Sinebrychoff: version 2
Saved 2026-09-14 17:43 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the prefix_inferred flag. GS1 Finland's own published Synkka supplier list (new reference `gs1fi`, read as GLN-listaus syyskuu 2026.xlsx) records Sinebrychoff Oy Ab, business ID 0113951-4, under GLN 6415609999992; since a GLN sits inside the member's company prefix, and the same list pairs Valio's 6408439999997 with packs at 6408430-6408432 and Fazer Makeiset's 6411409999996 with packs at 6411401/2/4 (new references `offvalio`, `offfazer`), the Finnish members' prefixes are six digits. So `gs1_prefixes_inferred: 6415600` becomes `gs1_prefixes: 641560`, which covers both the GLN and every 6415600 consumer barcode, and the GLN is recorded in the new `gln` field. New reference `offsbx` shows all 141 Open Food Facts records under 641560 begin 6415600 and carry Sinebrychoff brands or its licensed bottlings. Also: re-fetched PRH (its URL now queries by businessId rather than by name) and added the registered auxiliary trade names Cheers, Pyynikki, Juomapalvelu and Aito-Lahde with their registration dates as aliases, plus a `Sinebrychoff Oy Ab` search alias for the form GS1 uses; re-verified the Metro-tukku listing (live, supplier Oy Sinebrychoff Ab) and both Wikipedia claims; added three sourced `distributes` rows for the Finnish licences (brand/coca-cola, brand/sprite, brand/schweppes), all to existing brands; and recorded in the owned_by note the conflict between Wikipedia's end-1999 transfer date and GLEIF's 29 June 2000 entity creation date for Carlsberg Breweries A/S (new reference `cbgleif`). Nothing was removed. Unresolved: no register names the prefix licensee directly - Verified by GS1 and GEPIR are closed to servers, the company's own site gives only its OVT e-invoicing address - so the six-digit length rests on the GS1 GLN plus the cross-checked Finnish numbering pattern, which is stated in About.. This is the current version.
Source of v2
# Sinebrychoff <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sinebrychoff
disambiguation: Finnish brewery, Kerava
legal_name: Oy Sinebrychoff Ab
country: FI
website: https://www.sinebrychoff.fi/
gln: 6415609999992
register_ids: FI-Y:0113951-4, EUID:FIFPRO.0113951-4
gs1_prefixes: 641560
founded: 1819
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ----------- | --------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/carlsberg-breweries | | 1999 | | | sourced | ^skwiki | Wikipedia: by the end of 1999 ownership of the company was completely transferred to Carlsberg Breweries A/S. GLEIF gives that company an entity creation date of 29 June 2000, so the 1999 date is Wikipedia's dating of the transfer, not of the holder's incorporation. |
| parent_org | company/carlsberg-group | | | | | sourced | ^karhuwiki | Wikipedia: the Sinebrychoff brewery is part of the Carlsberg Group. |
| distributes | brand/coca-cola | FI | | | | sourced | ^skwiki | Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff holds the licence to manufacture Coca-Cola in Finland; Finnish Coca-Cola packs carry its prefix. |
| distributes | brand/sprite | FI | | | | sourced | ^skwiki | Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff holds the licence to manufacture Sprite in Finland; Finnish Sprite packs carry its prefix. |
| distributes | brand/schweppes | FI | | | | sourced | ^skwiki | Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff holds the licence to produce Schweppes in Finland. |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Oy Sinebrychoff Ab | legal | fi | 1955-04-01 | |
| Aktiebolaget P. Sinebrychoff | legal | sv | 1896-12-19 | 1955-03-31 |
| Koff | name | fi | 1996-12-11 | |
| Cheers | name | fi | 1988-07-27 | |
| Pyynikki | name | fi | 1992-12-31 | |
| Juomapalvelu | name | fi | 2000-08-31 | |
| Aito-Lähde | name | fi | 2000-08-31 | |
| Sinebrychoff Oy Ab | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| gs1fi | https://gs1.fi/fi/asiakastuki/synkka/gln-listaus-vastaanottajille | GS1 Finland: GS1 Synkka, suppliers using the product data service (GLN listing) | 2026-09-14 | GS1 Finland | registry | 2026-09 | 6415609999992 | GLN-listaus syyskuu 2026.xlsx, row 795 | | | |
| offsbx | https://search.openfoodfacts.org/search?q=code:641560*&fields=code,brands&page_size=100 | Open Food Facts search: every record whose barcode starts 641560 | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | | | ODbL | | |
| offvalio | https://search.openfoodfacts.org/search?q=code:640843*&fields=code&page_size=100 | Open Food Facts search: every record whose barcode starts 640843 (Valio) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | | | ODbL | | |
| offfazer | https://search.openfoodfacts.org/search?q=code:641140*&fields=code&page_size=100 | Open Food Facts search: every record whose barcode starts 641140 (Fazer Makeiset) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | | | ODbL | | |
| prh | https://avoindata.prh.fi/opendata-ytj-api/v3/companies?businessId=0113951-4 | PRH and YTJ open data: Oy Sinebrychoff Ab (0113951-4) | 2026-09-14 | Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus | registry | | 0113951-4 | | | | |
| metro | https://www.metrotukku.fi/fi/EUR/tuotteet/juomat/karhu-lager-olut-46-tolkki-0568l/6415600000352 | Metro-tukku: Karhu Lager olut 4,6% tölkki 0,568l | 2026-09-14 | Metro-tukku | retailer | | 6415600000352 | | | | |
| cbgleif | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/5493008YL42784DMWN61 | GLEIF LEI record: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S | 2026-09-14 | GLEIF | registry | | 5493008YL42784DMWN61 | | | | |
| karhuwiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karhu_(beer) | Wikipedia: Karhu (beer) | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | | | |
| skwiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinebrychoff | Wikipedia: Sinebrychoff | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Oy Sinebrychoff Ab is the Finnish brewery and soft-drink company founded in Helsinki in 1819 by Nikolai Sinebrychoff; it is the largest brewery in Finland and the oldest still working in the Nordic countries, and all of its brewing is now done in Kerava.[^skwiki] The Finnish trade register records business ID 0113951-4, the name Oy Sinebrychoff Ab since 1 April 1955 in place of Aktiebolaget P. Sinebrychoff, the auxiliary trade names Cheers, Pyynikki, Koff, Juomapalvelu and Aito-Lähde with their registration dates, and manufacture of beer as its main line of business.[^prh] Its beer brands include Karhu and Koff, and it bottles Coca-Cola, Sprite and Schweppes under licence in Finland.[^skwiki] Ownership passed to Carlsberg Breweries A/S at the end of 1999.[^skwiki]
GS1 company prefix 641560 is now sourced rather than inferred. GS1 Finland's own list of Synkka data suppliers records Sinebrychoff Oy Ab, business ID 0113951-4, under GLN 6415609999992, a number only a six-digit Sinebrychoff prefix can hold together with its 6415600 consumer barcodes.[^gs1fi] The list numbers other members the same way: Valio's GLN is 6408439999997 against packs running 6408430 to 6408432, and Fazer Makeiset's is 6411409999996 against packs at 6411401, 6411402 and 6411404.[^offvalio][^offfazer] All 141 Open Food Facts records under 641560 begin 6415600 and carry Sinebrychoff's own brands, among them Koff, Karhu, Battery, Crowmoor and Somersby, or its licensed Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite bottlings.[^offsbx] Metro-tukku files the Karhu barcode 6415600000352 under supplier Oy Sinebrychoff Ab.[^metro] No licensee register named the holder: Verified by GS1 and GEPIR are closed to servers, the company's own site publishes only its OVT e-invoicing address 003701139514, and web searches for the bare prefix digits returned only barcode explainers.
<!--/about-->