Who owns Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter?
Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter is owned by Megmilk Snow Brand (Japan, TSE: 2270).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Megmilk Snow Brand Report 2025 (Integrated Report), pp. 1-14, MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1925
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Butter
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2270
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter
Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter is the product that the Hokkaido Cooperative Creamery Association, one of Megmilk Snow Brand's predecessors, launched after it began making and selling butter in 1925. The integrated report says the company kept improving quality in ingredients, packaging, transport and storage, and the website says butter has been produced since the founding and holds a stated 44 per cent share in its segment.
Ownership timeline of Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter
- Current owner Megmilk Snow Brand [1] reported
Where Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter sits in Megmilk Snow Brand
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Megmilk Snow Brand
Megmilk Snow Brand controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in butter, and who owns them
The 51 brands in butter on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is KKR, with 7; Megmilk Snow Brand has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Becel | KKR | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Breakstone's | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fleurial | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Familia | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Clover | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Mavesa | Empresas Polar | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| Anchor | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Rita | Patisen | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
About the owner: Megmilk Snow Brand
Megmilk Snow Brand is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2009. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2270.
Megmilk Snow Brand is a Japanese dairy group formed in 2009 when Snow Brand Milk Products and Nippon Milk Community were integrated; its lineage runs back to the Hokkaido Cooperative Creamery Association of 1925. Its integrated report gives fiscal 2024 net sales of 615.8 billion yen across dairy products, beverages and desserts, and feedstuffs and seed. Its shares are listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange under securities code 2270.
Megmilk Snow Brand: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter?
The parent company of Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter is Megmilk Snow Brand, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter Japanese?
Yes. Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter originated in Japan in 1925 and its owner, Megmilk Snow Brand, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter still owned by Megmilk Snow Brand?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Snow Brand Hokkaido Butter is still owned by Megmilk Snow Brand. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & 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] Megmilk Snow Brand Report 2025 (Integrated Report), pp. 1-14 — MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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