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Who owns Gardein?

Gardein is owned by Conagra Brands (the United States, NYSE: CAG), which has owned the brand since 2018.[1]

Evidence: Conagra Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-15, SEC EDGAR, 15 July 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Conagra Brands, Inc. verified
Owned since
Owner HQ
🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
Origin
🇨🇦 Canada
Founded
2003
Category
Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Plant-based meat
Parent ticker
NYSE: CAG
Trademark registrant
CONAGRA CONSOLIDATED, LLC (USPTO)
Last verified
· 2 sources

About Gardein

Gardein makes plant-based meat alternatives from soy, wheat and pea protein, founded in Canada in 2003 by a chef who had developed meat substitutes for a fast-food chain. Conagra acquired it in 2018, ahead of the wider surge in the category.

How often Conagra Brands names Gardein 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 less often than it was three years earlier.

Annual report filedTimes Gardein is named
20260
20252
20243

Trademark record for Gardein

The USPTO record for the Gardein mark lists CONAGRA CONSOLIDATED, LLC as the owner of record (serial number 78665750). That name matches the owner named above.[2]

Ownership timeline of Gardein

Owners of Gardein over 2003 to 2026 Conagra Brands 2018–present Conagra Brands 20052010201520202025
  1. 2018 – present Conagra Brands [1] verified

Where Gardein sits in Conagra Brands

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Gardein sits in Conagra Brands Tree of 17 brands under Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands Gardein Act II Angie's Boomchickapop Banquet Birds Eye (North America) Chef Boyardee and 11 more

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Other brands owned by Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 17 of them in food.

Also in food

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Other brands in plant-based meat, and who owns them

The 22 brands in plant-based meat on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Monde Nissin, with 2.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
Loma Linda Century Pacific 🇵🇭 Philippines
Field Roast Maple Leaf Foods 🇨🇦 Canada
Cauldron Monde Nissin 🇵🇭 Philippines
Nasoya Pulmuone 🇰🇷 South Korea
Vegini Avril 🇫🇷 France
The Green Mountain Bell Food Group 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Beyond Meat Beyond Meat 🇺🇸 United States
Lankasoy CBL Group 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

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About the owner: Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 1919. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CAG.

Conagra Brands began in 1919 as Nebraska Consolidated Mills, a flour miller, and spent decades assembling a portfolio of frozen and shelf-stable food brands. It sold its private-label business in 2016 to focus on brands, then bought Pinnacle Foods in 2018 to add Birds Eye and Duncan Hines.

Conagra Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇨🇦 Gardein and other Canadian brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 178 brands that began in Canada. 45 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Gardein among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Gardein?

The parent company of Gardein is Conagra Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Gardein Canadian or American?

Gardein originated in Canada in 2003, but it is owned today by Conagra Brands, which is headquartered in the United States. So Gardein is a Canadian-origin brand under American ownership.

Since when has Conagra Brands owned Gardein?

Conagra Brands has owned Gardein since 2018.

Is Gardein still owned by Conagra Brands?

Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Gardein is still owned by Conagra Brands. 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. [1] Conagra Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-15 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 15 July 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] USPTO: GARDEIN, serial 78665750 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 4 October 2026.

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