Who owns Optimum?
Optimum is owned by Vinamilk (Vietnam, HOSE: VNM).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Vinamilk 2025 Annual Report, Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company, 19 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
- Origin
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Category
- Food › Baby & infant food › Infant formula
- Parent ticker
- HOSE: VNM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Optimum
Optimum is Vinamilk's premium infant and child formula line and its lead brand in a powdered milk category that returned to double-digit growth in 2025. That year it launched Optimum A2 Pro+, a ready-to-drink infant formula made with A2 beta-casein protein, which the company markets as easier to digest than conventional milk protein.
Ownership timeline of Optimum
Where Optimum sits in Vinamilk
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Vinamilk
Vinamilk controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in infant formula, and who owns them
The 25 brands in infant formula on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is The a2 Milk Company, with 4; Vinamilk has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| a2 Genesis | The a2 Milk Company | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| BebeLait | Nutridar | 🇯🇴 Jordan |
| EleCare | Abbott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bellamy's Organic | Mengniu | 🇨🇳 China |
| I'm Mother | Namyang Dairy | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Nuralac | Almarai | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Bubs | Bubs Australia | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Aptamil | Danone | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: Vinamilk
Vinamilk is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, founded in 1976. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as HOSE: VNM.
Vinamilk was founded in 1976 as the Southern Milk-Coffee Company, taking over three nationalised factories, was equitised and renamed in 2003, and listed in Ho Chi Minh City in 2006. It is Vietnam's largest dairy company, with consolidated revenue of VND 63,724 billion in 2025 and products in nearly nine of every ten Vietnamese households according to Kantar. State shareholders still hold 36 per cent. Its foreign operations include wholly owned dairies in Cambodia and California and a majority stake in a farming venture in Laos.
🇻🇳 Optimum and other Vietnamese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 67 brands that began in Vietnam. 12 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Optimum is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Optimum?
The parent company of Optimum is Vinamilk, a publicly listed company headquartered in Vietnam.
Is Optimum Vietnamese?
Yes. Optimum originated in Vietnam and its owner, Vinamilk, is also headquartered in Vietnam.
Is Optimum still owned by Vinamilk?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Optimum is still owned by Vinamilk. 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] Vinamilk 2025 Annual Report — Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company, Annual report, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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