Who owns Kireto Lemon?
Kireto Lemon is owned by Sapporo (Japan, TSE: 2501).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Medium-Term Management Plan (2027–30). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sapporo Breweries Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Juice & juice drinks
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2501
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kireto Lemon
Kireto Lemon is a lemon drink made by Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage that the company says contains the juice of a whole lemon per bottle, and which marks its 25th anniversary in 2026. Sapporo is concentrating its food and beverage resources on it and Pokka Lemon 100, and is extending the brand into foods with function claims such as Kireto Lemon Citric Acid 2700 and Kireto Lemon Mukumi.
Ownership timeline of Kireto Lemon
Where Kireto Lemon sits in Sapporo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sapporo
Sapporo controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Okanagan Spring (1985)
- Pokka
- Sapporo Draft Beer Kuro Label (1977)
- Sapporo Premium Beer
- Sleeman (1988)
- Unibroue
- Yebisu (1890)
Other brands in juice & juice drinks, and who owns them
The 142 brands in juice & juice drinks on Brandtree belong to 84 owners. The largest is Eckes-Granini, with 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Brämhults | Eckes-Granini | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Apple & Eve | Lassonde | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Appletiser | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kagome Tomato Juice | Kagome | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Fructal | Nectar Group | 🇷🇸 Serbia |
| All Coco | Sappe | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Amayu | AJE | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Kiddy Pack | Kasapreko | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
About the owner: Sapporo
Sapporo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1876. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2501.
Sapporo traces its beginnings to the Kaitakushi Brewery founded in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1876. The listed company, formerly the pure holding company Sapporo Holdings, became a business holding company and changed its name to Sapporo Breweries Ltd. on 1 July 2026, with revenue of 506.9 billion yen in 2025. It is concentrating on alcoholic beverages: in December 2025 it agreed to sell its real estate subsidiary, owner of Yebisu Garden Place and Sapporo Factory, to a consortium of PAG and KKR in stages ending in 2029, and in April 2026 it agreed to transfer the Stone craft beer brand to Firestone Walker.
🇯🇵 Kireto Lemon and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kireto Lemon is not one of them.
- Aquarius — Coca-Cola 🇺🇸
- Asahi Super Dry — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Blendy — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Café au Lait — Glico 🇯🇵
- Gogo no Kocha — Kirin 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kireto Lemon?
The parent company of Kireto Lemon is Sapporo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Kireto Lemon Japanese?
Yes. Kireto Lemon originated in Japan and its owner, Sapporo, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Kireto Lemon still owned by Sapporo?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Kireto Lemon is still owned by Sapporo. 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] Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Medium-Term Management Plan (2027–30) — Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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