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Sinebrychoff

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Oy Sinebrychoff Ab is the Finnish brewery and soft-drink company founded in Helsinki in 1819 by Nikolai Sinebrychoff; it is the largest brewery in Finland and the oldest still working in the Nordic countries, and all of its brewing is now done in Kerava.[1] The Finnish trade register records business ID 0113951-4, the name Oy Sinebrychoff Ab since 1 April 1955 in place of Aktiebolaget P. Sinebrychoff, the auxiliary trade names Cheers, Pyynikki, Koff, Juomapalvelu and Aito-Lähde with their registration dates, and manufacture of beer as its main line of business.[2] Its beer brands include Karhu and Koff, and it bottles Coca-Cola, Sprite and Schweppes under licence in Finland.[1] Ownership passed to Carlsberg Breweries A/S at the end of 1999.[1]

GS1 company prefix 641560 is now sourced rather than inferred. GS1 Finland's own list of Synkka data suppliers records Sinebrychoff Oy Ab, business ID 0113951-4, under GLN 6415609999992, a number only a six-digit Sinebrychoff prefix can hold together with its 6415600 consumer barcodes.[3] The list numbers other members the same way: Valio's GLN is 6408439999997 against packs running 6408430 to 6408432, and Fazer Makeiset's is 6411409999996 against packs at 6411401, 6411402 and 6411404.[4][5] All 141 Open Food Facts records under 641560 begin 6415600 and carry Sinebrychoff's own brands, among them Koff, Karhu, Battery, Crowmoor and Somersby, or its licensed Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite bottlings.[6] Metro-tukku files the Karhu barcode 6415600000352 under supplier Oy Sinebrychoff Ab.[7] No licensee register named the holder: Verified by GS1 and GEPIR are closed to servers, the company's own site publishes only its OVT e-invoicing address 003701139514, and web searches for the bare prefix digits returned only barcode explainers.

Relations

  • Distributes Coca-Cola in Finland[1] sourced
    Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff holds the licence to manufacture Coca-Cola in Finland; Finnish Coca-Cola packs carry its prefix.
  • Distributes Schweppes in Finland[1] sourced
    Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff holds the licence to produce Schweppes in Finland.
  • Distributes Sprite in Finland[1] sourced
    Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff holds the licence to manufacture Sprite in Finland; Finnish Sprite packs carry its prefix.
  • Owned by Carlsberg Breweries since 1999[1] sourced
    Wikipedia: by the end of 1999 ownership of the company was completely transferred to Carlsberg Breweries A/S. GLEIF gives that company an entity creation date of 29 June 2000, so the 1999 date is Wikipedia's dating of the transfer, not of the holder's incorporation.
  • Part of group Carlsberg Group[8] sourced
    Wikipedia: the Sinebrychoff brewery is part of the Carlsberg Group.

Referenced by

  • Bottles Coca-Cola Original Taste 500 ml in Finland verified
    Sinebrychoff's own site states "Valmistamme ja myymme Suomen Coca-Cola-juomat kuten Coca-Colan" - we make and sell Finland's Coca-Cola drinks such as Coca-Cola. Carlsberg's group page says the same of its Finnish company.
  • Brand owner at point of sale for Karhu 4,6 33 cl sourced
    Wikipedia: Karhu is a Finnish beer brand owned by the Sinebrychoff brewery; Carlsberg Group's Finland page lists Karhu among Sinebrychoff's own brands ^cg-fi
  • Brand owner at point of sale for Karhu Lager olut 4,6 % 0,568 l in Finland sourced
    Karhu is the brewery's own brand; the Karhu 4,6 product page sits on sinebrychoff.fi.
  • Food business operator Coca-Cola Original Taste 500 ml in Finland printed
    The back panel gives the operator block "Sinebrychoff, Kerava, Finland." with the Finnish consumer line 0800-04040 and www.coca-cola.fi.
  • Food business operator Karhu 4,6 33 cl in Finland printed
    Only Sinebrychoff, Kerava, Finland is named on the pack
  • Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Coca-Cola Original Taste 500 ml derived
    Prefix 6415600; no public source names the licensee. Every Open Food Facts pack under the prefix is either a Sinebrychoff brand or a Coca-Cola Company brand Sinebrychoff bottles in Finland, so the prefix is recorded as inferred.
  • Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Karhu 4,6 33 cl derived
    prefix 6415600; no fetched source names the licensee, and every Open Food Facts pack under the prefix is a brand Sinebrychoff brews, bottles or imports
  • Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Karhu Lager olut 4,6 % 0,568 l derived
    Prefix 6415600; no company stub states it. Metro-tukku names Oy Sinebrychoff Ab as the supplier of this GTIN and every Karhu barcode seen shares the prefix.
  • Manufactures Karhu 4,6 33 cl in Finland printed
    The can side reads "Sinebrychoff, Kerava, Finland"
  • Manufactures Karhu Lager olut 4,6 % 0,568 l in Finland sourced
    The Finnish data sheet for this GTIN names OY SINEBRYCHOFF AB, PL 87, 04201 Kerava as marketer/manufacturer and Suomi as country of manufacture.
  • Owns Karhu sourced
    Wikipedia: Karhu is a Finnish beer brand owned by the Sinebrychoff brewery.

Also known as

  • Oy Sinebrychoff Ab fi 1955-04-01–
  • Aktiebolaget P. Sinebrychoff sv 1896-12-19–1955-03-31
  • Koff fi 1996-12-11–
  • Cheers fi 1988-07-27–
  • Pyynikki fi 1992-12-31–
  • Juomapalvelu fi 2000-08-31–
  • Aito-Lähde fi 2000-08-31–

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14.
  2. ↑ PRH and YTJ open data: Oy Sinebrychoff Ab (0113951-4) Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 0113951-4.
  3. ↑ GS1 Finland: GS1 Synkka, suppliers using the product data service (GLN listing) GS1 Finland. registry. Published 2026-09. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 6415609999992. GLN-listaus syyskuu 2026.xlsx, row 795.
  4. ↑ Open Food Facts search: every record whose barcode starts 640843 (Valio) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. ODbL.
  5. ↑ Open Food Facts search: every record whose barcode starts 641140 (Fazer Makeiset) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. ODbL.
  6. ↑ Open Food Facts search: every record whose barcode starts 641560 Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. ODbL.
  7. ↑ Metro-tukku: Karhu Lager olut 4,6% tölkki 0,568l Metro-tukku. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 6415600000352.
  8. ↑ Wikipedia: Karhu (beer) Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14.

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