Who owns Gerber?
Gerber, a food brand from the United States, is owned by Nestlé (Switzerland, SIX: NESN), which has owned the brand since 1 September 2007.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Vevey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Fremont, Michigan
- Founded
- 1927
- Category
- Food › Baby & infant food › Baby meals & snacks
- Parent ticker
- SIX: NESN
- Trademark registrant
- SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE, S.A. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Gerber
Gerber began making strained baby food in Fremont, Michigan in 1927, after a canner's wife found straining peas for their daughter by hand tedious enough to suggest doing it commercially. Its Gerber Baby illustration, drawn in 1928, is one of the longest-serving trademarks in American food. Nestlé acquired the business from Novartis in 2007.
Trademark record for Gerber
The USPTO record for the Gerber mark lists SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE, S.A. as the owner of record (serial number 71564384). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Gerber
Where Gerber 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)
- Garden Gourmet (1996)
- Hot Pockets (1983)
- KitKat (1935)
- La Lechera (1925)
- Lean Cuisine (1981)
- Maggi (1884)
- NAN (1962)
- Nestlé Toll House (1939)
- Smarties (1937)
- Stouffer's (1922)
Other brands in baby meals & snacks, and who owns them
The 20 brands in baby meals & snacks on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Hero Group, with 6; Nestlé has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Gourmet | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Promina | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cerifam | Faffa Food | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
| Good Goût | H&H Group | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Earth's Best | Hain Celestial | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anmum | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Kiddylicious | Lotus Bakeries | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Love Child Organics | Nature's Path | 🇨🇦 Canada |
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.
🇺🇸 Gerber and other American 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, Gerber among them.
Official recalls involving Gerber products
2 recall notices from government regulators matched to Gerber. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Gerber Snacks for Baby Soothe 'n' Chew TEETHING STICKS Strawberry Apple NET WT 3.2 OZ (90g) UPC 0 15000 04518 7 GERBER PRODUCTS CO., FREMONT, MI 49413 — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Firm received complaints of infant choking.
Recalling firm: Nestle-USA, Inc. (Corporate Office)
- Gerber Snacks for Baby Soothe 'n' Chew TEETHING STICKS Banana NET WT 3.2 OZ (90g) box UPC 0 15000 04608 8 and NET WT 1.59 oz box UPC 0 15000 01015 7 GERBER… — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Firm received complaints of infant choking.
Recalling firm: Nestle-USA, Inc. (Corporate Office)
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Gerber?
The parent company of Gerber is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Gerber American or Swiss?
Gerber originated in the United States in 1927, but it is owned today by Nestlé, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Gerber is an American-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Since when has Nestlé owned Gerber?
Nestlé has owned Gerber since 1 September 2007.
Is Gerber still owned by Nestlé?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Gerber is still owned by Nestlé. 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] Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: GERBER, serial 71564384, registration 0560057 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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