Zwan

EUSausages

Score

4/5

European owner. Some facts are not yet verified.

Zwan is a brand of meat products such as luncheon meat, cocktail sausages, hot dogs and smoked sausage, controlled by Zwanenberg Food Group of Almelo, the Netherlands, which took over the brand name in 1996. Zwanenberg produces the brand at its sites in Almelo and Raalte and in Cincinnati in the United States. Unilever held the Zwan trademark for Belgium and Greece; that transfer to Zwanenberg was still pending in March 2026, according to Unilever's annual report.

What we know

Owner

Zwanenberg Food Group, NetherlandsEU

Family control

Headquarters

Almelo, NetherlandsEU

Production

Netherlands(main)EU, United StatesNon-European

Zwanenberg produces the Zwan brand at Van der Laan in Almelo and at Lupack in Raalte; its Cincinnati plant makes Zwan meat preserves for the American market and for export.

Available in

Angola, Aruba, Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, DR Congo, Curaçao, Cyprus, Germany, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Ireland, Iraq, Côte d'Ivoire, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Austria, Panama, Qatar, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Suriname, Togo, Czechia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Sweden

Not yet verified
  • How much of it is made in the EU or EEA
  • Whether there are large shareholders outside Europe

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Ownership chain

Sources

  1. ZwanOwnership · 30 September 2026
  2. ZwanHeadquarters · 30 September 2026
  3. Zwanenberg Food GroupProduction · 30 September 2026
  4. ZwanAvailability · 30 September 2026
  5. Zwanenberg Food GroupGeneral · 30 September 2026
  6. Zwanenberg Food GroupGeneral · 30 September 2026
  7. Autoriteit Consument en MarktGeneral · 30 September 2026
  8. Unilever Annual Report on Form 20-F 2025Unilever PLC · General · 30 September 2026
  9. Zwanenberg Food GroupOwnership · 30 September 2026 · Source about Zwanenberg Food Group, the owner.
  10. Vergunning vereist voor concentratie Zwanenberg en Unox, ACM/UIT/651622Autoriteit Consument en Markt · Ownership · 30 September 2026 · Source about Zwanenberg Food Group, the owner.
  11. KBO, ondernemingsnummer 0758.928.295, Meatpoint B.V.Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen · Ownership · 30 September 2026 · Source about Zwanenberg Food Group, the owner.
  12. VleesmagazineOwnership · 30 September 2026 · Source about Zwanenberg Food Group, the owner.
  13. Zwanenberg Food GroupHeadquarters · 30 September 2026 · Source about Zwanenberg Food Group, the owner.

Last verified on 30 September 2026.

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