Who owns Stozhar?
Stozhar is owned by Kernel (Luxembourg, WSE: KER).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kernel Holding S.A. — Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2026, 2 October 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kernel Holding S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Origin
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Cooking oils
- Parent ticker
- WSE: KER
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Stozhar
Stozhar is a bottled sunflower oil that Kernel sells through Ukrainian retailers and distributors alongside Shchedryi Dar. It is one of four separately acquired trademarks in Kernel's accounts, all treated as having an indefinite useful life. At $5.5 million on 30 June 2026, it was the most valuable of the four on the balance sheet. Kernel says the four are used mostly in the Ukrainian market.
Ownership timeline of Stozhar
Where Stozhar sits in Kernel
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kernel
Kernel controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cooking oils, and who owns them
The 67 brands in cooking oils on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is Avril, with 8; Kernel has 2.
About the owner: Kernel
Kernel is a publicly listed company headquartered in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as WSE: KER.
Kernel is a Ukrainian agricultural group, registered in Luxembourg, that says it produces about 6% of the world's sunflower oil and handles about 10% of its exports. In the year to June 2026 it also shipped 15% of Ukraine's grain exports and farmed 530,000 hectares of leased land. Andrii Verevskyi founded the business in 1995. At 30 June 2026 his company Namsen Limited, of which he owns 100% of the beneficial interest, held 95.07% of the shares, and Kernel's delisting from the Warsaw exchange was still under way.
🇺🇦 Stozhar and other Ukrainian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 30 brands that began in Ukraine. 10 of them (33%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Stozhar among them.
- Assilah — MHP 🇨🇾
- Beermix — Obolon 🇺🇦
- Club 4 Paws — Kormotech 🇺🇦
- SkyUp — SkyUp 🇺🇦
- Bashchynsky — MHP 🇨🇾
- HO Snacks — MHP 🇨🇾
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Stozhar?
The parent company of Stozhar is Kernel, a publicly listed company headquartered in Luxembourg.
Is Stozhar Ukrainian or Luxembourgish?
Stozhar originated in Ukraine, but it is owned today by Kernel, which is headquartered in Luxembourg. So Stozhar is a Ukrainian-origin brand under Luxembourgish ownership.
Is Stozhar still owned by Kernel?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, Stozhar is still owned by Kernel. 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] Kernel Holding S.A. — Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2026 — Kernel Holding S.A., Annual report, published 2 October 2026; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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