Quaker is owned by PepsiCo (the United States, NASDAQ: PEP), which acquired the brand on 2 August 2001 for $13.4 billion from Quaker Oats Company.[1][2] Before PepsiCo, Quaker was owned by Quaker Oats Company to 2001.[2]
Quaker is an oats and cereal brand whose trademark, registered in 1877, was the first for a breakfast cereal in the United States. The Quaker man on the packaging represents honesty rather than any connection to the Religious Society of Friends, which has objected to the use over the years.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full PepsiCo ownership tree →
PepsiCo acquired The Quaker Oats Company in an all-stock merger, primarily to obtain Gatorade, which gave it the leading position in sports drinks. The Federal Trade Commission cleared the deal after a split vote, with a consent order restricting distribution arrangements.
No tagged news items yet. Deals, regulatory actions and recalls are added from SEC filings, regulators and trade press; only titles and links are stored.
Headlines link to the original publisher. Brandtree does not reproduce article text.
14 recall notices from government regulators matched to Quaker. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
Reason given: potential Salmonella
Recalling firm: The Quaker Oats Co.
Reason given: potential Salmonella
Recalling firm: The Quaker Oats Co.
Reason given: potential Salmonella
Recalling firm: The Quaker Oats Co.
Reason given: potential Salmonella
Recalling firm: The Quaker Oats Co.
Reason given: potential Salmonella
Recalling firm: The Quaker Oats Co.
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
The parent company of Quaker is PepsiCo, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Quaker originated in the United States in 1877 and its owner, PepsiCo, is also headquartered in the United States.
PepsiCo completed its acquisition of Quaker on 2 August 2001, after announcing the deal on 4 December 2000. The deal was valued at $13.4 billion.
Before PepsiCo, Quaker was owned by Quaker Oats Company until 2001.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Quaker is still owned by PepsiCo. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.