Who owns Kaltbach?
Kaltbach is owned by Emmi (Switzerland, SIX: EMMN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Emmi Annual Report 2025 — group companies, Emmi AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Emmi AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Lucerne
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Cheese
- Parent ticker
- SIX: EMMN
- Trademark registrant
- Emmi AG (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Kaltbach
Kaltbach is Emmi's range of cave-aged Swiss cheeses, matured in a sandstone cave whose unique natural climate shapes the ripening. Specialists Emmi calls cavemasters turn and check each wheel by hand until it reaches the ripening time they judge right. A Kaltbach cheese won Super Gold at the 2025 World Cheese Awards.
Trademark record for Kaltbach
The USPTO record for the Kaltbach mark lists Emmi AG as the owner of record (serial number 79101284). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Kaltbach
Where Kaltbach sits in Emmi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Emmi
Emmi controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cheese, and who owns them
The 99 brands in cheese on Brandtree belong to 40 owners. The largest is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, with 9; Emmi has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alouette | Savencia Fromage & Dairy | 🇫🇷 France |
| Alexis de Portneuf | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Amalattea | Granarolo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Galbani | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Arla | Arla Foods | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Babybel | Bel Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fetaxa | Hochland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Brest-Litovsk | Savushkin Product | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
About the owner: Emmi
Emmi is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland, founded in 1907. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: EMMN.
Emmi is the largest milk processor in Switzerland, tracing its origins to 1907, when 62 dairy cooperatives founded the Central Swiss Milk Association in Lucerne; Emmi AG itself was created in 1993 and listed on the Swiss exchange in 2004. It reported net sales of CHF 4,745.7 million in 2025, and ZMP Invest AG, representing dairy farmers, holds 53.4 per cent of the voting rights. Beyond Swiss cheese and milk drinks it owns US specialty cheese makers, a majority of the Spanish dairy Kaiku, and a growing desserts business built on the 2024 purchase of Mademoiselle Desserts.
🇨🇭 Kaltbach and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 129 brands that began in Switzerland. 36 of them (28%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kaltbach is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kaltbach?
The parent company of Kaltbach is Emmi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Kaltbach Swiss?
Yes. Kaltbach originated in Switzerland and its owner, Emmi, is also headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Kaltbach still owned by Emmi?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Kaltbach is still owned by Emmi. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Emmi Annual Report 2025 — group companies — Emmi AG, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: KALTBACH, serial 79101284 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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