Who owns Milo?
Milo 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
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Founded
- 1934
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Hot chocolate & malt drinks
- Parent ticker
- SIX: NESN
- Trademark registrant
- Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Milo
Milo is a malted chocolate drink powder developed in Australia in 1934 by a Nestlé chemist during the Depression, formulated to add nutrients to milk for children. It is sold mainly in Southeast Asia, Australasia, Africa and Latin America, where it is often drunk cold and is closely tied to youth sport sponsorship.
Trademark record for Milo
The USPTO record for the Milo mark lists Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. as the owner of record (serial number 85751475). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Milo
Where Milo sits in Nestlé
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nestlé
Nestlé controls 32 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Nescafé (1938)
- Nescafé Dolce Gusto (2006)
- Nescafé Gold Blend (1965)
- Nescau (1932)
- Nespresso (1986)
- Nesquik (1948)
- Nesquik Ready to Drink (2002)
- Perrier (1863)
- S.Pellegrino (1899)
- Vittel (1854)
Founded in the 1930s
- Aero (1935)
- Friskies (1934)
- KitKat (1935)
- Nestlé Toll House (1939)
- Smarties (1937)
Other brands in hot chocolate & malt drinks, and who owns them
The 22 brands in hot chocolate & malt drinks on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is CasaLuker, with 4; Nestlé has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolatada | CasaLuker | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Ovaltine | Associated British Foods | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Malta Balashi | Balashi Brewery | 🇦🇼 Aruba |
| Malta India | Cervecera de Puerto Rico | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico |
| Toddy | Empresas Polar | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| Coco Crush | Flour Mills of Nigeria | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Malta Rica | Grupo Rica | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
| Malta H | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
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.
🇦🇺 Milo and other Australian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 214 brands that began in Australia. 64 of them (30%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Milo among them.
- 19 Crimes — Treasury Wine Estates 🇦🇺
- Barossa Valley Estate — Delegat 🇳🇿
- Carlton Draught — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Daily Juice — Bega 🇦🇺
- Kilikanoon — Changyu 🇨🇳
- 7plus — Southern Cross Media Group 🇦🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Milo?
The parent company of Milo is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Milo Australian or Swiss?
Milo originated in Australia in 1934, but it is owned today by Nestlé, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Milo is an Australian-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Milo still owned by Nestlé?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Milo 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] Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: MILO, serial 85751475, registration 4346652 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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