CFP Brands: version 1
Saved 2026-09-17 12:46 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/00000050357321**, the German 25 g bag of Fisherman's Friend Salmiak ohne Zucker, from the wanted queue (old title "fishermans friend salmiak oz pastillen", 2007 capture). **Identity.*. Current is v2.
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| 1 | 1 | # CFP Brands <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: CFP Brands | |
| 5 | + | summary: Düsseldorf sales and marketing joint venture for Fisherman's Friend, Mentos, Ricola and Chupa Chups in Germany, owned by Perfetti Van Melle, Lofthouse and Ricola. | |
| 5 | 6 | legal_name: CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG | |
| 7 | + | registered_address: Kaistraße 5, 40221 Düsseldorf | |
| 6 | 8 | country: DE | |
| 7 | 9 | website: https://www.cfp-brands.de | |
| 8 | − | register_ids: DE-HRA:Düsseldorf 26431 | |
| 10 | + | register_ids: DE-HRA:Düsseldorf 26431, EUID:DER1101.HRA26431, VAT:DE812840884 | |
| 9 | 11 | founded: 2005 | |
| 10 | 12 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 11 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 14 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 13 | − | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 14 | − | | ----------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 15 | − | | distributes | brand/fisherman-s-friend | DE | 2005 | | | sourced | ^cfpwiki | Fisherman's Friend came into the joint venture through Impex Management, the British distributor of Lofthouse of Fleetwood | | |
| 15 | + | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 16 | + | | ----------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 17 | + | | owned_by | company/perfetti-van-melle-group | | 2005 | | | verified | ^cfpunt | One of the three shareholders the company names; its stake grew when Perfetti Van Melle bought Chupa Chups in 2006 | | |
| 18 | + | | owned_by | company/lofthouse-of-fleetwood | | 2005 | | | verified | ^cfpunt | One of the three shareholders the company names, a founding partner of the 2005 joint venture | | |
| 19 | + | | owned_by | company/ricola | | 2019 | | | sourced | ^cfpunt | The company names Ricola of Laufen as an equal partner since 2019; this row points at the group's operating company | | |
| 20 | + | | distributes | brand/fisherman-s-friend | DE | 2005 | | | sourced | ^cfpwiki | German marketing and sales of the Lofthouse of Fleetwood brand, which the importer K.H. Wilms had sold there from 1977 | | |
| 16 | 21 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 17 | 22 | ||
| 18 | 23 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 19 | − | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 20 | − | | ---------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 21 | − | | CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG | legal | de | 2005 | | | |
| 22 | − | | CFP Brands Süßwarenhandelsgesellschaft | search | de | | | | |
| 24 | + | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 25 | + | | --------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 26 | + | | CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG | legal | de | 2005 | | | |
| 27 | + | | Chupa Chups van Melle Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG | legal | de | | 2005 | | |
| 28 | + | | CFP Brands Süßwarenhandelsgesellschaft | search | de | | | | |
| 23 | 29 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 24 | 30 | ||
| 25 | 31 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 26 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 27 | − | | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- | | |
| 28 | − | | cfpwiki | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFP_Brands_S%C3%BC%C3%9Fwarenhandelsgesellschaft | CFP Brands Süßwarenhandelsgesellschaft | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | | | |
| 29 | − | | cfpimp | https://www.cfp-brands.de/impressum | CFP Brands Impressum | 2026-09-17 | CFP Brands | other | | | Register and seat | | | | | |
| 30 | − | | wos | https://www.worldofsweets.de/Fisherman-s-Friend-Salmiak-ohne-Zucker-24x25g.312775.html | Fisherman's Friend Salmiak ohne Zucker 24x25g | 2026-09-17 | World of Sweets | retailer | | 5000357101813 | Counter display of 24 of these packets | | | | | |
| 32 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 33 | + | | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- | | |
| 34 | + | | cfpwiki | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFP_Brands_S%C3%BC%C3%9Fwarenhandelsgesellschaft | CFP Brands Süßwarenhandelsgesellschaft | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | | | |
| 35 | + | | cfpunt | https://www.cfp-brands.de/unternehmen | CFP Brands: Unternehmen – CFP in Zahlen & Fakten | 2026-09-24 | CFP Brands | manufacturer | | | Shareholder; Historie | | | | | |
| 36 | + | | cfpimp | https://www.cfp-brands.de/impressum | CFP Brands Impressum | 2026-09-24 | CFP Brands | other | | | Register and seat | | | | | |
| 37 | + | | ndcfp | https://www.northdata.de/CFP+Brands+S%C3%BC%C3%9Fwarenhandels+GmbH+%26+Co.+KG,+D%C3%BCsseldorf/HRA+26431 | North Data: CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf | 2026-09-24 | North Data | registry | | HRA 26431 | Name, Identifikation | | | | | |
| 38 | + | | wos | https://www.worldofsweets.de/Fisherman-s-Friend-Salmiak-ohne-Zucker-24x25g.312775.html | Fisherman's Friend Salmiak ohne Zucker 24x25g | 2026-09-17 | World of Sweets | retailer | | 5000357101813 | Counter display of 24 of these packets | | | | | |
| 31 | 39 | <!--/references--> | |
| 32 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 41 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 34 | − | CFP Brands is the German marketing and sales company for a group of confectionery brands, founded in 2005 as a joint venture of Chupa Chups, Perfetti Van Melle and the British distributor Impex Management, which brought in Fisherman's Friend from Lofthouse of Fleetwood; Ricola joined in 2019. It sells Fisherman's Friend, Mentos, Ricola, Chupa Chups, Center Shock, Smint and Lakritz Toffee, for the German market alone, and its letters stood for Chupa Chups, Fisherman's Friend and Perfetti Van Melle.[^cfpwiki] Its seat is Kaistraße 5, 40221 Düsseldorf, entered at Amtsgericht Düsseldorf under HRA 26431 with CFP Brands Verwaltungs GmbH (HRB 102261) as managing partner.[^cfpimp] German trade data sheets name it as the operator responsible for Fisherman's Friend packs.[^wos] | |
| 42 | + | CFP Brands is the German marketing and sales company for a group of confectionery brands, working for the German market alone.[^cfpwiki] It is a joint venture of three owner-managed companies: Perfetti Van Melle of Amsterdam, maker of Mentos, Chupa Chups and Smint; Lofthouse of Fleetwood, maker of Fisherman's Friend; and Ricola of Laufen, which joined as an equal partner in 2019.[^cfpunt] Its range includes Fisherman's Friend, Mentos, Ricola, Chupa Chups, Center Shock, Smint and Lakritz Toffee.[^cfpwiki] German trade data sheets name it as the operator responsible for Fisherman's Friend packs.[^wos] | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | The business goes back to the German sales companies of Van Melle (Mentos, 1954) and Chupa Chups (1981), which merged in 2000 into Chupa Chups Van Melle Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG; Perfetti took over Van Melle in full in 2001.[^cfpunt] In 2005 Chupa Chups, Lofthouse and Perfetti Van Melle formed the joint venture CFP, its letters standing for Chupa Chups, Fisherman's Friend and Perfetti Van Melle.[^cfpwiki] Perfetti Van Melle bought Chupa Chups in 2006, taking a larger share of the venture.[^cfpwiki] The partnership, registered at Amtsgericht Düsseldorf under HRA 26431, carries the earlier Chupa Chups van Melle name in the register and was previously entered at Amtsgericht Bonn under HRA 4602.[^ndcfp] It moved its seat from Bonn to the Medienhafen in Düsseldorf in 2020 and has CFP Brands Verwaltungs GmbH (HRB 102261) as managing partner, with Fabian Röcke as managing director.[^cfpunt][^cfpimp] | |
| 35 | 45 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# CFP Brands <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: CFP Brands
legal_name: CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG
country: DE
website: https://www.cfp-brands.de
register_ids: DE-HRA:Düsseldorf 26431
founded: 2005
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ----------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| distributes | brand/fisherman-s-friend | DE | 2005 | | | sourced | ^cfpwiki | Fisherman's Friend came into the joint venture through Impex Management, the British distributor of Lofthouse of Fleetwood |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG | legal | de | 2005 | |
| CFP Brands Süßwarenhandelsgesellschaft | search | de | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| cfpwiki | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFP_Brands_S%C3%BC%C3%9Fwarenhandelsgesellschaft | CFP Brands Süßwarenhandelsgesellschaft | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| cfpimp | https://www.cfp-brands.de/impressum | CFP Brands Impressum | 2026-09-17 | CFP Brands | other | | | Register and seat | | | |
| wos | https://www.worldofsweets.de/Fisherman-s-Friend-Salmiak-ohne-Zucker-24x25g.312775.html | Fisherman's Friend Salmiak ohne Zucker 24x25g | 2026-09-17 | World of Sweets | retailer | | 5000357101813 | Counter display of 24 of these packets | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
CFP Brands is the German marketing and sales company for a group of confectionery brands, founded in 2005 as a joint venture of Chupa Chups, Perfetti Van Melle and the British distributor Impex Management, which brought in Fisherman's Friend from Lofthouse of Fleetwood; Ricola joined in 2019. It sells Fisherman's Friend, Mentos, Ricola, Chupa Chups, Center Shock, Smint and Lakritz Toffee, for the German market alone, and its letters stood for Chupa Chups, Fisherman's Friend and Perfetti Van Melle.[^cfpwiki] Its seat is Kaistraße 5, 40221 Düsseldorf, entered at Amtsgericht Düsseldorf under HRA 26431 with CFP Brands Verwaltungs GmbH (HRB 102261) as managing partner.[^cfpimp] German trade data sheets name it as the operator responsible for Fisherman's Friend packs.[^wos]
<!--/about-->