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Mead Johnson: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Mead Johnson is a publicly listed company headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, United States that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]

Mead Johnson made Enfamil infant formula and was acquired by Reckitt Benckiser in 2017.

Status: merged

Company facts

Legal name
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Glenview, Illinois, United States
Founded
1905
Last verified
· 1 sources

Divestitures and spin-offs by Mead Johnson

Acquisition closed

Reckitt acquires Enfamil

Reckitt Benckiser acquired infant formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition for $90 a share, its largest deal. The acquisition later required substantial write-downs and Reckitt sold the China infant nutrition business in 2021.

Value
$17.9bn
Buyer
Reckitt
Regulatory
None recorded

Brands Mead Johnson no longer owns

Mead Johnson controlled this brand in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Mead Johnson owned it still shows why it no longer does.

BrandOwned untilOwner today
Enfamil Jun 2017 Reckitt

Mead Johnson in the global legal-entity registry

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.

Legal entity identifier (LEI)
E4BJRFT3MF4GJDY1SC50
Registered name
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (US)
Registration status
Lapsed · record updated 4 August 2023
Retrieved
· GLEIF record (JSON)

Frequently asked questions

What brands does Mead Johnson own?

Mead Johnson is tracked as an owner of consumer businesses; see the ownership tree for its holdings.

Is Mead Johnson an American company?

Yes. Mead Johnson is headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, United States and was founded in 1905.

Who owns Mead Johnson?

Mead Johnson is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.

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. [1] Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, Annual report, published 5 March 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).

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