When did Danone buy and sell its brands?

Danone has completed 3 recorded acquisitions and 1 divestiture or spin-off, spanning 2007 to 2026.

Date	Type	Assets	Counterparty	Value
Sep 2026	Acquisition	Huel	—	Undisclosed
Aug 2017	Acquisition (sold)	Stonyfield Organic	Lactalis	$875m
Apr 2017	Acquisition	Alpro, Silk and International Delight	—	$12.5bn
Oct 2007	Acquisition	Aptamil and Nutricia	—	€12.3bn

2026

Acquisition closed Closed 4 September 2026

Danone acquires Huel

Danone agreed in March 2026 to buy Huel, which sells complete, nutritionally balanced meals as powders and ready-to-drink bottles, mostly direct to consumers in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. The purchase completed on 4 September 2026 and Huel is consolidated from 1 September. Danone presented it as an extension of its functional nutrition business into complete nutrition and did not publish the price.

Value: Undisclosed
Buyer: Danone
Seller: —
Regulatory: None recorded

2017

Acquisition closed Closed 1 August 2017

Lactalis acquires Stonyfield Organic

Lactalis acquired Stonyfield Farm from Danone for about $875 million. Danone was selling because American antitrust authorities required it to divest Stonyfield as a condition of completing its purchase of WhiteWave Foods, so this acquisition exists only because of a remedy imposed on another deal in this dataset.

Value: $875m
Buyer: Lactalis
Seller: Danone
Regulatory: None recorded

Acquisition closed Closed 12 April 2017

Danone acquires Alpro, Silk and International Delight

Danone acquired WhiteWave Foods for about $12.5 billion, buying Alpro in Europe and Silk in America. It made Danone the clear leader in plant-based drinks, and the Department of Justice required the divestiture of its own American organic milk business to clear it.

Value: $12.5bn
Buyer: Danone
Seller: —
Regulatory: None recorded

2007

Acquisition closed Closed 1 October 2007

Danone acquires Aptamil and Nutricia

Danone acquired the Dutch nutrition group Numico for about €12.3 billion, buying Aptamil and Nutricia. It moved the company decisively into infant and medical nutrition, which are now among its most profitable divisions.

Value: €12.3bn
Buyer: Danone
Seller: —
Regulatory: None recorded

Danone acquisitions on a timeline

Timeline of completed acquisitions by Danone

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Brands Danone once owned

Ownership recorded here as having ended, whether or not a deal record with a filing behind it exists for the transfer.

Brand	Owned from	Until	Owner today
Siggi's	Jan 2016	Jan 2018	Lactalis
Stonyfield Organic	Jan 2003	Aug 2017	Lactalis