Who owns Hansen's?
Hansen's is owned by Monster Beverage (the United States, NASDAQ: MNST).[1]
Evidence: Monster Beverage Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Monster Beverage Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Corona, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Angeles, California
- Founded
- 1935
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Juice & juice drinks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MNST
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hansen's
Hansen's began selling fresh juice to Los Angeles film studios in 1935 and later moved into natural sodas. It gave the company its original name and remains in the portfolio, though it is now a small fraction of revenue beside the energy drinks.
What Monster Beverage's annual report says about Hansen's
Sentences about Hansen's from Monster Beverage's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
HFI expanded its product line from juices to include Hansen's Natural Soda brand sodas.
In 1990, California Co-Packers Corporation (d/b/a Hansen Beverage Company) ("CCC") acquired certain assets of HFI, including the right to market the Hansen's brand name.
In 1992, Hansen Natural Corporation acquired the Hansen's brand natural soda and apple juice business from CCC.
How often Monster Beverage names Hansen's 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.
Ownership timeline of Hansen's
- Current owner Monster Beverage [1] verified
Where Hansen's sits in Monster Beverage
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Monster Beverage
Monster Beverage controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Bang Energy (2012)
- Full Throttle (2004)
- Monster Energy (2002)
- NOS (2005)
- Reign (2019)
Other brands in juice & juice drinks, and who owns them
The 139 brands in juice & juice drinks on Brandtree belong to 82 owners. The largest is Eckes-Granini, with 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Brämhults | Eckes-Granini | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Apple & Eve | Lassonde | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Appletiser | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kagome Tomato Juice | Kagome | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Fructal | Nectar Group | 🇷🇸 Serbia |
| All Coco | Sappe | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Amayu | AJE | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Kiddy Pack | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
About the owner: Monster Beverage
Monster Beverage is a publicly listed company headquartered in Corona, California, United States, founded in 1935. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MNST.
Monster Beverage began as Hansen's, a Californian juice company founded in 1935, and transformed itself when it launched the Monster energy drink in 2002. The Coca-Cola Company holds a substantial minority stake and distributes its products, an arrangement agreed in 2015 that also transferred Coca-Cola's own energy brands to Monster.
Monster Beverage: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Hansen's 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; Hansen's is not one of them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hansen's?
The parent company of Hansen's is Monster Beverage, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Hansen's American?
Yes. Hansen's originated in the United States in 1935 and its owner, Monster Beverage, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Hansen's still owned by Monster Beverage?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Hansen's is still owned by Monster Beverage. 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] Monster Beverage Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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