LU: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 03:30 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added LU Granola Chocolat au Lait 200 g (03017760826174), a wanted barcode (archive page held no data). - **Identity**: confirmed from the Open Food Facts photos of the 2012 carton (front, nutrition . This is the current version.

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# LU <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: LU
website: https://www.lu.fr/
founded: 1846
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                         | market | from | until | ended | status  | source   | note                                                                              |
| -------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/mondelez-international |        | 2012 |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-lu | Owned by Kraft Foods from 2007 and by Mondelez International since the 2012 split |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name          | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Lefèvre-Utile | search | fr     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                               | title                              | accessed   | publisher              | kind         | published | record_id | locator  | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | -------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| mdlz-brands | https://www.mondelezinternational.com/our-brands/ | Mondelēz International: Our Brands | 2026-09-14 | Mondelēz International | manufacturer |           |           | Biscuits |              |             |          |
| wiki-lu     | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU_(biscuiterie)    | Wikipédia (fr): LU (biscuiterie)   | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia              | publication  |           |           |          | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
LU is a French biscuit brand. It began as Lefèvre-Utile, founded in Nantes in 1846, and its best-known product is the Petit Beurre.[^wiki-lu] Kraft Foods bought LU from Danone in 2007, and the brand has belonged to Mondelez International since 2012.[^wiki-lu] Mondelēz lists LU among its biscuit brands.[^mdlz-brands]
<!--/about-->