Who owns Sugar Free?
Sugar Free is owned by Zydus Lifesciences (India, NSE: ZYDUSLIFE) through its subsidiary Zydus Wellness.[1]
Zydus Lifesciences owns 57.59% of Zydus Wellness rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Zydus Wellness Limited Integrated Annual Report 2025-26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Zydus Lifesciences Limited via Zydus Wellness reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India, Ahmedabad
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweeteners
- Parent ticker
- NSE: ZYDUSLIFE BSE: 532321
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sugar Free
Sugar Free is India's leading sugar substitute brand, with a 96.1% share of its category according to Zydus Wellness. The range covers Sugar Free Gold+ with sucralose and chromium, Sugar Free Natura made with sucralose, the stevia-based Sugar Free Green, which has grown by double digits for 20 quarters, and Sugar Free D'lite no-added-sugar snacks and chocolates. It came from Zydus Lifesciences.
Ownership timeline of Sugar Free
- Current owner Zydus Lifesciences via Zydus Wellness [1] reported
Where Sugar Free sits in Zydus Lifesciences
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Zydus Lifesciences ownership tree →
See the full Zydus Lifesciences brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by Zydus Lifesciences
Zydus Lifesciences controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweeteners, and who owns them
The 35 brands in sweeteners on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Tereos, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Koronás Cukor | AGRANA | 🇦🇹 Austria |
| Jelgavas Cukurs | Nordzucker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Béghin Say | Tereos | 🇫🇷 France |
| Cukier Królewski | Südzucker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Lantic | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Brownie | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Azərşəkər | Azersun | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
| Skor | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
About the owner: Zydus Lifesciences
Zydus Lifesciences is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE: ZYDUSLIFE and BSE: 532321.
Zydus Lifesciences Limited is an Indian company incorporated in 1995 whose registered office is at Zydus Corporate Park, Khoraj (Gandhinagar), Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad. Its business responsibility and sustainability report for 2025-26, dated 10 July 2026, gives its main activities as pharmaceuticals (82.56% of turnover), consumer wellness (14.56%) and medical devices (2.88%). Zydus Wellness's 2025-26 integrated annual report names Zydus Lifesciences as its holding company with 183,237,545 equity shares, or 57.59%, and records the Zydus Family Trust as the entity having control over Zydus Lifesciences.
Zydus Lifesciences: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇳 Sugar Free and other Indian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 288 brands that began in India. 9 of them (3%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sugar Free is not one of them.
- Aashirvaad — ITC 🇮🇳
- Amul — Amul 🇮🇳
- Arokya — Hatsun Agro 🇮🇳
- Bourbon — Bombay Burmah 🇮🇳
- Daawat — LT Foods 🇮🇳
- Dabur Chyawanprash — Dabur 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sugar Free?
The parent company of Sugar Free is Zydus Lifesciences, a publicly listed company headquartered in India. Sugar Free sits under Zydus Lifesciences' subsidiary Zydus Wellness.
Is Sugar Free Indian?
Yes. Sugar Free originated in India and its owner, Zydus Lifesciences, is also headquartered in India.
Is Sugar Free still owned by Zydus Lifesciences?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sugar Free is still owned by Zydus Lifesciences. 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] Zydus Wellness Limited Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 — Zydus Wellness Limited, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.