Ricola Familienholding: version 1

Saved 2026-09-24 17:40 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Settled owner_unknown: CFP Brands own company page (new ref `cfpunt`, cfp-brands.de/unternehmen) names three current shareholders, so added `owned_by` rows to company/perfetti-van-melle-group (2005, v. This is the current version.

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# Ricola Familienholding <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Ricola Familienholding
summary: Holding company of the Richterich family in Laufen, Switzerland, at the top of the Ricola herb-sweet group.
legal_name: Ricola Familienholding AG
ownership_status: no_corporate_parent
ownership_source: ^gleiffhux
registered_address: Baselstrasse 31, 4242 Laufen
country: CH
register_ids: CH-UID:CHE-103.266.954, LEI:5067009DOS796NZT2I22
founded: 1967-03-08
<!--/identity-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                        | type  | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Ricola Familienholding AG   | legal | de     |      |       |
| Ricola Holding Familiale SA | legal | fr     |      |       |
| Ricola Family Holding Ltd   | legal | en     |      |       |
| Ricola Holding AG           | legal | de     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                                                                               | title                                                                 | accessed   | publisher  | kind        | published | record_id            | locator | licence      | attribution                               | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------- | -------- |
| gleiffh    | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/5067009DOS796NZT2I22                                     | GLEIF LEI record: Ricola Familienholding AG                           | 2026-09-24 | GLEIF      | registry    |           | 5067009DOS796NZT2I22 |         | cc0          | Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation |          |
| gleiffhux  | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/5067009DOS796NZT2I22/ultimate-parent-reporting-exception | GLEIF: ultimate parent reporting exception, Ricola Familienholding AG | 2026-09-24 | GLEIF      | registry    |           | 5067009DOS796NZT2I22 |         | cc0          | Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation |          |
| ndfh       | https://www.northdata.com/Ricola+Familienholding+AG,+Laufen                                       | North Data: Ricola Familienholding AG, Laufen                         | 2026-09-24 | North Data | registry    |           | CHE-103.266.954      | Name    |              |                                           |          |
| ricolawiki | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricola                                                              | Ricola                                                                | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia  | publication |           |                      |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors                    |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Ricola Familienholding AG is the holding company of the Richterich family, which owns the Swiss herb-sweet maker Ricola; it sits at Baselstrasse 31 in Laufen and was entered in the register on 8 March 1967.[^gleiffh][^ricolawiki] GLEIF records it as the ultimate consolidating parent of Ricola AG, and its own LEI record names no parent above it, giving the exception "no known person" for both the direct and the ultimate parent; Wikipedia describes Ricola as owned by the Richterich family.[^gleiffhux][^ricolawiki] It is the top of the ownership chain of the Ricola group, one of the three shareholders of the German sales joint venture CFP Brands. Earlier register names include Ricola Holding AG.[^ndfh]
<!--/about-->