Who owns Ildefonso?
Ildefonso is owned by Manner (Austria, VIE: MAN), which has owned the brand since 2000.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Josef Manner & Comp. AG Jahresfinanzbericht 2025, 23 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Josef Manner & Comp. AG reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇹 Austria, Vienna
- Origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria, Vienna
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Parent ticker
- VIE: MAN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ildefonso
Ildefonso is a Viennese layered nougat cube, and each one hides a short saying inside its wrapper. Manner says the confectioner Victor Schmidt developed the recipe in 1880. The brand came to Manner when it acquired Victor Schmidt & Söhne on 1 January 2000, together with the Austria Mozartkugel, and it is made only in Austria, like everything else Manner sells.
Ownership timeline of Ildefonso
Where Ildefonso sits in Manner
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Manner
Manner controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them
The 132 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 46 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9; Manner has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cadbury | Mondelēz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Danusia | Wawel | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Colian | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baby Ruth | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Almond Joy | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Caffarel | Lindt & Sprüngli | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eitt Sett | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: Manner
Manner is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, founded in 1890. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as VIE: MAN.
Josef Manner & Comp. AG is a Viennese confectioner founded in 1890 that makes wafers, dragées and aerated sweets, and says it is the number one in the Austrian and German wafer-slice market. It is listed in Vienna but controlled by a shareholder syndicate: the Manner/Riedl syndicate, formed by the Manner private foundation and a number of individuals, holds more than half of the voting rights. Revenue rose to €304.3 million in 2025 while profit fell by more than half to about €9 million, which the company put down to raw material costs up 25 per cent, cocoa above all, and a €4.8 million write-down on its hazelnut farm in Azerbaijan. Everything it sells is made in Vienna and Wolkersdorf.
🇦🇹 Ildefonso and other Austrian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 33 brands that began in Austria. 18 of them (55%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ildefonso is not one of them.
- Hubers — Bell Food Group 🇨🇭
- Mautner Markhof — Develey 🇩🇪
- Vegini — Avril 🇫🇷
- Wiener Zucker — AGRANA 🇦🇹
- AKG — Samsung Electronics 🇰🇷
- Atomic — Amer Sports 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ildefonso?
The parent company of Ildefonso is Manner, a publicly listed company headquartered in Austria.
Is Ildefonso Austrian?
Yes. Ildefonso originated in Austria and its owner, Manner, is also headquartered in Austria.
Since when has Manner owned Ildefonso?
Manner has owned Ildefonso since 2000.
Is Ildefonso still owned by Manner?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Ildefonso is still owned by Manner. 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] Josef Manner & Comp. AG Jahresfinanzbericht 2025 — Josef Manner & Comp. AG, Annual report, published 23 April 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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