Breakstone's: version 1
Saved 2026-09-13 10:59 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Breakstone's Large Curd 4% Milkfat Cottage Cheese 16 oz** (00021000122813) from the wanted list (old 2007 title "Breakstone Large Curd Smooth & Creamy Cottage Cheese, 16 oz"). - **Identity** . This is the current version.
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# Breakstone's <!--brand-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Breakstone's
disambiguation: American dairy brand of cottage cheese and sour cream
website: https://breakstones.com/
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/lactalis | global | 2021-11-29 | | | sourced | ^kh-sale | Global intellectual property rights sold to an affiliate of Groupe Lactalis that the release does not name |
| owned_by | company/the-kraft-heinz-company | global | | 2021-11-29 | true | sourced | ^kh-sale | Part of the Kraft Heinz natural cheese business until the sale |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Breakstone | search | en | | |
| Breakstones | search | en | | |
| Breakstone Brothers | search | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0021000122813 | Open Food Facts: Breakstone's Cottage cheese | 2026-09-13 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | 2022-02-15 | 0021000122813 | ingredients text; front photo uploaded 2022-01-26 | ODbL | | |
| kh-sale | https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2021/Kraft-Heinz-Completes-Sale-of-Natural-Cheese-Business-to-an-Affiliate-of-Groupe-Lactalis/default.aspx | Kraft Heinz Completes Sale of Natural Cheese Business to an Affiliate of Groupe Lactalis | 2026-09-13 | The Kraft Heinz Company | manufacturer | 2021-11-29 | | | | | |
| fooddive | https://www.fooddive.com/news/kraft-lactalis-cheese-cracker-barrel-acquisition/712345/ | How Lactalis brought new life to Kraft natural cheese after $3.2B purchase | 2026-09-13 | Food Dive | publication | 2024-05-30 | | | | | |
| nosher | https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-very-jewish-history-of-breakstones-butter/ | The Very Jewish History of Breakstone's Butter | 2026-09-13 | My Jewish Learning (The Nosher) | publication | | | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Breakstone's is an American dairy brand best known for cottage cheese and sour cream, sold in tubs that carry the line "Established 1882".[^off] It began with Joseph and Isaac Breakstone, Lithuanian Jewish immigrants who formed Breakstone Brothers on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1897 and sold the business to National Dairy Products in 1928; the 1882 date is disputed.[^nosher] Kraft ran the brand for decades, including the Sam Breakstone advertising character from 1977.[^nosher] In November 2021 Kraft Heinz completed the sale of its rights to Breakstone's to an affiliate of Groupe Lactalis,[^kh-sale] and the brand now sits in Lactalis USA's Heritage Dairy division.[^fooddive]
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