Lipton
Score
4/5European, but not fully within the EU or EEA.
Lipton is the tea-bag and loose-tea brand of LIPTON Teas and Infusions, the tea company that became independent in July 2022 when CVC Capital Partners bought most of Unilever's tea business. The company makes its tea in nine factories of its own worldwide, among them Katowice in Poland and Trafford Park in the United Kingdom. This record covers the tea bags and loose tea only, not the ready-to-drink iced tea sold under the Lipton name.
What we know
- Owner
CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII, JerseyEurope
Private equity control
- Headquarters
Amsterdam, NetherlandsEU
- Production
Made in several countries worldwide
Share made in Europe unknown
The company's own sustainability report shows its factory network, with plants in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Japan, Egypt, Türkiye, Poland, the United Kingdom and South Africa, and states that it also works with third-party manufacturers in another 50 locations worldwide. The report does not say how much of what Europe buys is made in Europe.
- Not yet verified
- How much of it is made in the EU or EEA
- Whether there are large shareholders outside Europe
We have not listed alternatives for this brand yet.
Ownership chain
- Lipton
- Lipton Teas and Infusions Netherlands B.V.Brand ownerNetherlandsEU
- CVC Capital Partners Fund VIIIBrand ownerJerseyEurope
Sources
- KBO Public Search, enterprise number 0768.304.039
- Sustainability Report 2023
- Sustainability Report 2023
- Lipton Teas and Infusions
- Secondary mirror of Senate LDA registration 910417fe-83d6-4e05-bb3e-4231e89285eb, King & Spalding for ExamWorks, 2024 Q4; original lda.gov filing blocked by HTTP 403
- ABN AMRO subscription facility to CVC Capital Partners VIII, rating affirmation, 22 July 2026
- Unilever to sell its tea business, ekaterra, to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII, 18 November 2021
Last verified on 30 September 2026.