Who owns Nice?
Nice is owned by Zain Snax (Iraq).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Zain Snax — official website. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Zain Snax reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇶 Iraq, Erbil · browse countries
- Origin
- 🇮🇶 Iraq · browse countries
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Salty snacks
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Nice
Nice is Zain Snax's flagship potato chips brand, advertised on the company's own site with the tagline "Try Our Nice Potato Chips!" and made from natural potatoes at the company's Erbil facility. It is the brand Zain Snax leads its product line with and the one the company credits most directly for its growth in demand and sales across the Iraqi snacks market since the factory's 2004 founding.
Ownership timeline of Nice
Where Nice sits in Zain Snax
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in salty snacks, and who owns them
The 100 brands in salty snacks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 12.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cheetos | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Calbee Potato Chips | Calbee | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Boyki | Siantar Top | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cape Cod | Campbell's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bonitas | Vitaminka | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia |
| Act II | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Diana | Diana | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
| Chiki | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: Zain Snax
Zain Snax is a privately held company headquartered in Erbil, Iraq, founded in 2004. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
Zain Snax is a potato chip and snack manufacturer based in Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, established in 2004 by Mohamed Kaka Ahmed El Najjar, chairman of Zain International Group for Industrial & Commercial Investments, the conglomerate Zain Snax operates under. The company's own site describes a modern facility using natural potatoes with production capacity exceeding 15 million cartons a year, supplying the chips and snacks market across Iraq.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Nice?
The parent company of Nice is Zain Snax, a privately held company headquartered in Iraq.
Is Nice Iraqi?
Yes. Nice originated in Iraq in 2004 and its owner, Zain Snax, is also headquartered in Iraq.
Is Nice still owned by Zain Snax?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Nice is still owned by Zain Snax. 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] Zain Snax — official website — Zain Snax, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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