Who owns Stove Top?
Stove Top is owned by Kraft Heinz (the United States, NASDAQ: KHC), which has owned the brand since 2 July 2015.[1]
Evidence: The Kraft Heinz Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Kraft Heinz Company verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1972
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Canned & shelf-stable meals
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: KHC
- Trademark registrant
- KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Stove Top
Stove Top stuffing was invented in 1972 by a General Foods food scientist who worked out how to make bread cubes rehydrate to the right texture in five minutes. It sells enormously around American Thanksgiving. Kraft Heinz owns it, and a large share of its annual volume moves in the single week before the holiday.
Trademark record for Stove Top
The USPTO record for the Stove Top mark lists KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC as the owner of record (serial number 73290336). 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.[2]
Ownership timeline of Stove Top
- 2015 – present Kraft Heinz [1] verified
Where Stove Top sits in Kraft Heinz
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 19 of them in food.
Also in food
- A.1. (1824)
- Bagel Bites (1985)
- Classico (1985)
- Cracker Barrel (1954)
- Devour (2016)
- Grey Poupon (1777)
- Heinz (1869)
- Heinz Baked Beans (1886)
- HP Sauce (1895)
- Jell-O (1897)
- Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (1937)
- Lunchables (1988)
- Miracle Whip (1933)
- Ore-Ida (1952)
- Oscar Mayer (1883)
- Philadelphia (North America) (1872)
- Shake 'N Bake (1965)
- Velveeta (1918)
Other brands in canned & shelf-stable meals, and who owns them
The 74 brands in canned & shelf-stable meals on Brandtree belong to 43 owners. The largest is Thai Union, with 13; Kraft Heinz has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken of the Sea | Thai Union | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Albert Heijn | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bonduelle | Bonduelle | 🇫🇷 France |
| Aunt Nellie's | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aldi (Nord) | Aldi Nord | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aldi (Süd) | Aldi Süd | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| 365 by Whole Foods Market | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 555 | Century Pacific | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
About the owner: Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, founded in 2015. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: KHC.
Kraft Heinz was created in 2015 by the merger of Kraft Foods Group and H. J. Heinz, a deal engineered by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway remains its largest shareholder.
🇺🇸 Stove Top and other American brands
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; Stove Top is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Stove Top?
The parent company of Stove Top is Kraft Heinz, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Stove Top American?
Yes. Stove Top originated in the United States in 1972 and its owner, Kraft Heinz, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Kraft Heinz owned Stove Top?
Kraft Heinz has owned Stove Top since 2 July 2015.
Is Stove Top still owned by Kraft Heinz?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Stove Top is still owned by Kraft Heinz. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] The Kraft Heinz Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: STOVE TOP, serial 73290336, registration 1183162 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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