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Sunshine Biscuits

Defunct American snack company

Sunshine Biscuits, formerly known as The Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, was an independent American baker of cookies, crackers, and cereals. The company, which became a brand on a few products such as Cheez-It, was purchased by the Keebler Company in 1996, which was purchased by the Kellogg Company in 2001.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1902Founded1
  • Industryfood processing1
  • HeadquartersElmhurst1
  • Founded inKansas City1

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Sunshine Biscuits, Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth NH
Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Sunshine Biscuits, formerly known as The Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, was an independent American baker of cookies, crackers, and cereals. The company, which became a brand on a few products such as Cheez-It, was purchased by the Keebler Company in 1996, which was purchased by the Kellogg Company in 2001.2

Corporate structure

Sunshine Biscuits is part of a group headed by Kellanova. 199 entities, 50 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Kellanova Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
    • Kellanova Canada Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    • Sunshine Biscuits Elmhurst
    • Kellogg's Subsidiary
    • Morningstar Farms Subsidiary
    • Mother's Cookies Subsidiary · Oakland
    • 농심 켈로그 주식회사 Subsidiary · 90% · Anseong-si, South Korea
    • 545 LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Afical - Industria e Comercio de Alimentos Ltda Subsidiary · Brazil
    • Afical Holding LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Alimentos Gollek S.A. Subsidiary · Venezuela
    • Alimentos Kellogg de Panama SRL Subsidiary · Panama
    • Alimentos Kellogg, S.A. Subsidiary · Venezuela
    • AQFTM, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Argkel, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Austin Quality Foods, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • BDH, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Bisco Misr Subsidiary · Egypt
    • Canada Holding LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Cary Land Corporation Subsidiary · North Carolina, United States
    • CC Real Estate Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Michigan, United States
    • Eighteen94 Capital, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Favorite Food Products Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Gardenburger, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Gollek Argentina S.R.L. Subsidiary · Argentina
    • Gollek B.V. Subsidiary · Netherlands
    • and 177 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • snack

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company1

Timeline

  1. 1902Founded Founded in Kansas City1

Sources

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