Who owns Jelgavas Cukurs?
Jelgavas Cukurs is owned by Nordzucker (Germany).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sugar for consumers, Nordzucker. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nordzucker AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Braunschweig
- Origin
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweeteners
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jelgavas Cukurs
Jelgavas Cukurs is the local sugar brand Nordzucker uses in Latvia alongside Dansukker. The company groups it with Lithuania's Panevėžio Plus as two well-known local brands associated with high quality and local traditions, and publishes no founding year, product range or separate page for it. Nordzucker names Latvia and Lithuania as the two countries where it pairs a local brand with Dansukker.
Ownership timeline of Jelgavas Cukurs
- Current owner Nordzucker [1] reported
Where Jelgavas Cukurs sits in Nordzucker
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nordzucker
Nordzucker controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweeteners, and who owns them
The 34 brands in sweeteners on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is Tereos, with 5; Nordzucker has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Koronás Cukor | AGRANA | 🇦🇹 Austria |
| Béghin Say | Tereos | 🇫🇷 France |
| Cukier Królewski | Südzucker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Lantic | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Brownie | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Azərşəkər | Azersun | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
| Skor | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| ENMER | Cosumar | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
About the owner: Nordzucker
Nordzucker is a privately held company headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Nordzucker is a European sugar company that makes sugar from beet and cane at 18 production sites in Europe and Australia and is run from Braunschweig, Germany. It is an unlisted stock company: Nordzucker Holding AG, which represents the beet-farmer shareholders, holds 83.8 per cent and Union-Zucker Südhannover GmbH holds 11.1 per cent, with about 5 per cent in free float. Nordzucker bought Nordic Sugar in 2009 and a majority stake in Australia's Mackay Sugar in 2019. It says its two consumer brands are SweetFamily and Dansukker, with local names in Ireland and the Baltics. Dansukker is not listed here because no document opened says where it originates.
🇱🇻 Jelgavas Cukurs and other Latvian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 17 brands that began in Latvia. 8 of them (47%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Jelgavas Cukurs among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jelgavas Cukurs?
The parent company of Jelgavas Cukurs is Nordzucker, a privately held company headquartered in Germany.
Is Jelgavas Cukurs Latvian or German?
Jelgavas Cukurs originated in Latvia, but it is owned today by Nordzucker, which is headquartered in Germany. So Jelgavas Cukurs is a Latvian-origin brand under German ownership.
Is Jelgavas Cukurs still owned by Nordzucker?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Jelgavas Cukurs is still owned by Nordzucker. 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] Sugar for consumers — Nordzucker, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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