Who owns Sour Patch Kids?
Sour Patch Kids 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
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Founded
- 1985
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Candy & sugar confectionery
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MDLZ
- Trademark registrant
- MONDELEZ CANADA INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Sour Patch Kids
Sour Patch Kids are sour-then-sweet gummy sweets developed in Canada in the 1970s as Mars Men and renamed for the United States launch in 1985, when the Cabbage Patch Kids doll craze made the name commercially useful. The advertising has been built on the sour-then-sweet sequence ever since.
Trademark record for Sour Patch Kids
The USPTO record for the Sour Patch Kids mark lists MONDELEZ CANADA INC. as the owner of record (serial number 88122117). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Sour Patch Kids
Where Sour Patch Kids sits in Mondelēz
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Mondelēz
Mondelēz controls 28 brands on Brandtree, 26 of them in food.
Also in food
- belVita (2010)
- Cadbury (1824)
- Cadbury Creme Egg (1963)
- Cadbury Dairy Milk (1905)
- Chips Ahoy! (1963)
- Clif Bar (1992)
- Club Social (1962)
- Côte d'Or (1883)
- Daim (1953)
- Freia (1889)
- LU (1846)
- Marabou (1916)
- Milka (1901)
- Nutter Butter (1969)
- Oreo (1912)
- Philadelphia (1872)
- Premium (1876)
- Prince (1961)
Other brands in candy & sugar confectionery, and who owns them
The 83 brands in candy & sugar confectionery on Brandtree belong to 36 owners. The largest is Cloetta, with 6; Mondelēz has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ahlgrens bilar | Cloetta | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bottle Caps | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Charleston Chew | Tootsie Roll | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bon Bon Bum | Colombina | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Candy Kittens | Katjes International | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Airheads | Perfetti Van Melle | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Goldbears | Haribo | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Háls | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
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.
🇨🇦 Sour Patch Kids and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 178 brands that began in Canada. 45 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Sour Patch Kids among them.
- Alexis de Portneuf — Saputo 🇨🇦
- Baby Gourmet — Hero Group 🇨🇭
- EnviroKidz — Nature's Path 🇨🇦
- Fantino & Mondello — Maple Leaf Foods 🇨🇦
- Freybe — Premium Brands 🇨🇦
- Gardein — Conagra Brands 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sour Patch Kids?
The parent company of Sour Patch Kids is Mondelēz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Sour Patch Kids Canadian or American?
Sour Patch Kids originated in Canada in 1985, but it is owned today by Mondelēz, which is headquartered in the United States. So Sour Patch Kids is a Canadian-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Sour Patch Kids still owned by Mondelēz?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Sour Patch Kids 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] 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] USPTO: SOUR PATCH KIDS, serial 88122117, registration 5733600 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [3] Mondelēz International — our brands: Sour Patch Kids — Mondelēz International, Inc., Official document; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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