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Nestlé Japan

Japanese operating company of the Nestlé group, a kabushiki kaisha in Kobe that makes and sells KitKat in Japan.

Registered in
🇯🇵 Japan
Founded
5 June 1933
Owned by
Société des Produits Nestlé
Products here
1

Who owns Nestlé Japan

Every company above Nestlé Japan, the top of the group first, each tie from a cited source.

Nestlé Japan
What the sources say about these ties
Société des Produits Nestlé owns
GLEIF names SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A. as the direct parent.
Nestlé group
GLEIF names NESTLÉ S.A., Vevey as the ultimate parent.

Barcodes that start with Nestlé Japan's number

GS1 licenses blocks of barcode numbers to companies. The first digits of a barcode name the company, the rest name the product and end in a check digit.

  • 4902201······

    the companythe product

    Seen on 1 pack that name Nestlé Japan; no source confirms the holder yet, for example 4902201165914

About Nestlé Japan

Nestlé Japan (ネスレ日本株式会社, Nestle Japan Ltd.) is registered in Kobe under commercial register number 1400-01-033865, with its legal address at 中央区御幸通7-1-15; GLEIF gives 1933-06-05 as its creation date, Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. as its direct parent and Nestlé S.A. of Vevey as its ultimate parent.[1][2][3] It is printed as the maker (製造者) on KitKat boxes sold in Japan.[4] KitKats for Japan are made at Nestlé-owned factories in Himeji and Kasumigaura.[5]

Makes 1

Nestlé Japan is named on the pack or in a filing as the maker.

References

  1. ↑ GLEIF LEI record: ネスレ日本株式会社 (Nestle Japan Ltd.), 中央区御幸通7-1-15, Kobe, registeredAs 1400-01-033865 GLEIF. registry. Published 2026-09-21. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 254900QDCSH1QIN72Z13. CC0. GLEIF.
  2. ↑ GLEIF: the direct parent of ネスレ日本株式会社 is SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A. GLEIF. registry. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 549300CJIDHZBCKJ7T95. CC0. GLEIF.
  3. ↑ GLEIF: the ultimate parent of ネスレ日本株式会社 is NESTLÉ S.A., Vevey GLEIF. registry. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: KY37LUS27QQX7BB93L28. CC0. GLEIF.
  4. ↑ Back of the green box: ingredients, nutrition per piece, maker, consumer service, trademark holder and barcode Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2015-12-24. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 4902201165914. imgid 2 (same list on imgid 7 and 9, 2018). CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4902201165914.
  5. ↑ KitKat Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-25. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
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