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Who owns Maggi?

Maggi is owned by Nestlé (Switzerland, SIX: NESN).[1]

This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.

Evidence: Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025, 19 February 2026. Last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Nestlé S.A. reported
Owner HQ
🇨🇭 Switzerland, Vevey
Origin
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Founded
1884 by Julius Maggi
Category
Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Spices & seasonings
Parent ticker
SIX: NESN
Trademark registrant
SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. (USPTO)
Last verified
· 2 sources

About Maggi

Maggi was founded by Julius Maggi in Switzerland in 1884 to make protein-rich legume flours for working families who could not afford meat, and went on to create the bouillon cube and a seasoning sauce that became a pantry staple across Europe, Asia and Africa. Nestlé acquired the company in 1947.

Trademark record for Maggi

The USPTO record for the Maggi mark lists SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. as the owner of record (serial number 71405175). That name matches the owner named above.[2]

Ownership timeline of Maggi

Owners of Maggi over 1884 to 2026 Nestlé start not recorded–present Nestlé (start not recorded) 1900192019401960198020002020
  1. Current owner Nestlé [1] reported

Where Maggi sits in Nestlé

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

Where Maggi sits in Nestlé Tree of 32 brands under Nestlé. Nestlé Maggi Aero Boost Carnation Cerelac Chocapic and 26 more

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Other brands owned by Nestlé

Nestlé controls 32 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in food.

Also in food

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Other brands in spices & seasonings, and who owns them

The 44 brands in spices & seasonings on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is Patisen, with 5.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
French's McCormick 🇺🇸 United States
ADJA Patisen 🇸🇳 Senegal
Del Fogón Quala 🇨🇴 Colombia
Ajinomoto Ajinomoto 🇯🇵 Japan
GRINI Alkaloid 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
Dash B&G Foods 🇺🇸 United States
Matsunsaeng Daesang 🇰🇷 South Korea
Fant Podravka 🇭🇷 Croatia

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About the owner: Nestlé

Nestlé is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 32 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: NESN.

Nestlé is a Swiss food and drink company formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company with Henri Nestlé's infant food business, and traces its origins to 1866. It is the largest food company in the world by revenue and is organised around coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery and water.

Nestlé: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇨🇭 Maggi and other Swiss brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 128 brands that began in Switzerland. 35 of them (27%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Maggi is not one of them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Maggi?

The parent company of Maggi is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.

Is Maggi Swiss?

Yes. Maggi originated in Switzerland in 1884 and its owner, Nestlé, is also headquartered in Switzerland.

Is Maggi still owned by Nestlé?

Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Maggi is still owned by Nestlé. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (2) & 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. [1] Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] USPTO: MAGGI, serial 71405175, registration 0374072 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.

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