Who owns Tic Tac?
Tic Tac is owned by Ferrero (Italy).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ferrero Group — our brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ferrero Group reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Alba
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Founded
- 1969
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Gum & mints
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tic Tac
Tic Tac mints were launched in 1969 as Refreshing Mints and renamed after the sound the flip-top box makes. The box design has been essentially unchanged since, and the product's serving size was set so that the packaging could legally state zero sugar in some markets despite being mostly sugar.
Ownership timeline of Tic Tac
Where Tic Tac sits in Ferrero
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Ferrero ownership tree →
See the full Ferrero brand portfolio (23) →
Other brands owned by Ferrero
Ferrero controls 23 brands on Brandtree, 23 of them in food.
Also in food
- Baby Ruth (1921)
- Blue Bunny (1935)
- Bottle Caps (1972)
- Brach's (1904)
- Butterfinger (1923)
- Crunch (1928)
- Famous Amos (1975)
- Ferrero Rocher (1982)
- Froot Loops (1963)
- Frosted Flakes (1952)
- Halo Top (2012)
- Keebler (1853)
- Kellogg's Corn Flakes (1894)
- Kinder (1968)
- Laffy Taffy (1970)
- Nerds (1983)
- Nutella (1964)
- Raisin Bran (1942)
Other brands in gum & mints, and who owns them
The 22 brands in gum & mints on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Mars, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Altoids | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Menthoplus | Arcor | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Läkerol | Cloetta | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Fresh | Kenafric | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Dubble Bubble | Tootsie Roll | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Biodent | Golrang Industrial Group | 🇮🇷 Iran |
| Ice Breakers | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lotte Xylitol | Lotte | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Ferrero
Ferrero is a family-owned company headquartered in Alba, Italy, founded in 1946. Brandtree records 23 brands under its control.
Ferrero was founded by pastry maker Pietro Ferrero in Alba, Piedmont in 1946, where wartime cocoa shortages led him to stretch chocolate with local hazelnuts. It remains family-owned through a Luxembourg holding company and has expanded into American biscuits and ice cream by acquisition.
🇮🇹 Tic Tac and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 210 brands that began in Italy. 77 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tic Tac is not one of them.
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Alpenliebe — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Amalattea — Granarolo 🇮🇹
- Balconi — Valeo Foods 🇮🇪
- Bertagni — Ebro Foods 🇪🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tic Tac?
The parent company of Tic Tac is Ferrero, a family-owned company headquartered in Italy.
Is Tic Tac Italian?
Yes. Tic Tac originated in Italy in 1969 and its owner, Ferrero, is also headquartered in Italy.
Is Tic Tac still owned by Ferrero?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Tic Tac is still owned by Ferrero. 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] Ferrero Group — our brands — Ferrero Group, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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