Who owns HP Sauce?

HP Sauce is owned by Kraft Heinz (the United States, NASDAQ: KHC).^[1]

Evidence: The Kraft Heinz Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked 26 September 2026.

Key facts

Current owner: The Kraft Heinz Company verified
Owner HQ: 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Founded: 1895
Category: Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
Parent ticker: NASDAQ: KHC
Trademark registrant: H.J. HEINZ FOODS UK LIMITED (USPTO)
Last verified: 26 September 2026 · 2 sources

About HP Sauce

HP Sauce is a British brown sauce first sold in 1895 and named after the Houses of Parliament, which appear on the label after the maker heard that a restaurant there served it. Heinz acquired the brand in 2005 and moved production from Birmingham to the Netherlands in 2007, prompting protests.

Trademark record for HP Sauce

The USPTO record for the HP Sauce mark lists H.J. HEINZ FOODS UK LIMITED as the owner of record (serial number 78686474). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.^[2]

Ownership timeline of HP Sauce

Current owner Kraft Heinz ^[1] verified

Where HP Sauce sits in Kraft Heinz

Controlling ownership as of 2026-10-23. Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

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Other brands owned by Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 19 of them in food.

Also in food

A.1. (1824)
Bagel Bites (1985)
Classico (1985)
Cracker Barrel (1954)
Devour (2016)
Grey Poupon (1777)
Heinz (1869)
Heinz Baked Beans (1886)
Jell-O (1897)
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (1937)
Lunchables (1988)
Miracle Whip (1933)
Ore-Ida (1952)
Oscar Mayer (1883)
Philadelphia (North America) (1872)
Shake 'N Bake (1965)
Stove Top (1972)
Velveeta (1918)

Founded in the 1890s

Maxwell House (1892)

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Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them

The 90 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 52 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6; Kraft Heinz has 4.

Brand	Owner	Owner based in
Bautz'ner	Develey	🇩🇪 Germany
Chungjungone	Daesang	🇰🇷 South Korea
Haitian	Haitian	🇨🇳 China
Búfalo	Grupo Herdez	🇲🇽 Mexico
Las Palmas	B&G Foods	🇺🇸 United States
Erisco	Erisco Foods	🇳🇬 Nigeria
Hon Tsuyu	Kikkoman	🇯🇵 Japan
DENNY	Libstar	🇿🇦 South Africa

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About the owner: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, founded in 2015. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: KHC.

Kraft Heinz was created in 2015 by the merger of Kraft Foods Group and H. J. Heinz, a deal engineered by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway remains its largest shareholder.

Kraft Heinz: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇬🇧 HP Sauce and other British brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, HP Sauce among them.

Aero — Nestlé 🇨🇭
Altoids — Mars 🇺🇸
Ambrosia — Premier Foods 🇬🇧
Aunt Bessie's — Nomad Foods 🇬🇧
BEAR — Lotus Bakeries 🇧🇪
Barratt — Valeo Foods 🇮🇪

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of HP Sauce?

The parent company of HP Sauce is Kraft Heinz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is HP Sauce British or American?

HP Sauce originated in the United Kingdom in 1895, but it is owned today by Kraft Heinz, which is headquartered in the United States. So HP Sauce is a British-origin brand under American ownership.

Is HP Sauce still owned by Kraft Heinz?

Yes. As of 26 September 2026, HP Sauce is still owned by Kraft Heinz. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (2) & corrections

Last verified 26 September 2026. Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

[1] The Kraft Heinz Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
[2] USPTO: HP SAUCE ORIGINAL STEAK SAUCE, serial 78686474, registration 3353552 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.

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