Who owns KITCO?
KITCO is owned by Mezzan Holding (Kuwait, Boursa Kuwait: MEZZAN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Mezzan Holding — Our Brands, Mezzan Holding Co. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mezzan Holding Company K.S.C.P. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait, Ardiya
- Origin
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- Founded
- 1962
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Salty snacks
- Parent ticker
- Boursa Kuwait: MEZZAN
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About KITCO
Kuwait Indo Trading Co., known everywhere as KITCO, was established in 1962 and is the snack business Mezzan's food operation was built around. Its lines run from NICE and Naturals potato crisps through Kettle Cooked, Mexita tortilla chips, Bliss veggie straws, Stix, Bugles and roasted peanuts. Mezzan is piloting sustainable potato farming in Kuwait to supply it, aiming to raise the share of locally grown potatoes in NICE crisps from around a tenth today to roughly forty per cent by 2030.
Ownership timeline of KITCO
- Current owner Mezzan Holding [1] reported
Where KITCO sits in Mezzan Holding
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Mezzan Holding
Mezzan Holding controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
- Country XL
- Khazan
- Sara Cake (1988)
Other brands in salty snacks, and who owns them
The 100 brands in salty snacks on Brandtree belong to 48 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 12.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cheetos | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Calbee Potato Chips | Calbee | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Boyki | Siantar Top | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Bonitas | Vitaminka | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia |
| Cape Cod | Campbell's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Act II | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Diana | Diana | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
| Chiki | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: Mezzan Holding
Mezzan Holding is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ardiya, Kuwait, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as Boursa Kuwait: MEZZAN.
Mezzan Holding is a Kuwaiti food, healthcare and consumer products group whose own reports trace its origins to the 1940s, when Jassim Mohammad Ali Al Wazzan opened a retail store in Kuwait's Altararih Souk selling rice, sugar and other staples. The present holding company was incorporated on 3 August 1999 and listed on Boursa Kuwait on 11 June 2015. It manufactures and distributes more than 34,000 stock keeping units through 34 subsidiaries and around 6,700 employees in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Iraq. Most of the names it carries belong to other companies: its brand list is dominated by products it distributes for their owners rather than makes.
Mezzan Holding: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇼 KITCO and other Kuwaiti brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 16 brands that began in Kuwait. 2 of them (13%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; KITCO is not one of them.
- 1·2·3 — KDD 🇰🇼
- Centrepoint — Landmark Group 🇦🇪
- Jazeera Airways — Jazeera Airways 🇰🇼
- Kuwait Airways — Kuwait Airways 🇰🇼
- Q8 — KPC 🇰🇼
- Wimpy (Middle East) — Americana Restaurants 🇦🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of KITCO?
The parent company of KITCO is Mezzan Holding, a publicly listed company headquartered in Kuwait.
Is KITCO Kuwaiti?
Yes. KITCO originated in Kuwait in 1962 and its owner, Mezzan Holding, is also headquartered in Kuwait.
Is KITCO still owned by Mezzan Holding?
Yes. As of 17 September 2026, KITCO is still owned by Mezzan Holding. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Mezzan Holding — Our Brands — Mezzan Holding Co., Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
- [2] Mezzan Holding Company K.S.C.P. and subsidiaries — consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 — Mezzan Holding Co., Annual report, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 17 September 2026.
- [3] Mezzan Holding Sustainability Report 2025 — Mezzan Holding Co., Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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