Ricola

Summary

Ricola is a business^[1]. Ricola ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,978 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ricola was a member of German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce^[3].
• Ricola is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Ricola is in the country of CH^[5].
• Ricola's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Ricola's headquarters location is recorded as Laufen^[7].
• Ricola's Commons category is recorded as Ricola^[8].
• Ricola's industry is recorded as food industry^[9].
• 1982-07-05 marks the founding of Ricola^[10].
• Ricola's location of formation is recorded as Laufen^[11].
• Ricola's parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:5067009DOS796NZT2I22^[12].
• Ricola's official website is recorded as https://www.ricola.com/^[13].
• Ricola's product or material produced is recorded as cough drop^[14].
• Ricola's product or material produced is recorded as mint^[15].
• Ricola's product or material produced is recorded as instant tea^[16].
• Ricola's legal form is recorded as Aktiengesellschaft^[17].
• Ricola's legal form is recorded as MVII^[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 894500GG0JG5R1QWS725^[19]

• Registered legal name: Ricola AG^[20]

• Legal jurisdiction: CH^[21]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[22]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): MVII^[23]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[24]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[25]

• Entity created: 1982-07-05^[26]

• LEI first registered: 2026-02-03^[27]

• LEI last updated: 2026-02-03^[28]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-02-03^[29]

• Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29^[30]

• Registration authority: RA000549^[31]

• Authority entity ID: CHE-102.200.964^[32]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[33]

Body

Founding

1982-07-05 marks the founding of Ricola^[10]. Ricola's location of formation is recorded as Laufen^[11].

Operations

Ricola's headquarters location is recorded as Laufen^[7]. Ricola's parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:5067009DOS796NZT2I22^[12].

Industry

Ricola's industry is recorded as food industry^[9].

Ownership

Products include cough drop^[14], mint^[15], and instant tea^[16].

Why It Matters

Ricola ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,978 views/month).^[2] Ricola has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Ricola is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]