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Who owns Ritz?

Ritz is owned by Mondelēz (the United States, NASDAQ: MDLZ).[1]

Evidence: Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04, SEC EDGAR, 4 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Mondelez International, Inc. verified
Owner HQ
🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
Origin
🇺🇸 United States
Founded
1934
Category
Food › Snacks › Cookies & crackers
Parent ticker
NASDAQ: MDLZ
Trademark registrant
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC (USPTO)
Last verified
· 3 sources

About Ritz

Ritz crackers were introduced by Nabisco in 1934, a buttery round cracker launched during the Depression and named to evoke luxury that most buyers could not otherwise afford. The scalloped edge and seven perforations have been unchanged for decades and are part of the registered trade dress.

How often Mondelēz names Ritz 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.

Annual report filedTimes Ritz is named
20261
20251
20241

Trademark record for Ritz

The USPTO record for the Ritz mark lists INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC as the owner of record (serial number 71426956). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]

Ownership timeline of Ritz

Owners of Ritz over 1934 to 2026 Mondelēz start not recorded–present Mondelēz (start not recorded) 19401960198020002020
  1. Current owner Mondelēz [1] verified

Where Ritz sits in Mondelēz

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Ritz sits in Mondelēz Tree of 28 brands under Mondelēz. Mondelēz Ritz belVita Cadbury Cadbury Creme Egg Cadbury Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! and 22 more

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Other brands owned by Mondelēz

Mondelēz controls 28 brands on Brandtree, 26 of them in food.

Also in food

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Other brands in cookies & crackers, and who owns them

The 137 brands in cookies & crackers on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is Valeo Foods, with 13; Mondelēz has 12.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
Andante Valeo Foods 🇮🇪 Ireland
Choco Mucho Rebisco 🇵🇭 Philippines
Eti Burçak Eti 🇹🇷 Turkey
emNAU Paradise Foods 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Fortaleza M. Dias Branco 🇧🇷 Brazil
Biskrem Ülker Bisküvi 🇹🇷 Turkey
Bourbon Britannia 🇮🇳 India
Carr's pladis 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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About the owner: Mondelēz

Mondelēz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 2012. Brandtree records 28 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MDLZ.

Mondelēz International is the snacks company created in 2012 when Kraft Foods split in two, keeping the global biscuit, chocolate and gum businesses while the North American grocery business became Kraft Foods Group.

Mondelēz: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇺🇸 Ritz and other American brands

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; Ritz is not one of them.

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Official recalls involving Ritz products

5 recall notices from government regulators matched to Ritz. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.

Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Ritz?

The parent company of Ritz is Mondelēz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.

Is Ritz American?

Yes. Ritz originated in the United States in 1934 and its owner, Mondelēz, is also headquartered in the United States.

Is Ritz still owned by Mondelēz?

Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Ritz is still owned by Mondelēz. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (3) & 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. [1] Mondelez International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 4 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  2. [2] USPTO: RITZ, serial 71426956, registration 388522 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
  3. [3] Mondelēz International — our brands: Ritz — Mondelēz International, Inc., Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.

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