Who owns Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi?
Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi is owned by Haitai (South Korea, KRX: 101530), which has owned the brand since 11 September 2014.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Haitai Confectionery & Foods Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 18 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Haitai Confectionery & Foods Co., Ltd. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Cheonan
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Ice cream & dessert chains
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 101530
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi
Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi is an Italian gelato maker and seller, run by a company incorporated on 30 September 1985. Haitai signed to buy the Italian head office in July 2014 and acquired its shares on 11 September 2014; it owns 100% of it and of Palazzo Co. in Seoul, an ice cream maker and retailer that Haitai first invested in in 2008. The Korean company lost 811 million won in 2025, and Haitai put 2 billion won of new capital into it.
Ownership timeline of Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi
Where Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi sits in Haitai
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Haitai
Haitai controls 9 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in ice cream & dessert chains, and who owns them
The 12 brands in ice cream & dessert chains on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is MTY Group, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cold Stone Creamery | MTY Group | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| After You | After You | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Dairy Queen | Berkshire Hathaway | 🇺🇸 United States |
| La Estación | Dos Pinos | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| Milky Lane | Famous Brands | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Helados Bon | Grupo Nutresa | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Ibaco | Hatsun Agro | 🇮🇳 India |
| Baskin-Robbins | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Haitai
Haitai is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cheonan, South Korea, founded in 2001. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 101530.
Haitai Confectionery & Foods is a South Korean maker of biscuits, snacks, gum, candy, chocolate, pies and frozen dumplings, registered in Cheonan. Its business goes back to a candy and caramel partnership founded in 1945; the present company was incorporated on 11 July 2001. It was owned by a UBS-led financial consortium until a consortium led by its rival Crown Confectionery bought it in 2005. Crown Haitai Holdings holds 60.0% of its shares, which have traded on the Korea Exchange since May 2016. Sales were 641.4 billion won in 2025. It split off and sold its ice cream business in 2020, and holds 50% of Haitai Calbee and 40% of Glico Haitai.
🇮🇹 Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 212 brands that began in Italy. 79 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi?
The parent company of Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi is Haitai, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi Italian or South Korean?
Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi originated in Italy, but it is owned today by Haitai, which is headquartered in South Korea. So Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi is an Italian-origin brand under South Korean ownership.
Since when has Haitai owned Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi?
Haitai has owned Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi since 11 September 2014.
Is Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi still owned by Haitai?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, Palazzo del Freddo Giovanni Fassi is still owned by Haitai. 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] Haitai Confectionery & Foods Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — Haitai Confectionery & Foods Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 26 October 2026.
- [2] Haitai Confectionery & Foods — 연혁 (company history) — Haitai Confectionery & Foods Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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