Lipton Teas and Infusions: version 1
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| 1 | 1 | # Lipton Teas and Infusions <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Lipton Teas and Infusions | |
| 5 | 5 | disambiguation: Amsterdam tea company spun out of Unilever, owner of the Lipton tea brand | |
| 6 | + | summary: Amsterdam tea company behind Lipton, PG Tips, Pukka and TAZO, formerly Unilever's Ekaterra and owned by CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII since July 2022. | |
| 6 | 7 | legal_name: Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V. | |
| 7 | 8 | country: NL | |
| 8 | 9 | founded: 2021 | |
| 9 | 10 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 10 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 12 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 12 | − | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 13 | − | | ------------- | ---------------------------- | ------ | ------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 14 | − | | owned_by | company/cvc-capital-partners | global | 2022-07 | | | sourced | ^enwikilti | CVC agreed in November 2021 to buy the business for €4.5 billion; the sale completed in July 2022. | | |
| 15 | − | | spun_off_from | company/unilever | global | 2022-07 | | | sourced | ^enwikilti | Formed in 2020 as Unilever's separate tea division Ekaterra and renamed Lipton Teas and Infusions when the sale to CVC completed. | | |
| 13 | + | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 14 | + | | ------------- | ---------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | -------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 15 | + | | owned_by | company/cvc-capital-partners | global | 2022-07-01 | | | verified | ^unicompletion | Held by CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII, which agreed the purchase from Unilever in November 2021 for €4.5 billion, per CVC's own announcement; the sale completed on 1 July 2022. | | |
| 16 | + | | owned_by | company/unilever | global | | 2022-07-01 | | verified | ^unicompletion | Unilever's global tea business, run as the separate business Ekaterra, until its sale to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII. | | |
| 17 | + | | spun_off_from | company/unilever | global | 2022-07-01 | | | verified | ^unicompletion | Formed as Unilever's separate tea business Ekaterra and renamed Lipton Teas and Infusions after the sale to CVC completed. | | |
| 16 | 18 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 17 | 19 | ||
| 18 | 20 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 19 | 21 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 20 | 22 | | ------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 21 | 23 | | Ekaterra | name | | 2020 | 2022 | | |
| 22 | 24 | | Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V. | legal | | 2022 | | | |
| 23 | 25 | | LTI | search | | | | | |
| 24 | 26 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 25 | 27 | ||
| 26 | 28 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 27 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 28 | − | | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- | | |
| 29 | − | | enwikilti | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipton_Teas_and_Infusions | Wikipedia: Lipton Teas and Infusions | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | | | |
| 29 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 30 | + | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- | | |
| 31 | + | | enwikilti | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipton_Teas_and_Infusions | Wikipedia: Lipton Teas and Infusions | 2026-09-22 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | | | |
| 32 | + | | unicompletion | https://web.archive.org/web/20260910141001/https://www.unilever.com/news/press-and-media/press-releases/2022/unilever-announces-completion-of-the-sale-of-its-tea-business-ekaterra/ | Unilever: Unilever announces completion of the sale of its Tea business, ekaterra, to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII (archived capture) | 2026-09-22 | Unilever | manufacturer | 2022-07-01 | | | | | | | |
| 33 | + | | cvc2021 | https://www.cvc.com/media/news/2021/2021-11-18-unilever-to-sell-its-tea-business-ekaterra-to-cvc-capital-partners-fund-viii-for-45bn/ | CVC: Unilever to sell its Tea business, ekaterra, to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII for €4.5bn | 2026-09-22 | CVC | manufacturer | 2021-11-18 | | | | | | | |
| 30 | 34 | <!--/references--> | |
| 31 | 35 | ||
| 32 | 36 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 33 | − | Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V. is an Amsterdam company that makes tea and herbal drinks and describes itself as the largest tea business in the world, holding more than thirty brands including Lipton, PG Tips, Pukka, TAZO, T2, Brooke Bond and Bushells.[^enwikilti] Unilever set it up in 2020 as a separate tea division named Ekaterra, agreed in November 2021 to sell it to the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for €4.5 billion and completed the sale in July 2022, when the business took its present name.[^enwikilti] Unilever kept the Lipton and Brooke Bond names for tea in India, Nepal and Indonesia and the ready-to-drink Lipton Ice Tea joint venture with PepsiCo, so those are outside this company.[^enwikilti] | |
| 37 | + | Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V. is an Amsterdam company that makes tea and herbal drinks and describes itself as the largest tea business in the world, holding more than thirty brands including Lipton, PG Tips, Pukka, TAZO, T2, Brooke Bond and Bushells.[^enwikilti] It was Unilever's global tea business, run as the separate business Ekaterra, until CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII agreed in November 2021 to buy it for €4.5 billion on a cash-free, debt-free basis,[^cvc2021] a sale Unilever completed on 1 July 2022, after which the business took its present name.[^unicompletion][^enwikilti] Unilever kept its tea business in India, Nepal and Indonesia and its interests in the Pepsi Lipton ready-to-drink tea joint ventures, so those are outside this company.[^unicompletion] | |
| 34 | 38 | ||
| 35 | − | The company announced its withdrawal from the Russian market in August 2022, launched the Lipton Tea Innovation & Technology Academy with the Government of Kenya and the University of Kabianga in February 2024, and agreed in May 2024 to sell its tea estates in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda to Browns Investments.[^enwikilti] No Dutch register number was located for the B.V., so register_ids is left empty, and liptonteas.com answers a Cloudflare block, so no website is recorded here. | |
| 39 | + | When the sale was agreed, CVC described Ekaterra as the world's leading tea business, with 34 brands and revenues of around €2 billion in 2020.[^cvc2021] The Lipton name goes back to Sir Thomas Lipton's grocery business, started in the United Kingdom in 1871; Unilever acquired the Lipton tea business in several transactions between 1938 and 1972.[^enwikilti] A month after the sale to CVC, the company announced its withdrawal from the Russian market. It launched the Lipton Tea Innovation & Technology Academy with the Government of Kenya and the University of Kabianga in February 2024, and in May 2024 agreed to sell its tea estates in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda to Browns Investments.[^enwikilti] | |
| 36 | 40 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Lipton Teas and Infusions <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Lipton Teas and Infusions
disambiguation: Amsterdam tea company spun out of Unilever, owner of the Lipton tea brand
legal_name: Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V.
country: NL
founded: 2021
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------- | ---------------------------- | ------ | ------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/cvc-capital-partners | global | 2022-07 | | | sourced | ^enwikilti | CVC agreed in November 2021 to buy the business for €4.5 billion; the sale completed in July 2022. |
| spun_off_from | company/unilever | global | 2022-07 | | | sourced | ^enwikilti | Formed in 2020 as Unilever's separate tea division Ekaterra and renamed Lipton Teas and Infusions when the sale to CVC completed. |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Ekaterra | name | | 2020 | 2022 |
| Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V. | legal | | 2022 | |
| LTI | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| enwikilti | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipton_Teas_and_Infusions | Wikipedia: Lipton Teas and Infusions | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V. is an Amsterdam company that makes tea and herbal drinks and describes itself as the largest tea business in the world, holding more than thirty brands including Lipton, PG Tips, Pukka, TAZO, T2, Brooke Bond and Bushells.[^enwikilti] Unilever set it up in 2020 as a separate tea division named Ekaterra, agreed in November 2021 to sell it to the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for €4.5 billion and completed the sale in July 2022, when the business took its present name.[^enwikilti] Unilever kept the Lipton and Brooke Bond names for tea in India, Nepal and Indonesia and the ready-to-drink Lipton Ice Tea joint venture with PepsiCo, so those are outside this company.[^enwikilti]
The company announced its withdrawal from the Russian market in August 2022, launched the Lipton Tea Innovation & Technology Academy with the Government of Kenya and the University of Kabianga in February 2024, and agreed in May 2024 to sell its tea estates in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda to Browns Investments.[^enwikilti] No Dutch register number was located for the B.V., so register_ids is left empty, and liptonteas.com answers a Cloudflare block, so no website is recorded here.
<!--/about-->