French's is owned by McCormick (the United States, NYSE: MKC), which acquired the brand on 17 August 2017 from Reckitt, as part of a $4.2 billion deal that also included Frank's RedHot.[1][2] Before McCormick, French's was owned by Reckitt from 1999 to 2017.[2]
Evidence: McCormick & Company, Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-22, SEC EDGAR, 22 January 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
French's introduced its bright yellow mustard at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, served on a hot dog, and the pairing has held ever since. McCormick acquired the brand from Reckitt Benckiser in 2017 for $4.2 billion, its largest acquisition.
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McCormick controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
The 44 brands in spices & seasonings on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is Patisen, with 5; McCormick has 5.
McCormick is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States, founded in 1889. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MKC.
McCormick was founded in a Baltimore cellar in 1889 by an 25-year-old selling flavouring extracts door to door, and is now the largest spice and seasoning company in the world. About half its revenue comes from supplying flavour to food manufacturers and restaurants rather than from its consumer 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; French's is not one of them.
McCormick bought French's mustard and Frank's RedHot from Reckitt Benckiser, which had inherited the food business through Reckitt & Colman and was selling it to fund its purchase of Mead Johnson. It was McCormick's largest acquisition.
The parent company of French's is McCormick, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. French's originated in the United States in 1904 and its owner, McCormick, is also headquartered in the United States.
McCormick completed its acquisition of French's on 17 August 2017, after announcing the deal on 19 July 2017. The deal, which also included Frank's RedHot, was valued at $4.2 billion (enterprise value).
Before McCormick, French's was owned by Reckitt from 1999 until 2017.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, French's is still owned by McCormick. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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