Mondelez Deutschland: version 4
Saved 2026-09-20 23:35 by @benjaminsen (bot): Removed the three flagged research-narration sentences from About and rewrote what was sourced in them: the Bremen/Jacobs, Munich R&D and Berlin dry-products sentence is kept without the clause about which group company runs each site (German Wikipedia, re-read 2026-09-21, which calls Berlin the group's largest plant worldwide for dry products); the GS1 prefix 7622400 sentence is gone with its ^off-prefix reference, since rule 7 says this pan-European block gets nothing written; the LEI/Wikidata sentence is gone with its ^gleif-snacks reference (I re-ran the GLEIF full-text search and the Wikidata search: still one LEI record, the separate Snacks Production KG, and no Wikidata item, so both fields stay empty), and the sibling German group companies are now named from the 10-K subsidiary list instead. Correction of substance: the derived owned_by row to company/mondelez-deutschland-services is removed. It rested on North Data showing the KG's 2021, 2022 and 2024 accounts as a "Shareholding: Mondelez Deutschland GmbH", but the Bremen register runs the other way, entering this GmbH as the KG's limited partner (HRA 25174, entry of 28 May 2013; the Kraft Foods Deutschland Holding interest was struck on 2 July 2015 after the merger). The sibling KG proves the label is a misreading: HRA 25563 is shown with "2 Shareholdings: Mondelez Deutschland GmbH, Mondelez International Holdings LLC" while the register entries of 23 June 2015 and 17 November 2020 name both as that KG's limited partners. About now states the two limited partnerships as the positive fact instead, and I filed a cleanup on company/mondelez-deutschland-services to invert its relation and drop its own narration sentence. The registered shareholder of HRB 11373 itself is not in the public record, so no owned_by row is asserted; parent_org to Mondelez International stays verified, and I confirmed "Mondelez Deutschland GmbH | Germany" in Exhibit 21.1 to the 2025 Form 10-K. Added: a distributes row to brand/milka for DE, the food-business-operator relation the pack and the retailer GS1 sheet support, matching how company/mondelez-france records LU; and a fresh, well-sourced paragraph on the Landgericht Bremen judgment of 12 May 2026 against this company over the 100 to 90 g Milka bars (Az. 12 O 118/25), which is under appeal at the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht. New References rows: nd-grund (North Data, HRA 25563) and vzhh (Verbraucherzentrale Hamburg, Stand 18 June 2026); dropped rows: off-prefix and gleif-snacks. Refreshed accessed dates to 2026-09-21 on mdlz-imprint, milka-imprint, mdlz-ex21, nd-mdlz-de, nd-services and wiki-mdlz-de, all re-fetched today, and milka-imprint now cites the URL it redirects to, https://www.milka.com/de/impressum/. Also tightened summary and disambiguation to separate this GmbH from the Services KG, and added the May 2018 seat move to Konsul-Smidt-Str. 21 from the register history. No Meta section, so nothing to drop there; the logo row and its caption are unchanged.. This is the current version.
Source of v4
# Mondelez Deutschland <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Mondelez Deutschland
disambiguation: the Bremen GmbH named on German Milka packs, HRB 11373, not the Services KG that signs the group's German websites
summary: Bremen company of Mondelēz International and the food business operator named on German Milka packs, in the register since 2005 and under this name since 2015.
legal_name: Mondelez Deutschland GmbH
registered_address: Konsul-Smidt-Str. 21, 28217 Bremen, Germany
country: DE
website: https://www.mondelezinternational.de/
register_ids: DE-HRB:Bremen 11373, EUID:DEH1101.HRB11373HB
founded: 2005-08-15
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ----------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/mondelez-international | global | | | | verified | ^mdlz-ex21 | Mondelēz International, Inc. lists Mondelez Deutschland GmbH, Germany, in the subsidiary list filed as Exhibit 21.1 to its Form 10-K for 2025. |
| distributes | brand/milka | DE | | | | sourced | ^off | German Milka packs print "Mondelez Deutschland, D-28078 Bremen" as the food business operator, and the retailer's GS1 data-pool record for the 130 g I love Milka hearts gives the same company in full. |
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind | address | country | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | --------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | office | Konsul-Smidt-Straße 21, 28217 Bremen, Germany | DE | ^mdlz-imprint | Registered office and the Bremen address the group publishes for its German organisation, with the Postfach 10 78 40, 28078 Bremen the packs print. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Mondelez Deutschland GmbH | legal | de | 2015-07-09 | |
| Mondeléz Deutschland GmbH | search | de | | |
| Kraft Foods Deutschland Holding GmbH | legal | de | 2005-08-15 | 2015-07-09 |
| Kraft Foods Deutschland | search | de | | 2012 |
<!--/aliases-->
## Images <!--images-->
| asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | provider_entity_id | provider_image_id | source_image_url | download_url | retrieved_at | matched_barcode | match_method | match_confidence | original_width | original_height | stored_width | stored_height | upscaled |
| ----------------- | ---- | ----------------- | ------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | ------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------- |
| logo-6a440c15.png | logo | wikimedia-commons | public-domain | Mondelez International | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMondelez_International.svg | 2026-09-20 | The Mondelēz International wordmark, the mark this German company trades under; the group's own logo file on Commons, not a mark of the GmbH alone. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| mdlz-imprint | https://www.mondelezinternational.com/germany-austria/imprint/ | Mondelēz International: Impressum for Germany and Austria | 2026-09-21 | Mondelēz International | manufacturer | | | Impressum; Verbraucherservice | | | |
| milka-imprint | https://www.milka.com/de/impressum/ | Milka Deutschland: Impressum | 2026-09-21 | Mondelez Deutschland Services GmbH & Co. KG | manufacturer | | | Impressum; Verbraucherservice | | | |
| mdlz-ex21 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000162828026005345/ex211_123125.htm | Mondelēz International, Inc.: Exhibit 21.1, Subsidiaries List, 31 December 2025 | 2026-09-21 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2026-02-04 | 0001628280-26-005345 | Germany | | | |
| nd-mdlz-de | https://www.northdata.com/Mondelez%20Deutschland%20GmbH,%20Bremen/HRB%2011373 | North Data: Mondelez Deutschland GmbH, Bremen, District Court of Bremen HRB 11373 | 2026-09-21 | North Data | registry | | HRB 11373 | Name; Identification; Address; History 2005-2026 | | | |
| nd-services | https://www.northdata.com/Mondelez%20Deutschland%20Services%20GmbH%20%26%20Co.%20KG,%20Bremen/HRA%2025174 | North Data: Mondelez Deutschland Services GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen, District Court of Bremen HRA 25174 | 2026-09-21 | North Data | registry | | HRA 25174 | Identification; Publications 2009-2026, limited partner entries of 28 May 2013 and 2 July 2015 | | | |
| nd-grund | https://www.northdata.com/Kraft%20Foods%20Deutschland%20Holding%20Grundst%C3%BCcksverwaltungs%20GmbH%20%26%20Co.%20KG,%20Bremen/HRA%2025563 | North Data: Kraft Foods Deutschland Holding Grundstücksverwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen, District Court of Bremen HRA 25563 | 2026-09-21 | North Data | registry | | HRA 25563 | Identification; Corporate purpose; Publications 2010-2026, limited partner entries of 23 June 2015 and 17 November 2020 | | | |
| wiki-mdlz-de | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondel%C4%93z_International | Wikipedia (de): Mondelēz International, sections Deutschland and Kritik | 2026-09-21 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Mondelez in Europa: Deutschland; Mogelpackungen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| vzhh | https://www.vzhh.de/themen/mogelpackungen/milka-schokolade-verfahren-gegen-mondelez | Verbraucherzentrale Hamburg: Milka Schokolade, Verfahren gegen Mondelez | 2026-09-21 | Verbraucherzentrale Hamburg | publication | 2026-06-18 | LG Bremen 12 O 118/25 | Das Wichtigste in Kürze; Urteil des Landgerichts Bremen | | | |
| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/7622400779756 | Open Food Facts: Hauchzarte Herzen, Milka, 130 g — typed record and the label photographs read for this entry | 2026-09-15 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 7622400779756 | Raw uploads imgid 2 (back, 2018-04-08), 5 (nutrition, 2021-01-15), 6 (barcode and badges, 2023-06-10), 7 (ingredients, 2023-10-11) | ODbL; photos CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| wos | https://www.worldofsweets.de/Milka-Hauchzarte-Herzen-Alpenmilch-130g.304763.html | World of Sweets: Milka Hauchzarte Herzen Alpenmilch 130g — EAN, price, country of origin, operator, ingredient statement and nutrition table | 2026-09-15 | World of Sweets | retailer | | 304763 | Produktdetails; Zutaten/Nährwerte | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Mondelez Deutschland GmbH is the German company of Mondelēz International in Bremen and the food business operator named on German Milka packs, which give it simply as "Mondelez Deutschland, D-28078 Bremen".[^off] That postcode is the Bremen Postfach 10 78 40 the group publishes for its German organisation alongside its office at Konsul-Smidt-Straße 21, 28217 Bremen.[^mdlz-imprint] The GS1 trade data-pool record a German retailer publishes for the 130 g I love Milka hearts names the legal entity in full, "Mondeléz Deutschland GmbH, Postfach 107840, 28078 Bremen", as both producer and responsible operator.[^wos] The Bremen commercial register holds it under HRB 11373 at Konsul-Smidt-Str. 21, the address in Identity, and Mondelēz International lists it as a German subsidiary in the Exhibit 21.1 subsidiary list filed with its Form 10-K for 2025.[^nd-mdlz-de][^mdlz-ex21]
The Bremen register opened HRB 11373 on 15 August 2005, when the company was entered there as Kraft Foods Deutschland Holding GmbH with a seat in Bremen, a share capital of €49.8 million and seven companies merged into it, among them Jacobs Suchard GmbH; the capital was raised to €75 million that December.[^nd-mdlz-de] It absorbed Cadbury Schweppes GmbH in 2011, Mondelez Deutschland Professional GmbH in 2015, Mondelez Deutschland R&D GmbH in 2018 and Chipita Germany GmbH in 2022, and on 1 July 2015 it took in the operating company then called Mondelez Deutschland GmbH, whose name it adopted in the register on 9 July 2015; the seat moved to Konsul-Smidt-Str. 21 in May 2018.[^nd-mdlz-de] Bremen is the group's German headquarters because it was the home of the coffee roaster Jacobs; the group's European research and development centre for chocolate and food products is in Munich, and its largest plant worldwide for dry products such as coffee and tea is in Berlin.[^wiki-mdlz-de]
Above the company stands the listed parent, which names it in its own subsidiary list.[^mdlz-ex21] Below it, the Bremen register enters this GmbH as the limited partner of two Bremen partnerships at the same address: Mondelez Deutschland Services GmbH & Co. KG (AG Bremen HRA 25174, general partner Suchard GmbH, HRB 4634), the company that signs the group's German sites and the Milka site and runs the consumer service, and Kraft Foods Deutschland Holding Grundstücksverwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG (AG Bremen HRA 25563), a property partnership whose other limited partner is Mondelez International Holdings LLC.[^nd-services][^mdlz-imprint][^milka-imprint][^nd-grund] The 2025 subsidiary list names further German companies of the group alongside them, among them Mondelez Deutschland Biscuits Production GmbH and Mondelez Deutschland Snacks Production GmbH & Co. KG.[^mdlz-ex21]
On 12 May 2026 the Landgericht Bremen ruled against Mondelez Deutschland GmbH in a suit brought by the Verbraucherzentrale Hamburg over Milka bars cut from 100 to 90 grams in packaging of unchanged size and design (Az. 12 O 118/25), holding that the recognition effect of the pack overlays the change in content and that shoppers cannot be expected to study a familiar product for a hidden price rise.[^wiki-mdlz-de][^vzhh] The company has appealed, and the case is now before the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht in Bremen.[^vzhh]
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