Who owns Kinnie?
Kinnie is owned by Farsons (Malta, MSE: SFC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇹 Malta, Birkirkara
- Origin
- 🇲🇹 Malta
- Founded
- 1952
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- MSE: SFC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kinnie
Kinnie is Malta's own bittersweet carbonated soft drink, created by Farsons in 1952 from bitter oranges and a blend of herbs and botanicals, and tied closely enough to Maltese identity that the company calls it a cultural icon. It was relaunched before the summer of 2025 with a new identity and a "Drink Different" platform, a rebrand that won Silver at the 2025/26 World Brand Design awards; the new look then extended to Kinnie Zest, the zero-sugar variant with a stronger orange note, alongside Kinnie Zero. Significant volumes were exported to North Africa during the year.
Ownership timeline of Kinnie
Where Kinnie sits in Farsons
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Farsons
Farsons controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in other carbonated soft drinks, and who owns them
The 80 brands in other carbonated soft drinks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hamoud La Blanche | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| 7UP (United States) | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 7UP | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Colombiana | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Faxe Kondi | Royal Unibrew | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fanta | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Farsons
Farsons is a publicly listed company headquartered in Birkirkara, Malta, founded in 1928. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as MSE: SFC.
Farsons is Malta's brewer and soft drinks bottler, and traces its origins to 1928, when L. Farrugia & Sons built a brewery in Hamrun and launched Farsons Pale Ale on 19 April. It merged with the British brewer H & G Simonds a year later and with the Malta Export Brewery, makers of Cisk, in 1948, which gave the company the three-part name it still carries. It was the first private-sector company to list on the Malta Stock Exchange, in 1995. In the year to 31 January 2026 it spun off its food business — Quintano Foods and the Maltese Pizza Hut, Burger King and KFC franchises — as Quinco Holdings p.l.c., distributed to its own shareholders as a dividend in kind and separately listed in October 2025, which the company describes as returning it to its original roots as a brewer, bottler and importer of beverages. Turnover from continuing operations was €106.5 million.
🇲🇹 Kinnie and other Maltese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 17 brands that began in Malta. 5 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kinnie is not one of them.
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- QIC Europe — Qatar Insurance Company 🇶🇦
- VistaJet — VistaJet 🇲🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kinnie?
The parent company of Kinnie is Farsons, a publicly listed company headquartered in Malta.
Is Kinnie Maltese?
Yes. Kinnie originated in Malta in 1952 and its owner, Farsons, is also headquartered in Malta.
Is Kinnie still owned by Farsons?
Yes. As of 18 September 2026, Kinnie is still owned by Farsons. 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] Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c. Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2026 — Simonds Farsons Cisk p.l.c., Annual report; retrieved 18 September 2026.
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