Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG

About

Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned German chocolate manufacturer with its seat at Alfred-Ritter-Strasse 25, 71111 Waldenbuch, registered at Amtsgericht Stuttgart under HRA 242329.^[1] It was founded in 1912 by Clara and Alfred Eugen Ritter in Stuttgart-Cannstatt and makes the Ritter Sport square chocolate bar, introduced in 1932.^[2][3] The company reported revenue of 712 million euros for 2025 with about 1,900 employees.^[3] Its managing directors as of September 2026 are Tim Hoppe and Moritz Ritter as chairmen, with Franky Das, Michael Lessmann and Asmus Wolff.^[1]

Referenced by

• Brand owner at point of sale for Ritter Sport Joghurt 100 g verified
  Every photographed wrapper carries the Ritter Sport logo and the address block "Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, D-71111 Waldenbuch"; the brand stub names the same owner
• Brand owner at point of sale for Ritter Sport White Hazelnuts 100 g verified
  The wrapper prints the Ritter Sport logo and "Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, D-71111 Waldenbuch, Deutschland/Germany/Tyskland/Saksa, www.ritter-sport.com"
• Food business operator Ritter Sport Joghurt 100 g in European Union printed
  The only operator named on any wrapper: "Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, D-71111 Waldenbuch, Deutschland - www.ritter-sport.com"
• Food business operator Ritter Sport White Hazelnuts 100 g in European Union printed
  Same address block; the only operator named on either wrapper
• Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Ritter Sport Joghurt 100 g derived
  Prefix 4000417 (GS1 Germany); no public lookup names the licensee and no company stub states the prefix; the wrappers name Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG as the operator
• Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Ritter Sport White Hazelnuts 100 g derived
  Prefix 4000417 (GS1 Germany); no public lookup names the licensee, and the wrapper names Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG as the responsible operator of this article
• Manufactures Ritter Sport Joghurt 100 g printed
  The 2015 to 2017 DACH wrappers print "Hergestellt von: Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, D-71111 Waldenbuch, Deutschland"
• Inferred: Manufactures Ritter Sport White Hazelnuts 100 g derived
  Open Food Facts gives the manufacturing place as Waldenbuch, Germany, which is the address printed on the wrapper; no plant is named on the pack itself
• Owns Ritter Sport verified
  Brand of Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG per ^wiki-en and ^wiki-de; brand site imprint ^imprint names the same company

References

1. ↑ Ritter Sport: Impressum (legal notice) Accessed 2026-09-10.
2. ↑ Wikipedia (en): Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG Accessed 2026-09-10.
3. ↑ Wikipedia (de): Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG Accessed 2026-09-10.