Kraft cheese is mainly owned by The Kraft Heinz Company, but some Kraft‑branded cheese products are now owned and made by the French dairy giant Groupe Lactalis under long‑term licensing deals.

Who owns “Kraft cheese” today?

Because of a big restructuring and sale in 2020–2021, “who owns Kraft cheese” has a split answer:

  • Kraft Heinz owns:
    • Kraft Singles and other processed Kraft cheese products in the United States and Canada.
* Velveeta processed cheese and Cheez Whiz processed cheese in the U.S. and Canada.

* Kraft and Velveeta macaroni and cheese, Kraft sauces, and Philadelphia cream cheese worldwide.
  • Groupe Lactalis (through a U.S. affiliate) owns:
    • Most of the natural , grated, cultured, and specialty Kraft cheese business that Kraft Heinz sold off for about 3.2–3.3 billion dollars.
* The rights to manufacture and sell Kraft‑branded natural and some processed cheeses in many markets, using perpetual licenses for the Kraft and Velveeta names on certain cheese products.

In practical terms, when someone asks “who owns Kraft cheese,” the corporate owner of the Kraft brand is Kraft Heinz, but a large portion of the actual cheese operations and brands have been sold to and are now run by Lactalis under licensing and brand‑sale arrangements.