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Who owns Milka?

Milka is owned by Mondelēz (the United States, NASDAQ: MDLZ).[1]

Evidence: Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04, SEC EDGAR, 4 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Mondelez International, Inc. verified
Owner HQ
🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
Origin
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Founded
1901
Category
Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
Parent ticker
NASDAQ: MDLZ
Trademark registrant
KRAFT FOODS SCHWEIZ HOLDING GMBH (USPTO)
Last verified
· 3 sources

About Milka

Milka is an alpine milk chocolate brand created in Switzerland in 1901, named from the German words for milk and cocoa. Its lilac packaging was trademarked as a colour, and the lilac cow that has advertised it since the 1970s is among the most recognised confectionery mascots in continental Europe.

How often Mondelēz names Milka in its annual report

A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.

Annual report filedTimes Milka is named
20263
20252
20242

Trademark record for Milka

The USPTO record for the Milka mark lists KRAFT FOODS SCHWEIZ HOLDING GMBH as the owner of record (serial number 71006766). 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 Milka

Owners of Milka over 1901 to 2026 Mondelēz start not recorded–present Mondelēz (start not recorded) 192019401960198020002020
  1. Current owner Mondelēz [1] verified

Where Milka sits in Mondelēz

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

Where Milka sits in Mondelēz Tree of 28 brands under Mondelēz. Mondelēz Milka belVita Cadbury Cadbury Creme Egg Cadbury Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! and 22 more

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Other brands owned by Mondelēz

Mondelēz controls 28 brands on Brandtree, 26 of them in food.

Also in food

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Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them

The 131 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9; Mondelēz has 9.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
Bounty Mars 🇺🇸 United States
Danusia Wawel 🇵🇱 Poland
Elizabeth Shaw Colian 🇵🇱 Poland
Baby Ruth Ferrero 🇮🇹 Italy
Almond Joy Hershey 🇺🇸 United States
Caffarel Lindt & Sprüngli 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Eitt Sett Nói Síríus 🇮🇸 Iceland
Águila Arcor 🇦🇷 Argentina

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About the owner: Mondelēz

Mondelēz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 2012. Brandtree records 28 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MDLZ.

Mondelēz International is the snacks company created in 2012 when Kraft Foods split in two, keeping the global biscuit, chocolate and gum businesses while the North American grocery business became Kraft Foods Group.

Mondelēz: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇨🇭 Milka 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, Milka among them.

All Swiss brands and who owns them →

Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Milka?

The parent company of Milka is Mondelēz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Milka Swiss or American?

Milka originated in Switzerland in 1901, but it is owned today by Mondelēz, which is headquartered in the United States. So Milka is a Swiss-origin brand under American ownership.

Is Milka still owned by Mondelēz?

Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Milka is still owned by Mondelēz. 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. [1] Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 4 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] USPTO: MILKA, serial 71006766, registration 54527 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
  3. [3] Mondelēz International — our brands: Milka — Mondelēz International, Inc., Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.

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