Who owns Sunoko?
Sunoko is owned by MK Group (Serbia), which has owned the brand since 2000.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: MK Group — corporate website, MK Group d.o.o. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- MK Group d.o.o. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇸 Serbia, Belgrade
- Origin
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweeteners
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sunoko
Sunoko is MK Group's sugar brand, sold as fine white crystal sugar alongside natural brown sugar and powdered sugar, produced at factories in Vrbas (whose Bačka sugar mill dates to 1912) and Pećinci (founded 1976) with a combined daily processing capacity of over 15,000 tonnes of sugar beet. MK Group has run sugar factories at Pećinci, Vrbas and Kovačica since 2000, building Sunoko into the largest sugar producer in the wider region and, the company says, the reason Serbia is the only Balkan country self-sufficient in sugar, with capacity to grow exports further.
Ownership timeline of Sunoko
Where Sunoko sits in MK Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by MK Group
MK Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
- Carnex (1958)
- Dijamant (1961)
- Dobro Jutro
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: MK Group
MK Group is a privately held company headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia, founded in 1983. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
MK Group grew out of a small private trading business Miodrag Kostić started in Novi Sad, Serbia in 1983, importing and exporting spare parts for the sugar industry; it now describes itself as investing €1.6 billion in expansion and employing around 7,000 people across agriculture, sugar, meat, bioprocessing, oil, hospitality, real estate and energy divisions, headquartered in Belgrade. Its consumer-facing businesses have mostly come through acquisition of established regional food producers — sugar mills from 2000, the meat company Carnex in 2011, and the oils and margarine maker Dijamant from Croatia's Fortenova Group in June 2026 — rather than from brands it built itself. Miodrag Kostić died in November 2024; the company continues under the family's ownership.
🇷🇸 Sunoko and other Serbian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 29 brands that began in Serbia. 10 of them (34%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sunoko is not one of them.
- Bananica — Atlantic Grupa 🇭🇷
- Banat 1894 — Swisslion-Takovo 🇷🇸
- Tomatello — Nectar Group 🇷🇸
- Air Serbia — Air Serbia 🇷🇸
- IDEA — Fortenova Group 🇭🇷
- OTP Bank Serbia — OTP Bank 🇭🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sunoko?
The parent company of Sunoko is MK Group, a privately held company headquartered in Serbia.
Is Sunoko Serbian?
Yes. Sunoko originated in Serbia and its owner, MK Group, is also headquartered in Serbia.
Since when has MK Group owned Sunoko?
MK Group has owned Sunoko since 2000.
Is Sunoko still owned by MK Group?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Sunoko is still owned by MK Group. 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] MK Group — corporate website — MK Group d.o.o., Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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