Who owns Kraft Macaroni & Cheese?

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese is owned by Kraft Heinz (the United States, NASDAQ: KHC), which has owned the brand since 2 July 2015.^[1]

Evidence: The Kraft Heinz Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked 26 September 2026.

Key facts

Current owner: The Kraft Heinz Company verified
Owned since: 2 July 2015
Owner HQ: 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Origin: 🇺🇸 United States
Founded: 1937
Category: Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
Parent ticker: NASDAQ: KHC
Trademark registrant: KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC (USPTO)
Last verified: 26 September 2026 · 2 sources

About Kraft Macaroni & Cheese

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese launched in 1937 as a boxed meal that fed four for nineteen cents, and rationing and working women during the Second World War made it a household staple. It is sold as Kraft Dinner in Canada, where per-head consumption is the highest in the world.

Trademark record for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese

The USPTO record for the Kraft Macaroni & Cheese mark lists KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC as the owner of record (serial number 85002639). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.^[2]

Ownership timeline of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese

2015 – present Kraft Heinz ^[1] verified

Where Kraft Macaroni & Cheese sits in Kraft Heinz

Controlling ownership as of 2026-10-23. Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

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Other brands owned by Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 19 of them in food.

Also in food

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Heinz Baked Beans (1886)
HP Sauce (1895)
Jell-O (1897)
Lunchables (1988)
Miracle Whip (1933)
Ore-Ida (1952)
Oscar Mayer (1883)
Philadelphia (North America) (1872)
Shake 'N Bake (1965)
Stove Top (1972)
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Other brands in pasta, and who owns them

The 117 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 60 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15.

Brand	Owner	Owner based in
Bertagni	Ebro Foods	🇪🇸 Spain
Indomie	Indofood	🇮🇩 Indonesia
Camil	Camil	🇧🇷 Brazil
Mimee	Dufil Prima Foods	🇳🇬 Nigeria
Don Vicente	Molinos	🇦🇷 Argentina
Corticella	NewPrinces	🇮🇹 Italy
Chikin Ramen	Nissin Foods	🇯🇵 Japan
La Cantonesa	CMI	🇬🇹 Guatemala

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About the owner: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, founded in 2015. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: KHC.

Kraft Heinz was created in 2015 by the merger of Kraft Foods Group and H. J. Heinz, a deal engineered by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway remains its largest shareholder.

Kraft Heinz: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇺🇸 Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and other American brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kraft Macaroni & Cheese is not one of them.

365 by Whole Foods Market — Amazon 🇺🇸
4Grain — Cal-Maine Foods 🇺🇸
AXIO — LifeVantage 🇺🇸
Act II — Conagra Brands 🇺🇸
Aidells — Tyson Foods 🇺🇸
Airheads — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese?

The parent company of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese is Kraft Heinz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Kraft Macaroni & Cheese American?

Yes. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese originated in the United States in 1937 and its owner, Kraft Heinz, is also headquartered in the United States.

Since when has Kraft Heinz owned Kraft Macaroni & Cheese?

Kraft Heinz has owned Kraft Macaroni & Cheese since 2 July 2015.

Is Kraft Macaroni & Cheese still owned by Kraft Heinz?

Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese is still owned by Kraft Heinz. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (2) & corrections

Last verified 26 September 2026. Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

[1] The Kraft Heinz Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
[2] USPTO: KRAFT MACARONI & CHEESE DINNER, serial 85002639, registration 4092919 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.

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