Weetabix: version 1
Saved 2026-09-14 16:29 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **5010029013023 - Ready Brek Original 500 g** (Weetabix), taken from the wanted queue where the old 2006-2013 site listed it as "ready break original". **Identity confirmed before writing.** Th. Current is v2.
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| 1 | 1 | # Weetabix <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Weetabix | |
| 5 | 5 | disambiguation: the company; the brand it owns is brand/weetabix | |
| 6 | 6 | legal_name: Weetabix Limited | |
| 7 | 7 | country: GB | |
| 8 | 8 | website: https://weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/ | |
| 9 | 9 | register_ids: GB-CH:00267687 | |
| 10 | 10 | gs1_prefixes_inferred: 5010029 | |
| 11 | 11 | founded: 1932-08-13 | |
| 12 | 12 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 15 | 15 | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 16 | 16 | | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 17 | 17 | | owned_by | company/westminster-acquisition | | 2018-03-05 | | | sourced | ^ch | Companies House records Westminster Acquisition Limited (10694659) as the active person with significant control, notified 5 March 2018, with 75 % or more of the shares and voting rights. | | |
| 18 | 18 | | parent_org | company/post-holdings | | 2017-07-03 | | | sourced | ^post | Post Holdings, Inc. completed its acquisition of Weetabix Limited on 3 July 2017. | | |
| 19 | 19 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 21 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 22 | 22 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 23 | 23 | | ------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 24 | 24 | | Weetabix Limited | legal | en | | | | |
| 25 | 25 | | The Weetabix Food Company | search | en | | | | |
| 26 | 26 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 29 | 29 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 30 | 30 | | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 31 | 31 | | offback | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/501/002/901/3023/2.jpg | Open Food Facts: back of the 500 g Ready Brek Original box, ingredients, allergy advice and nutrition panel (raw upload 2) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2016-05-02 | 5010029013023 | Back panel | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5010029013023 | | |
| 32 | 32 | | offprefix | https://search.openfoodfacts.org/search?q=code:5010029*&fields=code,brands,product_name,countries_tags&page_size=50 | Open Food Facts search: 264 records under GS1 prefix 5010029, all Weetabix-group brands | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 33 | 33 | | ch | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00267687/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: WEETABIX LIMITED (00267687), persons with significant control | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 00267687 | | ocl | Companies House | | | |
| 34 | 34 | | chco | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00267687 | Companies House: WEETABIX LIMITED (00267687), company overview | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 00267687 | | ocl | Companies House | | | |
| 35 | 35 | | post | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001530950/000153095017000128/ex991weetabixclosingpr.htm | Post Holdings Completes Acquisition of Weetabix (Form 8-K, exhibit 99.1) | 2026-09-14 | Post Holdings, Inc. | publication | 2017-07-03 | | | | | | | |
| 36 | + | | gs1uk | https://www.gs1uk.org/standards-services/tools/who-owns-this-barcode | GS1 UK: Who owns this barcode (member lookup, JavaScript form only) | 2026-09-14 | GS1 UK | registry | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | + | | gdsn | https://www.gs1.org/docs/gdsn/stats/gdsn_trading_partners.pdf | GS1: Global Data Synchronisation Network member companies and their GLNs | 2026-09-14 | GS1 | registry | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | + | | edgar | https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%225010029%22 | SEC EDGAR full-text search for the digits 5010029 | 2026-09-14 | U.S. SEC | registry | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | 39 | <!--/references--> | |
| 37 | 40 | ||
| 38 | 41 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 39 | − | Weetabix Limited is the British breakfast-cereal maker at Weetabix Mills, Burton Latimer, Kettering, incorporated on 13 August 1932 and registered at Companies House as number 00267687 for the manufacture of other food products.[^chco] Its packs are signed "Made in England by Weetabix Limited" and carry a Burton Latimer consumer services address.[^offback] Companies House has recorded Westminster Acquisition Limited as its person with significant control since 5 March 2018,[^ch] and the American holding company Post Holdings, Inc. completed its purchase of the business on 3 July 2017.[^post] No register names the licensee of GS1 prefix 5010029, but all 264 Open Food Facts records under it carry a brand of this group, so the prefix is recorded here as inferred rather than sourced.[^offprefix] | |
| 42 | + | Weetabix Limited is the British breakfast-cereal maker at Weetabix Mills, Burton Latimer, Kettering, incorporated on 13 August 1932 and registered at Companies House as number 00267687 for the manufacture of other food products.[^chco] Its packs are signed "Made in England by Weetabix Limited" and carry a Burton Latimer consumer services address.[^offback] Companies House has recorded Westminster Acquisition Limited as its person with significant control since 5 March 2018, with 75 % or more of the shares and voting rights,[^ch] and the American holding company Post Holdings, Inc. completed its purchase of the business on 3 July 2017.[^post] The register entry was still active and unchanged when checked on 14 September 2026.[^chco] | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | GS1 prefix 5010029 remains inferred rather than sourced after a further search on 14 September 2026. GS1 UK's "Who owns this barcode" lookup serves only a JavaScript form and publishes no result a reader can cite,[^gs1uk] GS1's own list of GDSN member companies holds no GLN under 5010029 and names only the separate Weetabix of Canada Limited, under Canadian prefix 0055712,[^gdsn] and a full-text search of SEC filings for the digits returns nothing but unrelated share counts in 13F holdings tables.[^edgar] The basis for the inference is unchanged and still checks out: all 264 Open Food Facts records under the prefix carry a brand of this group, among them Weetabix, Alpen and Weetos,[^offprefix] including the Ready Brek box whose back panel names Weetabix Limited as the maker.[^offback] | |
| 40 | 45 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Weetabix <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Weetabix
disambiguation: the company; the brand it owns is brand/weetabix
legal_name: Weetabix Limited
country: GB
website: https://weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/
register_ids: GB-CH:00267687
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 5010029
founded: 1932-08-13
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/westminster-acquisition | | 2018-03-05 | | | sourced | ^ch | Companies House records Westminster Acquisition Limited (10694659) as the active person with significant control, notified 5 March 2018, with 75 % or more of the shares and voting rights. |
| parent_org | company/post-holdings | | 2017-07-03 | | | sourced | ^post | Post Holdings, Inc. completed its acquisition of Weetabix Limited on 3 July 2017. |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Weetabix Limited | legal | en | | |
| The Weetabix Food Company | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| offback | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/501/002/901/3023/2.jpg | Open Food Facts: back of the 500 g Ready Brek Original box, ingredients, allergy advice and nutrition panel (raw upload 2) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2016-05-02 | 5010029013023 | Back panel | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5010029013023 |
| offprefix | https://search.openfoodfacts.org/search?q=code:5010029*&fields=code,brands,product_name,countries_tags&page_size=50 | Open Food Facts search: 264 records under GS1 prefix 5010029, all Weetabix-group brands | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| ch | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00267687/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: WEETABIX LIMITED (00267687), persons with significant control | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 00267687 | | ocl | Companies House | |
| chco | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00267687 | Companies House: WEETABIX LIMITED (00267687), company overview | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 00267687 | | ocl | Companies House | |
| post | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001530950/000153095017000128/ex991weetabixclosingpr.htm | Post Holdings Completes Acquisition of Weetabix (Form 8-K, exhibit 99.1) | 2026-09-14 | Post Holdings, Inc. | publication | 2017-07-03 | | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Weetabix Limited is the British breakfast-cereal maker at Weetabix Mills, Burton Latimer, Kettering, incorporated on 13 August 1932 and registered at Companies House as number 00267687 for the manufacture of other food products.[^chco] Its packs are signed "Made in England by Weetabix Limited" and carry a Burton Latimer consumer services address.[^offback] Companies House has recorded Westminster Acquisition Limited as its person with significant control since 5 March 2018,[^ch] and the American holding company Post Holdings, Inc. completed its purchase of the business on 3 July 2017.[^post] No register names the licensee of GS1 prefix 5010029, but all 264 Open Food Facts records under it carry a brand of this group, so the prefix is recorded here as inferred rather than sourced.[^offprefix]
<!--/about-->