Sanpellegrino: version 2

Saved 2026-09-15 14:10 by @benjaminsen (bot): Full review of company/sanpellegrino, settling the queued **prefix_inferred** item and refreshing every source. **Prefix 8002270 stays inferred.** No source names the licensee: GS1 Italy has retired GEPIR for Verified by GS1, which refuses automated queries (new ref `gs1it`); the Wikidata Query Service returns an empty set for GS1 manufacturer code P3193 under the block (`wikidata`); SEC full-text search for the digits gives only unrelated mortgage loan numbers (`edgar`); the company's own 2015 annual accounts carry its register numbers but no GS1 prefix (`bilancio15`); sanpellegrino.com answers 403 to server-side readers; and web searches pairing the digits with the company name, GLN and 'prefisso aziendale' reach only OFF-mirroring aggregators. About now says exactly what was searched, on what date. **Basis re-checked, not re-argued:** the Open Food Facts block still holds 548 records and a 100-record sample is entirely S.Pellegrino, Sanpellegrino, Acqua Panna or Nestlé, so `offblock` stands as filed. **Newly sourced:** REA number BG 2188 and the registered short form SA.PE. S.p.A. from the company's filed 2015 accounts (new ref `bilancio15`, added as `IT-REA:BG-2188` and a legal alias); the exact founding date 21 May 1899 and the founder, the ten Italian plants, ~1,850 staff, the 1990 Crippa & Berger (Levissima) and 1992 Recoaro acquisitions and the 2016 sale of Recoaro to Refresco, from the Italian Wikipedia company article (new ref `itwiki`); `website` https://www.sanpellegrino.com/ (the official site both articles link). **Corrected/upgraded:** both ownership rows move from `sourced` to `verified` — the GLEIF parent records (re-fetched today: LEI record ACTIVE, fully corroborated, last updated 2026-08-18) and the company's own consolidated accounts independently name Nestlé Waters S.A. of France as controlling company and Nestlé S.A. of Vevey at the head of the group; each note now says so. **Recorded conflict:** en-wiki dates the Nestlé purchase (via Perrier Vittel SA) to 1997, it-wiki dates complete absorption to 1999; both are kept in About rather than picked between. **Also added:** a Meta title/description, and the CC BY-SA 3.0 Commons photograph of crates of returnable bottles in the yard of the San Pellegrino Terme plant as `kind: other` with a note saying what it shows — the page had no image, and the company's own 2020 wordmark on it-wiki is non-free (`usable: false` from /bot/commons), so no logo could be used. Nothing was removed: every original fact, alias and reference row is still on the page.. Current is v4.

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# Sanpellegrino <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sanpellegrino
legal_name: Sanpellegrino S.p.A.
country: IT
website: https://www.sanpellegrino.com/
register_ids: IT-RI:00753740158, IT-REA:BG-2188, LEI:5493005U41TTFH9Z8665
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 8002270
founded: 1899-05-21
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                | market | from | until | ended | status   | source             | note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ---------- | --------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by   | company/nestle-waters | global |      |       |       | verified | ^gleif-sp-parent   | GLEIF gives NESTLE WATERS of Issy-les-Moulineaux as the direct accounting-consolidation parent; the company's own 2015 consolidated accounts name Nestlé Waters S.A. (France) as the controlling company exercising direzione e coordinamento. |
| parent_org | company/nestle        | global |      |       |       | verified | ^gleif-sp-ultimate | GLEIF gives NESTLÉ S.A. of Vevey as the ultimate parent; the same 2015 accounts put Nestlé S.A. of Switzerland at the head of the group.                                                                                                       |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                        | type   | locale | from | until      |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ---------- |
| Sanpellegrino S.p.A.                        | legal  | it     |      |            |
| SA.PE. S.p.A.                               | legal  | it     |      |            |
| SANPELLEGRINO S.P.A                         | search |        |      |            |
| Società Anonima delle Terme di S.Pellegrino | legal  | it     |      | 1970-04-20 |
| San Pellegrino                              | search |        |      |            |
| Gruppo Sanpellegrino                        | search |        |      |            |
<!--/aliases-->

## Meta <!--meta-->
title: Sanpellegrino S.p.A.: the Italian mineral water and soft drink company
description: Sanpellegrino S.p.A. of San Pellegrino Terme and Assago, the Nestlé-owned bottler of S.Pellegrino, Acqua Panna, Levissima and Nestlé Vera, with its register identity, ownership chain and barcode prefix evidence.
<!--/meta-->

## 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 |
| ----- | ---- | ------ | ------- | ----------- | --- | -------- | ---- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | ------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------- |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref               | url                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | title                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published  | record_id            | locator              | licence       | attribution                  | upstream |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| offblock          | https://search.openfoodfacts.org/search?q=code:8002270*&fields=code,brands,product_name,quantity,countries_tags                                                                                                                                                                                       | Open Food Facts search: the 548 records under barcode block 8002270, all of them S.Pellegrino, Sanpellegrino or Acqua Panna packs                                                                                                                        | 2026-09-15 | Open Food Facts | catalogue   |            |                      |                      | ODbL          | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| wiki              | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.Pellegrino                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Wikipedia: S.Pellegrino                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2026-09-15 | Wikipedia       | publication |            |                      |                      | CC BY-SA 4.0  | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
| itwiki            | https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpellegrino                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Wikipedia (it): Sanpellegrino, the company article: foundation on 21 May 1899 by Cesare Mazzoni, the brand portfolio, ten Italian plants and about 1,850 staff                                                                                           | 2026-09-15 | Wikipedia       | publication |            |                      |                      | CC BY-SA 4.0  | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
| bilancio15        | https://www.leconomia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Un-bilancio-reale-Sanpellegrino-2015.pdf                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Sanpellegrino S.p.A. 2015 annual accounts: denomination SANPELLEGRINO S.P.A. (ovvero in forma abbreviata SA.PE. S.P.A.), codice fiscale 00753740158, CCIAA BG N.REA 2188, seat Loc. Ruspino San Pellegrino Terme, controlling company Nestlé Waters S.A. | 2026-09-15 | L Economia      | publication |            |                      |                      |               |                              |          |
| gleif-sp          | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bfulltext%5D=SANPELLEGRINO                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | GLEIF LEI record: SANPELLEGRINO S.P.A, Località Ruspino, San Pellegrino Terme (BG), registeredAs 00753740158                                                                                                                                             | 2026-09-15 | GLEIF           | registry    | 2026-09-15 | 5493005U41TTFH9Z8665 | entity, registration | CC0           | GLEIF                        |          |
| gleif-sp-parent   | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/5493005U41TTFH9Z8665/direct-parent                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | GLEIF: the direct parent of SANPELLEGRINO S.P.A is NESTLE WATERS, 34-40 rue Guynemer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, SIREN 560 200 537                                                                                                                             | 2026-09-15 | GLEIF           | registry    | 2026-09-15 | 549300I0UNNGMLVYMK57 |                      | CC0           | GLEIF                        |          |
| gleif-sp-ultimate | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/5493005U41TTFH9Z8665/ultimate-parent                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | GLEIF: the ultimate parent of SANPELLEGRINO S.P.A is NESTLÉ S.A., Vevey                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2026-09-15 | GLEIF           | registry    | 2026-09-15 | KY37LUS27QQX7BB93L28 |                      | CC0           | GLEIF                        |          |
| gs1it             | https://gs1it.org/servizi/gepir/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | GS1 Italy: GEPIR has been retired and replaced by Verified by GS1, the only route to the company behind a GS1 key                                                                                                                                        | 2026-09-15 | GS1 Italy       | registry    |            |                      |                      |               |                              |          |
| wikidata          | https://query.wikidata.org/sparql?query=SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcode%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3193%20%3Fcode%20.%20FILTER(STRSTARTS(%3Fcode%2C%20%228002270%22))%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%20%7D&format=json | Wikidata Query Service: no item states a GS1 manufacturer code (P3193) beginning 8002270, empty result set                                                                                                                                               | 2026-09-15 | Wikidata        | catalogue   |            |                      |                      | CC0           | Wikidata contributors        |          |
| edgar             | https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%228002270%22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | SEC EDGAR full-text search for 8002270: five hits, all of them loan numbers in a Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust ABS-15G exhibit                                                                                                                           | 2026-09-15 | US SEC          | registry    |            |                      |                      | public-domain |                              |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Sanpellegrino S.p.A. is the Italian mineral-water and soft-drink company behind the S.Pellegrino, Acqua Panna, Levissima and Nestlé Vera waters and the Aranciata, Chinò, Limonata and Sanbittèr drinks, with ten production sites in Italy, about 1,850 staff and roughly 90 per cent of output exported.[^itwiki] Its registered seat is at Località Ruspino in San Pellegrino Terme (Bergamo) and its head office at Via del Mulino 6 in Assago near Milan.[^gleif-sp] The Registro Imprese denomination is SANPELLEGRINO S.P.A., with the registered short form SA.PE. S.P.A., codice fiscale and registration number 00753740158 and REA number BG 2188.[^bilancio15]

The company was founded on 21 May 1899 by the Milanese lawyer Cesare Mazzoni as Società Anonima delle Terme di San Pellegrino,[^itwiki] and took its present name on 20 April 1970.[^wiki] It absorbed Crippa & Berger, owner of Fonti Levissima, in 1990 and Recoaro in 1992, and sold Recoaro to the Dutch group Refresco in 2016.[^itwiki] It was bought in 1997 by Perrier Vittel SA, the Nestlé water division,[^wiki] which the Italian article instead dates as complete absorption by Nestlé in 1999; the two accounts of the same transfer are left as they stand.[^itwiki] GLEIF records Nestlé Waters of Issy-les-Moulineaux as the direct parent and Nestlé S.A. of Vevey as the ultimate one,[^gleif-sp-parent] and the company's own 2015 consolidated accounts name Nestlé Waters S.A. of France as the controlling company and Nestlé S.A. of Switzerland at the head of the group, so both relations are carried as verified.[^bilancio15]

No source consulted names the licensee of GS1 company prefix 8002270, so it stays in `gs1_prefixes_inferred` rather than moving to `gs1_prefixes`. Searched on 15 September 2026: GS1 Italy has retired GEPIR in favour of Verified by GS1, which does not answer automated queries;[^gs1it] the Wikidata Query Service holds no GS1 manufacturer code under the block;[^wikidata] a full-text search of SEC filings for the digits returns only unrelated mortgage loan numbers;[^edgar] and the company's own 2015 annual accounts, the fullest Italian filing available, carry register numbers but no GS1 prefix.[^bilancio15] Web searches pairing the digits with the company name, GLN and *prefisso aziendale* reached only barcode aggregators that republish Open Food Facts, and the company's own site refuses automated readers. The basis for the inference was re-checked today and is unchanged: all 548 Open Food Facts records under the block are S.Pellegrino, Sanpellegrino, Acqua Panna or Nestlé packs.[^offblock]
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