Who owns Lino Lada?
Lino Lada is owned by Podravka (Croatia, ZSE: PODR).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Podravka Inc. Annual Report for 2025, Podravka d.d. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Podravka d.d. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇭🇷 Croatia, Koprivnica
- Origin
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweet spreads & nut butters
- Parent ticker
- ZSE: PODR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lino Lada
Lino Lada is Podravka's range of cream spreads, which the company says offers the widest selection of flavours, and since 2025 it has been the best-selling chocolate spread in Croatia. The name has become a flavour in its own right, used in ice cream and in impulse products such as pillow cereals, wafers and doughnuts, and it has been extended into peanut butter.
Ownership timeline of Lino Lada
Where Lino Lada sits in Podravka
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Podravka
Podravka controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweet spreads & nut butters, and who owns them
The 37 brands in sweet spreads & nut butters on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Halwani Bros, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Halwani Brothers | Halwani Bros | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Hero | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Maple Grove Farms | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bega Peanut Butter | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Jif | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chocolion | Patisen | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| Highland Sugarworks | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Matina | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
About the owner: Podravka
Podravka is a publicly listed company headquartered in Koprivnica, Croatia, founded in 1947. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as ZSE: PODR.
Podravka is a Croatian food and pharmaceuticals group that grew out of the Wolf brothers' workshop, taken into social ownership under the Podravka name in 1947 and privatised in 1993. Croatian pension funds hold 49.5 per cent and the Croatian state 25.5 per cent. In 2025 it added a third business, agriculture, by buying Fortenova's farming companies for 333 million euros, taking the group past 1 billion euros of revenue, and sold its Šumi and Gorenjka confectionery business and its pharmacy business. Its pharmaceutical arm is Belupo.
🇭🇷 Lino Lada and other Croatian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 30 brands that began in Croatia. 3 of them (10%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Lino Lada is not one of them.
- Arivera Fruit — Fortenova Group 🇭🇷
- Bajadera — Kraš 🇭🇷
- Boom Box — Atlantic Grupa 🇭🇷
- Croatia Airlines — Croatia Airlines 🇭🇷
- INA — MOL Group 🇭🇺
- Jadrolinija — Jadrolinija 🇭🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lino Lada?
The parent company of Lino Lada is Podravka, a publicly listed company headquartered in Croatia.
Is Lino Lada Croatian?
Yes. Lino Lada originated in Croatia and its owner, Podravka, is also headquartered in Croatia.
Is Lino Lada still owned by Podravka?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Lino Lada is still owned by Podravka. 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] Podravka Inc. Annual Report for 2025 — Podravka d.d., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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