The Kraft Heinz Company

About

The Kraft Heinz Company is an American food company formed on 2 July 2015 through the merger of Kraft Foods Group and the H.J. Heinz Company, co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh.^[1] It markets packaged foods under brands including Kraft, Heinz, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Maxwell House and Jell-O, and in fiscal 2025 reported net sales of US$24.9 billion with about 35,000 employees in 40 countries.^[1] In September 2025 it announced a proposed separation into two public companies; the board paused that work in February 2026 and the company said in May 2026 that its timing and completion remained uncertain.^[1]

Referenced by

• Brand owner at point of sale for Breakstone's Large Curd 4% Milkfat Cottage Cheese 16 oz in United States until 2021-11-29 sourced
  Breakstone's was part of the Kraft Heinz natural cheese business until the sale closed
• Brand owner at point of sale for Heinz Beanz in a Rich Tomato Sauce 415 g since 2015-07-02 sourced
  Kraft Heinz was formed on 2 July 2015 from Kraft Foods Group and the H.J. Heinz Company and markets Heinz among its brands
• Brand owner at point of sale for Heinz Tomato Ketchup 570 g since 2015-07-02 sourced
  Kraft Heinz was formed on 2 July 2015 from Kraft Foods Group and the H.J. Heinz Company and markets Heinz among its brands
• Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Breakstone's Large Curd 4% Milkfat Cottage Cheese 16 oz derived
  prefix 0021000; Amazon.com names the manufacturer as Kraft US (0044710044602), and Breakstone's was a Kraft Heinz brand until 2021 per ^kh-sale; no source names the Kraft Heinz legal entity that registered the prefix
• Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Heinz Beanz in a Rich Tomato Sauce 415 g derived
  Prefix 8715700 sits in the Dutch 870-879 range, yet the operator printed on this can is the German company and no Dutch group company appears anywhere on the label, so the brand owner is targeted and the registrant stays unknown
• Licenses out Kraft Pepper Jack Natural Cheese 8 oz in United States since 2021-11-29 sourced
  Kraft Heinz sold its US natural cheese business to an affiliate of Groupe Lactalis and granted perpetual licences for the Kraft brand for certain cheese products
• Holds a licence for A.1. in United States, Canada sourced
  Kraft Foods acquired the North American licence with Nabisco in 1999; Wikipedia names Kraft Heinz as the North American producer today
• Absorbed Kraft Foods Group since 2015-07-02 sourced
  Became part of Kraft Heinz on 2015-07-02 after merging with Heinz
• Owns Breakstone's until 2021-11-29 sourced
  Part of the Kraft Heinz natural cheese business until the sale
• Owns Cracker Barrel in United States until 2021 sourced
  Cracker Barrel in the US was among the brands in the natural cheese business Kraft Heinz agreed to sell to Lactalis in September 2020
• Owns Heinz since 2015-07-02 sourced
  Kraft Heinz was formed on 2 July 2015 from Kraft Foods Group and the H.J. Heinz Company and markets Heinz among its brands
• Owns Kraft sourced
  Kraft Heinz lists Kraft products on its own United States site
• Owns Kraft Heinz Foods Company sourced
  Listed among the registrant's subsidiaries in Exhibit 21.1 to the fiscal 2021 Form 10-K
• Owns Philadelphia in United States sourced
  Kraft Heinz lists Philadelphia cream cheese spreads on its United States site
• Owns Velveeta sourced
  brand pages published by Kraft Heinz; Kraft bought Velveeta in 1927 (^enwiki-velveeta)
• Group includes H.J. Heinz GmbH in Germany, Austria, Switzerland sourced
  The imprint on Kraft Heinz's German-language site is that of H.J. Heinz GmbH, Duesseldorf

Also known as

• Kraft Heinz en

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia (en): Kraft Heinz Accessed 2026-09-10.