Popsicle is owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company (the Netherlands, AEX: MAGNUM), which was separated from Unilever on 8 December 2025.[1][2] Before The Magnum Ice Cream Company, Popsicle was owned by Unilever to 2025.[1]
Popsicle is the American ice lolly brand whose name became a generic term in the United States. It dates to a frozen soda-and-stick invention patented in 1923, and the twin-stick format was introduced during the Depression so two children could share one for a nickel.
What The Magnum Ice Cream Company's annual report says about Popsicle
Sentences about Popsicle from The Magnum Ice Cream Company's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The successful relaunch of Popsicle - rebuilding the yellow door' - delivered mid single-digit OSG.
How often The Magnum Ice Cream Company names Popsicle 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 Magnum Ice Cream Company is a publicly listed company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2025. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as AEX: MAGNUM, LSE: MAGN and NYSE: MICC.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is the ice cream business demerged from Unilever and listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange on 8 December 2025. It describes itself as the world's largest ice cream company, with turnover of €7.9 billion in 2025 and around 16,500 employees. Unilever retained a 19.9% stake at admission.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States.
478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Popsicle among them.
Unilever separated its ice cream business as The Magnum Ice Cream Company, whose shares were admitted to trading on Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange on 8 December 2025. Unilever shareholders received shares in the new company as a demerger dividend, and Unilever retained a 19.9% stake at admission.
The parent company of Popsicle is The Magnum Ice Cream Company, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Netherlands.
Is Popsicle American or Dutch?
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Popsicle originated in the United States in 1923, but it is owned today by The Magnum Ice Cream Company, which is headquartered in the Netherlands. So Popsicle is an American-origin brand under Dutch ownership.
Since when has The Magnum Ice Cream Company owned Popsicle?
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The Magnum Ice Cream Company has owned Popsicle since 8 December 2025.
Who owned Popsicle before The Magnum Ice Cream Company?
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Before The Magnum Ice Cream Company, Popsicle was owned by Unilever until 2025.
Is Popsicle still owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company?
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Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Popsicle is still owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company. 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.
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