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Perfetti Van Melle

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Italian–Dutch multinational company of confectionery and chewing gum

Perfetti Van Melle is an Italian–Dutch multinational company of confectionery and gum. It was formed in 2001 of the merger of the Italian-based company Perfetti SpA and the Dutch-based company Van Melle NV. Perfetti Van Melle is owned by the Italian Perfetti family and the Dutch Van Melle family.2 It employed about 14,400 people in 2022.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2001Founded1
  • HeadquartersSchiphol-Rijk1
  • Founded inLainate1
  • Websitewww.perfettivanmelle.com
  • Legal formbesloten vennootschap1
  • LEI875500PFUPGWRD0APL653
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressStationsplein-ZW 997, Tristar 3, 1117CE Schiphol-Oost, Netherlands3
  • Registered withThe Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, 241434283

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Perfetti Van Melle is an Italian–Dutch multinational company of confectionery and gum. It was formed in 2001 of the merger of the Italian-based company Perfetti SpA and the Dutch-based company Van Melle NV. Perfetti Van Melle is owned by the Italian Perfetti family and the Dutch Van Melle family. Perfetti Van Melle is headquartered in Lainate, Italy, and Breda, Netherlands.2

Corporate structure

Perfetti Van Melle is part of a group headed by C+F CONFECTIONERY AND FOODS S.A.. 14 entities, 10 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • C+F CONFECTIONERY AND FOODS S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    • Perfetti Van Melle Schiphol-Oost, Netherlands
      • Chupa Chups Subsidiary · Barcelona
      • Stimorol Subsidiary · Vejle Municipality
      • PERFETTI VAN MELLE ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD Subsidiary · 100% · Singapore, Singapore
      • CONG TY TNHH PERFETTI VAN MELLE (VIET NAM) (CÔNG TY TNHH PERFETTI VAN MELLE (VIỆT NAM)) Subsidiary · Hồ chí Minh, Vietnam
      • Hollywood Subsidiary
      • PERFETTI VAN MELLE BRASIL LTDA. Subsidiary · Vinhedo, Brazil
      • Perfetti van Melle Export Far East Limited Subsidiary · Kowloon, Hong Kong
      • Perfetti Van Melle Holding B.V. Subsidiary · Breda, Netherlands
        • BV PERFETTI VAN MELLE BENELUX Subsidiary · Breda, Netherlands
      • PERFETTI VAN MELLE NEDERLAND Subsidiary · Breda, Netherlands
      • PERFETTI VAN MELLE PHILS. INC. Subsidiary · Taguig City, Philippines
      • PT. PERFETTI VAN MELLE INDONESIA Subsidiary · Bogor, Indonesia
      • Fruit-tella Owned
      • Klene Owned
      • Mentos Owned

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Perfetti Van Melle reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Van Melle NV (1840–2001)

Van Melle NV was a Dutch confectionery company based in Breskens, Netherlands.

From Wikipedia’s article on Perfetti Van Melle, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • confectionery

Listed on Wikidata.1

Some of the brands are:

Airheads

Alpenliebe

Aprilla

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Big Babol

Brooklyn

Bubbaloo

Bubblicious

Cachou Lajaunie

Center Fresh

Center Fruit

Center Shock

Chiclets

Chlormint

Chocoliebe

Chupa Chups

Daygum

Dentyne

Filly Folly

Frisk

Fruit-tella

Golia

Happydent

Hollywood

Klene

La Vosgienne

Look-O-Look

Marbels

Meller

Mentos

Morositas

Smint

Stimorol

StopNot

Sula

Trident

V6

Vigorsol

Vivident

From Wikipedia’s article on Perfetti Van Melle, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. Oct 2, 2023Acquired Stimorol1
  2. Succeeded Perfetti1
  3. Succeeded Van Melle1

Employees over time

  • 202214,4121

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2023Parent Directly consolidated by C+F CONFECTIONERY AND FOODS S.A.3
  2. 2001Founded Founded in Lainate1

Sources

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