Melitta: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Melitta is a privately held company headquartered in Minden, Germany that owns 8 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Melitta Group describes itself as an internationally active, family-owned group of companies that traces its existence to Melitta Bentz and her invention of the coffee filter in 1908. Its annual report divides it into coffee, coffee preparation (filters, coffee machines, kettles) and household products (food wrap, freezer and waste bags, vacuum-cleaner filter bags), plus industrial papers and packaging. The household-products brands in the film and foil business are run by its Cofresco division in Minden; Cofresco also holds Albal, BacoFoil, handy bag, Swirl and Wrapmaster, which are not listed here because the report does not say where those brands began. Granini juice was once a Melitta brand: Melitta sold it to Eckes in 1994 and held 26 per cent of the juice business until 2006.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Melitta Group (also Melitta Unternehmensgruppe)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇪 Minden, Germany
- Founded
- 1908
- Website
- www.melitta-group.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Melitta in numbers
- Melitta owns 8 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is beverages with 5 brands.[1]
- 5 of its brands originated outside Germany.
Everything Melitta owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Melitta own?
Melitta owns 8 consumer brands tracked here, including Melitta, Cuki, Domopak, Toppits, Caffè Corsini and Café Bom Jesus.
Is Melitta a German company?
Yes. Melitta is headquartered in Minden, Germany and was founded in 1908.
Who owns Melitta?
Melitta is privately held. Melitta Group describes itself as an internationally active, family-owned group of companies that traces its existence to Melitta Bentz and her invention of the coffee filter in 1908.
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] Melitta Group Annual Report 2023 — Business fields and brands / Facts & figures — Melitta Group, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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