Who owns Stella?
Stella is owned by Saputo (Canada, TSX: SAP), which has owned the brand since 1997.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations, Saputo Inc, 14 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Saputo Inc. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Montréal
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Cheese
- Parent ticker
- TSX: SAP
- Trademark registrant
- SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Stella
Stella is Saputo's Italian-style cheese brand in the United States. Saputo says its acquisition of Stella Foods at the end of the 1990s tripled the size of the company and made it one of the leading natural cheese producers in the US, where it now ranks among the top three cheese makers and the top mozzarella producers.
Trademark record for Stella
The USPTO record for the Stella mark lists SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. as the owner of record (serial number 75261596). That name matches the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of Stella
Where Stella sits in Saputo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Saputo
Saputo controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cheese, and who owns them
The 99 brands in cheese on Brandtree belong to 40 owners. The largest is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, with 9; Saputo has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alouette | Savencia Fromage & Dairy | 🇫🇷 France |
| Athenos | Emmi | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Amalattea | Granarolo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Galbani | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Arla | Arla Foods | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Babybel | Bel Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fetaxa | Hochland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Brest-Litovsk | Savushkin Product | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
About the owner: Saputo
Saputo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Montréal, Canada, founded in 1954. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: SAP.
Saputo was founded in Montréal in 1954 by a family from Montelepre in Sicily, with $500 of equipment and a bicycle for deliveries. It became Canada's most important mozzarella producer, went public in 1997, and says it is one of the top ten dairy processors in the world, with leading positions in Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. It is now shrinking at the edges: in fiscal 2026 it sold King Island Dairy and two Australian fresh milk plants, in February 2026 agreed to sell 80 per cent of its Argentine dairy division to Gloria Foods, and on 14 August 2026 agreed to sell its UK division, including Cathedral City, to Lactalis, with closing expected by the end of March 2027.
🇺🇸 Stella and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Stella among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Stella?
The parent company of Stella is Saputo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Stella American or Canadian?
Stella originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Saputo, which is headquartered in Canada. So Stella is an American-origin brand under Canadian ownership.
Since when has Saputo owned Stella?
Saputo has owned Stella since 1997.
Is Stella still owned by Saputo?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Stella is still owned by Saputo. 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] Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations — Saputo Inc., Official press release, published 14 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Saputo History 1990 — Saputo Inc., Official document; retrieved 11 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: STELLA, serial 75261596 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 11 October 2026.
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