Who owns YT?
YT is owned by TINE (Norway).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: TINE Årsrapport 2025, TINE SA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- TINE SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Category
- Food › Nutrition & supplements › Protein & sports nutrition
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About YT
YT is TINE's range of high-protein food and drink for exercise, developed with Olympiatoppen and its nutrition department, and sold as recovery drinks, protein milk, shakes, puddings, yoghurts and bars for use before, during and after training. YT volumes grew 19 per cent in 2025, which TINE attributes to the wider protein trend, and its Norwegian grocery sales passed one billion kroner.
Ownership timeline of YT
Where YT sits in TINE
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full TINE ownership tree →
See the full TINE brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by TINE
TINE controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in protein & sports nutrition, and who owns them
The 20 brands in protein & sports nutrition on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Glanbia, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BSN | Glanbia | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Dymatize | BellRing Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| OWYN | Simply Good Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| THE:Danbaek | Binggrae | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Vitamin Whey | Edible Garden | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Herbalife24 | Herbalife | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands |
| Selex | Maeil Dairies | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| OPTAVIA ACTIVE | Medifast | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: TINE
TINE is a cooperative headquartered in Norway. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
TINE is a Norwegian dairy co-operative whose members are the milk producers who supply its plants. The group passed NOK 30 billion in sales for the first time in 2025, reaching 30.1 billion, and 16 per cent of its revenue is earned abroad, with the United States its largest international market. Besides the parent, TINE owns the ice cream maker Diplom-Is outright and 51 per cent of the ready-meals company Fjordland, and it makes and sells cheese through Norseland in the US, Ilchester in Britain, Wernersson Ost in Sweden and TINE Ireland.
🇳🇴 YT and other Norwegian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 64 brands that began in Norway. 20 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; YT is not one of them.
- Freia — Mondelēz 🇺🇸
- Grandiosa — Orkla 🇳🇴
- Helios — Midsona 🇸🇪
- King Oscar — Thai Union 🇹🇭
- MOWI — Mowi 🇳🇴
- Aftenposten — Schibsted Media 🇳🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of YT?
The parent company of YT is TINE, a cooperative headquartered in Norway.
Is YT Norwegian?
Yes. YT originated in Norway and its owner, TINE, is also headquartered in Norway.
Is YT still owned by TINE?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, YT is still owned by TINE. 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] TINE Årsrapport 2025 — TINE SA, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.