Who owns Highland Sugarworks?
Highland Sugarworks is owned by Rogers Sugar (Canada, TSX: RSI), which has owned the brand since 2017.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Rogers Sugar Inc. 2025 Combined Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Rogers Sugar Inc. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Vancouver
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Barre
- Founded
- 1986 by Jim MacIsaac
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweet spreads & nut butters
- Parent ticker
- TSX: RSI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Highland Sugarworks
Highland Sugarworks is a Vermont maple syrup packer that Jim MacIsaac founded in 1986, making syrup at his sugarhouse on a Starksboro Christmas tree farm and selling it to local stores. It became part of the Lantic Maple group in 2017. It buys syrup from hundreds of New England farms and bottles it at a 37,600 square foot plant it moved into in 2009.
Ownership timeline of Highland Sugarworks
- 2017 – present Rogers Sugar [1] reported
Where Highland Sugarworks sits in Rogers Sugar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Rogers Sugar
Rogers Sugar controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
- Lantic
- Lantic Maple (2025)
- Rogers (1890)
- Rogers Golden Syrup
Other brands in sweet spreads & nut butters, and who owns them
The 37 brands in sweet spreads & nut butters on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Halwani Bros, with 4; Rogers Sugar has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Halwani Brothers | Halwani Bros | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Hero | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Maple Grove Farms | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bega Peanut Butter | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Jif | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chocolion | Patisen | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| Matina | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Comvita | Comvita | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
About the owner: Rogers Sugar
Rogers Sugar is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: RSI.
Rogers Sugar is the holding company of Lantic Inc., which was formed when Lantic Sugar and Rogers Sugar merged in June 2008. Lantic runs cane sugar refineries in Montréal and Vancouver and Canada's only sugar beet factory, in Taber, Alberta. Its maple division, Lantic Maple, bottles syrup in three Québec plants and in Websterville, Vermont.
Rogers Sugar: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Highland Sugarworks and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Highland Sugarworks among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Highland Sugarworks?
The parent company of Highland Sugarworks is Rogers Sugar, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Highland Sugarworks American or Canadian?
Highland Sugarworks originated in the United States in 1986, but it is owned today by Rogers Sugar, which is headquartered in Canada. So Highland Sugarworks is an American-origin brand under Canadian ownership.
Since when has Rogers Sugar owned Highland Sugarworks?
Rogers Sugar has owned Highland Sugarworks since 2017.
Is Highland Sugarworks still owned by Rogers Sugar?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Highland Sugarworks is still owned by Rogers Sugar. 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] Rogers Sugar Inc. 2025 Combined Annual Report — Rogers Sugar Inc., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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