Galbani is owned by Lactalis (France), which acquired the brand on 1 April 2006.[1][2] Galbani was founded in 1882 in Lombardy and was independent until 2006.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Our brands - Lactalis USA, Lactalis USA (Groupe Lactalis). Last checked .
Galbani is the largest cheese brand in Italy, founded in Lombardy in 1882 and known for mozzarella, mascarpone and Bel Paese. Lactalis acquired it in 2006, one of a series of purchases that made the French group the largest dairy business in Italy.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Lactalis controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in food.
The 94 brands in cheese on Brandtree belong to 37 owners. The largest is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, with 9; Lactalis has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alouette | Savencia Fromage & Dairy | 🇫🇷 France |
| Athenos | Emmi | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Alexis de Portneuf | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Amalattea | Granarolo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Arla | Arla Foods | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Babybel | Bel Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fetaxa | Hochland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Brest-Litovsk | Savushkin Product | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
Lactalis is a family-owned company headquartered in Laval, France, founded in 1933. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control.
Lactalis is the largest dairy company in the world by revenue, founded in Laval, France in 1933 and still owned by the Besnier family, which has never listed it. It publishes limited financial information and has grown almost entirely by acquiring national dairy champions across Europe, the Americas and Australia.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 210 brands that began in Italy. 77 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Galbani among them.
Lactalis acquired Galbani from the private equity firm BC Partners, buying the largest cheese brand in Italy and with it a position in mozzarella and mascarpone that its French portfolio lacked. The price was not disclosed by the parties.
The parent company of Galbani is Lactalis, a family-owned company headquartered in France.
Galbani originated in Italy in 1882, but it is owned today by Lactalis, which is headquartered in France. So Galbani is an Italian-origin brand under French ownership.
Lactalis completed its acquisition of Galbani on 1 April 2006, after announcing the deal on 1 April 2006. The price was not disclosed.
Galbani was an independent company from its founding in 1882 in Lombardy until Lactalis acquired it in 2006.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Galbani is still owned by Lactalis. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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