Who owns Garden Gourmet?
Garden Gourmet is owned by Nestlé (Switzerland, SIX: NESN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025, 19 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nestlé S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Vevey
- Origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Founded
- 1996
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Plant-based meat
- Parent ticker
- SIX: NESN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Garden Gourmet
Garden Gourmet is Nestlé's European plant-based meat alternative brand, selling burgers, mince, sausages and pieces made from soy and pea protein. Nestlé acquired the business in 2017 and expanded it as demand for meat substitutes grew across European supermarkets in the years that followed.
Ownership timeline of Garden Gourmet
Where Garden Gourmet sits in Nestlé
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nestlé
Nestlé controls 32 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in food.
Also in food
- Aero (1935)
- Boost (1994)
- Carnation (1899)
- Cerelac (1867)
- Chocapic (1984)
- Coffee mate (1961)
- Fitness (1993)
- Gerber (1927)
- Hot Pockets (1983)
- KitKat (1935)
- La Lechera (1925)
- Lean Cuisine (1981)
- Maggi (1884)
- NAN (1962)
- Nestlé Toll House (1939)
- Smarties (1937)
- Stouffer's (1922)
Founded in the 1990s
- Felix (1993)
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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner 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 |
About the owner: Nestlé
Nestlé is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 32 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: NESN.
Nestlé is a Swiss food and drink company formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company with Henri Nestlé's infant food business, and traces its origins to 1866. It is the largest food company in the world by revenue and is organised around coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery and water.
🇳🇱 Garden Gourmet and other Dutch brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 63 brands that began in the Netherlands. 36 of them (57%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Garden Gourmet among them.
- Albert Heijn — Ahold Delhaize 🇳🇱
- Becel — KKR 🇺🇸
- Campina — FrieslandCampina 🇳🇱
- Conimex — Paulig 🇫🇮
- Fruit-tella — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Harlekijntjes — Katjes International 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Garden Gourmet?
The parent company of Garden Gourmet is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Garden Gourmet Dutch or Swiss?
Garden Gourmet originated in the Netherlands in 1996, but it is owned today by Nestlé, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Garden Gourmet is a Dutch-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Garden Gourmet still owned by Nestlé?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Garden Gourmet is still owned by Nestlé. 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] Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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