# Malaco

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For the record company, see [Malaco Records](/source/Malaco_Records).

**Malaco** is a Swedish brand of confectionery products owned by [Cloetta](/source/Cloetta). Their products are sold in [Sweden](/source/Sweden), [Norway](/source/Norway), [Denmark](/source/Denmark), [Finland](/source/Finland), the [US](/source/United_States), [Israel](/source/Israel)[1] and the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) among others.[2] Products include Brio, Fruxo, Pim Pim, [Swedish Fish](/source/Swedish_Fish), Djungelvrål, Gott & Blandat, and [Malaco Crazy Face](/source/Malaco_Crazy_Face).[3]

## History

Malaco was established in 1934 under the name Malmö Lakrits Compani by the Danish company Lagerman. The name Malaco comes from the initial letters of Malmö Lakrits Compani. The business was originally located at Lundavägen 17 in [Malmö](/source/Malm%C3%B6), but in 1948 it was moved to a newly built factory on Norbergsgatan in the [Sofielund industrial area](/source/Sofielunds_industriomr%C3%A5de). Another factory was added in 1968 in [Slagelse](/source/Slagelse), Denmark (closed in 2011). The Malmö factory was shut down in April 2001, and since then no production has taken place in Malmö, only storage. Sales were initially limited to the [Nordic countries](/source/Nordic_countries), but from the 1950s there was also extensive export to the United States. In 1988, the company was acquired by the Marabou Group, which from 1990 became part of Freia Marabou A/S, itself purchased by [Kraft General Foods](/source/Kraft_Foods) in 1993. Malaco was sold again in 1997 to the Dutch food group CSM. After CSM acquired the Finnish confectionery business Leaf (originally part of, among others, [Ahlgrens](/source/Ahlgrens)), the two companies merged to form MalacoLeaf AB. After a change of ownership in March 2005, MalacoLeaf was renamed [Leaf](/source/Leaf_International). Leaf was in turn acquired by [Cloetta](/source/Cloetta) in 2011.[4]

## References

1. ["Malaco"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210725134023/https://www.cloetta.com/en/our-brands/brands/malaco/). *www.cloetta.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.cloetta.com/en/our-brands/brands/malaco/) on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2019-06-13.

1. ["The Netherlands"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210725060612/https://www.cloetta.com/en/our-brands/cloetta-around-the-world/the-netherlands/). *www.cloetta.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.cloetta.com/en/our-brands/cloetta-around-the-world/the-netherlands/) on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-01-28.

1. ["Cloetta"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210725134804/https://www.cloetta.com/en/images/brands_products/). Archived from [the original](https://www.cloetta.com/en/images/brands_products/) on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

1. ["Cloetta och LEAF går samman – nya Cloetta blir en ledande aktör på den nordiska konfektyrmarknaden"](https://www.cloetta.com/sv/cloetta-och-leaf-gar-samman-nya-cloetta-blir-en-ledande-aktor-pa-den-nordiska-konfektyrmarknaden) (in sv-SE). *Cloetta*. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2025-09-25.

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