S.Pellegrino is an Italian sparkling mineral water bottled in Lombardy since 1899, sold in its distinctive green bottle with a red star and closely associated with restaurant table service. Nestlé acquired the business in 1998, and the company also produces a range of sparkling fruit beverages under the same name.
Trademark record for S.Pellegrino
The USPTO record for the S.Pellegrino mark lists SANPELLEGRINO S.P.A. as the owner of record (serial number 75472918). 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.[4]
Nestlé is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, founded in 1866. Brandtree records 32 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: NESN.
Nestlé is a Swiss food and drink company formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company with Henri Nestlé's infant food business, and traces its origins to 1866. It is the largest food company in the world by revenue and is organised around coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery and water.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 210 brands that began in Italy.
77 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, S.Pellegrino among them.
Nestlé agreed to put its waters and premium beverages business, more than thirty brands including S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna and Nestlé Pure Life, into Peranel, a new company owned 50:50 with the private equity firm Platinum Equity, at an enterprise value of €4.9 billion. Nestlé would receive about €3.0 billion in cash. The result would mirror Froneri, the ice cream venture Nestlé formed with PAI Partners: famous Nestlé brands in a company Nestlé does not control.
The parent company of S.Pellegrino is Nestlé, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is S.Pellegrino Italian or Swiss?
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S.Pellegrino originated in Italy in 1899, but it is owned today by Nestlé, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So S.Pellegrino is an Italian-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Since when has Nestlé owned S.Pellegrino?
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Nestlé has owned S.Pellegrino since 1998.
Is S.Pellegrino still owned by Nestlé?
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Yes. As of 26 September 2026, S.Pellegrino is still owned by Nestlé. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (4) & 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]Nestlé S.A. Annual Report 2025 — Nestlé S.A., Annual report, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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