Who owns Melona?
Melona is owned by Binggrae (South Korea, KRX: 005180).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Binggrae 2026 Sustainability Report, Binggrae Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Binggrae Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Namyangju
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 1992
- Category
- Food › Frozen food › Ice cream
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 005180
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Melona
Melona is a green, rectangular melon-flavoured ice cream bar that Binggrae released in January 1992 and calls a living legend of the Korean ice cream industry. It is one of Binggrae's main export products, and Binggrae, which sells in the United States and Canada through retailers including Costco and Walmart, says it was the first Korean company to make Melona locally for the US market. In 2017 the brand ran a collaboration with the Korean fashion label SPAO.
Ownership timeline of Melona
Where Melona sits in Binggrae
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Binggrae
Binggrae controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in food.
Also in food
- Banana-Flavored Milk (1974)
- Bravo Cone
- Crab Chips (1986)
- Samanco (1991)
- THE:Danbaek (2021)
- Together (1974)
Other brands in ice cream, and who owns them
The 74 brands in ice cream on Brandtree belong to 34 owners. The largest is The Magnum Ice Cream Company, with 14; Binggrae has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ben & Jerry's | The Magnum Ice Cream Company | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Drumstick | Froneri | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Dippin' Dots | J&J Snack Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Deluxe | Mengniu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Choco Monaka Jumbo | Morinaga | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Gala | Paradise Foods | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea |
| Ice Vegas | Poulina | 🇹🇳 Tunisia |
| Chocliz | Yili | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: Binggrae
Binggrae is a publicly listed company headquartered in Namyangju, South Korea, founded in 1967. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 005180.
Binggrae was established on 13 September 1967 as Daeil Yanghang, took the Binggrae name in 1982 and listed on the Korean stock exchange in 1978. It makes flavoured milk, ice cream, yogurt, coffee drinks and snacks from five plants in Korea and has sales subsidiaries in China, the United States, Vietnam and Australia; consolidated sales were about 1.49 trillion won in 2025. It bought Haitai Ice Cream in October 2020 and absorbed it in a small-scale merger in April 2026.
🇰🇷 Melona and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 237 brands that began in South Korea. 12 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Melona is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Melona?
The parent company of Melona is Binggrae, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Melona South Korean?
Yes. Melona originated in South Korea in 1992 and its owner, Binggrae, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Melona still owned by Binggrae?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Melona is still owned by Binggrae. 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] Binggrae 2026 Sustainability Report — Binggrae Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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