Silk is owned by Danone (France, EPA: BN), which acquired the brand on 12 April 2017, as part of a $12.5 billion deal that also included Alpro and International Delight.[1][2] Silk was founded in 1996 in the United States and was independent until 2017.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Danone Universal Registration Document 2025, Danone S.A, 4 March 2026. Last checked .
Silk is the leading plant-based milk brand in the United States, founded in 1996 and named as a contraction of soy and milk. It moved into almond and oat drinks as those categories overtook soy. Danone acquired it with WhiteWave Foods in 2017 for $12.5 billion.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Danone controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Danone has more brands in plant-based dairy on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 27.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Carnation | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Oddlygood | Valio | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Valsoia | Valsoia | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Nurishh | Bel Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Almond Breeze | Blue Diamond Growers | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Coco Mama | Century Pacific | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| F&N NutriWell | F&N Holdings | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Fazer Aito | Fazer | 🇫🇮 Finland |
Danone is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1919. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: BN.
Danone began in Barcelona in 1919 when Isaac Carasso started making yoghurt with cultures from the Pasteur Institute, naming it after his son Daniel. It is now a French company focused on dairy and plant-based products, waters and specialised nutrition.
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, Silk among them.
Danone acquired WhiteWave Foods for about $12.5 billion, buying Alpro in Europe and Silk in America. It made Danone the clear leader in plant-based drinks, and the Department of Justice required the divestiture of its own American organic milk business to clear it.
The parent company of Silk is Danone, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Silk originated in the United States in 1996, but it is owned today by Danone, which is headquartered in France. So Silk is an American-origin brand under French ownership.
Danone completed its acquisition of Silk on 12 April 2017, after announcing the deal on 7 July 2016. The deal, which also included Alpro and International Delight, was valued at $12.5 billion (enterprise value).
Silk was an independent company from its founding in 1996 until Danone acquired it in 2017.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Silk is still owned by Danone. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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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