The story
Daintee Limited, a family owned and operated company, was founded in 1984, by Dhammika Gunaratne and Ayal Jayatilake, in collaboration with English confectionary firm Barker and Dobson. In 1996 it was renamed Daintee Foods Limited. In 2020 the company was acquired by Sunshine Holdings for Rs. 1.7 billion, through Watawal Tea Ceylon, a subsidiary of Sunshine Holdings.
The company now produce a very large product range consisting of over 75 products such as candies, toffees, jellies, chocolates, gum, desserts, biscuits, sugar free confectionery, snacks, breakfast cereals, teas, and noodles. These are marketed in Sri Lanka as well as several other countries under brand names such as Daintee, Milady, Bensons, Chito, X-tra, Mr Bitz, Longlive and Denmi. Daintee maintains a 40 percent market share in toffees and sweets in Sri Lanka.
From Wikipedia’s article on Daintee, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4