iglo is owned by Nomad Foods (the United Kingdom, NYSE: NOMD), which acquired the brand on 30 June 2015, as part of a €2.6 billion deal that also included Birds Eye (UK & Ireland).[1][2] iglo was founded in 1956 in Germany and was independent until 2015.
Evidence: Nomad Foods Limited Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2017-02-17, SEC EDGAR, 17 February 2017. Verified from filings; last checked .
iglo is the same business as Birds Eye under a different name across Germany, Austria and several other European markets. Its Käpt'n Iglo character is the German counterpart to Captain Birdseye, and the two have been used in parallel for decades.
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Nomad Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
The 13 brands in frozen vegetables & fruit on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is McCain Foods, with 3; Nomad Foods has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lutosa | McCain Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Grown in Idaho | Lamb Weston | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Gradena | AQUILA | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| Birds Eye (North America) | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Elbtal | FRoSTA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hanover | Hanover Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ore-Ida | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Green Giant (U.S. frozen vegetables) | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
Nomad Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Woking, United Kingdom, founded in 2014. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: NOMD.
Nomad Foods was assembled from 2015 by two investors who bought the European frozen food businesses that Unilever and others had shed, and it is now the largest frozen food company in Europe. Its brands are the same product under different names in each country, a legacy of separate national acquisitions.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, iglo among them.
Nomad Foods bought Iglo Group, owner of Birds Eye in Britain and iglo across continental Europe, for about €2.6 billion. It was the first acquisition by a vehicle set up specifically to consolidate European frozen food.
The parent company of iglo is Nomad Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
iglo originated in Germany in 1956, but it is owned today by Nomad Foods, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So iglo is a German-origin brand under British ownership.
Nomad Foods completed its acquisition of iglo on 30 June 2015, after announcing the deal on 20 April 2015. The deal, which also included Birds Eye (UK & Ireland), was valued at €2.6 billion (enterprise value).
iglo was an independent company from its founding in 1956 until Nomad Foods acquired it in 2015.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, iglo is still owned by Nomad Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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