Ownership Investigation · Series 01
The Kitchen Audit

They Own
Your Cabinet.

Open your kitchen cabinet. Every brand you trust — the "natural" ones, the "clean" ones, the ones with the farmers on the label — trace back to a handful of corporations most people have never heard of. Hover over any product to see who actually owns it.

↓ Your kitchen cabinet — hover to reveal true ownership
Mars Inc.
Acquired 2017 · $600M
RX
BAR
protein bar
General Mills
Acquired 2014 · $820M
Annie's
organic snacks
General Mills
Acquired 2008 · $66M
LÄRABAR
fruit & nut bar
Mondelēz
Acquired 2022 · $2.9B
CLIF
BAR
energy bar
Independent
Founder-owned · No investors
CHOMPS
meat sticks
Kellogg's / Mars
Acquired 2017 via Kellogg's
KASHI
"natural" cereal
China Mengniu
Acquired 2018 · $300M
siggi's
icelandic skyr
DanoneWave
Acquired 2003
Horizon
Organic
milk
PepsiCo
Acquired 1998 · $3.3B
NAKED
JUICE
"all natural"
Independent
GT Dave · Turned down Coke & Pepsi
GT's
Kombucha
raw kombucha
Lactalis (France)
Acquired via Danone → Lactalis
STONYFIELD
organic yogurt
Co-op Owned
1,800 farmer-owners since 1988
Organic
Valley
dairy co-op
Nestlé
Acquired 2017 · $2.3B
Garden
of Life
supplements
Danone
Acquired 2016 · $560M
VEGA
plant protein
PepsiCo
Acquired 2025 · $1.65B
POPPI
prebiotic soda
PepsiCo
Acquired 2025 · $1.2B
SIETE
tortillas & chips
ESOP Owned
Given to employees by founder · 2010
Bob's Red
Mill
whole grains
Unilever
Acquired 2016 · $700M
Seventh
Gen
cleaning
hover any product to reveal ownership
5
Corporations own
most of what you
see on this shelf
$14B+
Spent acquiring
"natural" and "organic"
brands since 2010
Same
Packaging before
and after acquisition.
Ownership invisible.
3
Genuinely independent
brands on this shelf.
You can find them.
PepsiCo
Public · NYSE: PEP · $220B market cap
Naked Juice Siete Poppi Tropicana Quaker Kevita
Spent $2.85B acquiring Siete + Poppi alone in 2025 — two brands built on "clean" positioning.
General Mills
Public · NYSE: GIS · $33B market cap
Annie's Lärabar Kashi Cascadian Farm Epic Provisions Plum Organics
Owns 6 of the most trusted "natural" brands in the snack aisle. Kashi farmers sued over pesticides.
Nestlé
Public · SIX: NESN · $290B market cap
Garden of Life Blue Bottle* Nespresso Perrier Stouffer's
*Blue Bottle sold to Chinese PE firm Centurium Capital, March 2026 — at a loss after 9 years.
The Independents
Founder-owned · Co-op · ESOP
GT's Kombucha Organic Valley Bob's Red Mill Chomps Straus Family Lundberg
These exist. They're not hard to find. Your money goes to people, not holding companies.
The brands look independent.
The ownership chart does not.
Now you know what to look for.
tracedhealth.com
Scan any barcode
to trace ownership
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Series 01 · 2026