one of them.
- A Café La — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Barista Rules — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Boseong Green Tea — Dongwon Industries 🇰🇷
- Cass — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Chamisul — HiteJinro 🇰🇷
- Chum Churum Soonhari — Lotte Chilsung 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of French Cafe?
The parent company of French Cafe is Namyang Dairy, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is French Cafe South Korean?
Yes. French Cafe originated in South Korea in 2010 and its owner, Namyang Dairy, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is French Cafe still owned by Namyang Dairy?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, French Cafe is still owned by Namyang Dairy. 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] Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 26 October 2026.
- [2] Namyang Dairy Products — French Cafe brand page — Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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