Mezzan Holding

Mezzan Holding is a Kuwaiti food, healthcare, and consumer conglomerate. Its origins date back to the 1940s, when the late Jassim Mohammad Ali Al Wazzan opened his first retail store selling consumer-ready imported products. Today the group manufactures and distributes over 34,000 SKUs through 34 vertically integrated companies, with operations spanning six countries. Its portfolio covers food, healthcare, consumer, and industrial brands, and its services division works with clients including NGOs, aid agencies, governments, and business-to-business customers.

Mezzan Holding's origins date back to the 1940s, when the late Jassim Mohammad Ali Al Wazzan opened his first retail store selling consumer-ready imported products such as rice, sugar, and other food staples. The store, the first Al Wazzan retail store in "Altararih" Souk, Kuwait, specialized in basic household necessities including canned and preserved food products. This enabled Al Wazzan to cultivate relationships with foreign manufacturers and introduce international brands such as Claire Ghee, Pillsbury Flour, Baird's Vinegar, and Crystal Hot Sauces into the Kuwaiti marketplace. In the 1960s, the business ventured into food manufacturing, building the GCC's first factory for mincing, mixing, and sharia-compliant meat products, later recognized as "Khazan". Al Wazzan also acquired a majority stake in KITCO, a pioneering potato chip factory. The group attracted international brands including Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly Clark, Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills, and GlaxoSmithKlein. Today, Mezzan Holding is one of the leading food, healthcare, and consumer conglomerates in the Middle East, manufacturing and distributing over 34,000 SKUs through 34 vertically integrated companies across the Gulf and other select markets.

One of the Middle East's leading food, healthcare, and consumer conglomerates.

• KITCO

  Kuwait Indo Trading Co., popularly known as 'KITCO', was established in 1962 and has become a household name synonymous with family snacks.

• Khazan

  'Khazan' is produced by the Conserved Foodstuff Distributing Company and is one of the Middle East's top producers and distributors of premium meat and poultry products.

• Sara Cake

  Under the 'Sara Cake' brand name, Gulf Pastries Manufacturing Company was established in 1988 and specializes in the production and distribution of an extensive range of bakery products, both fresh and frozen.

• Aqua Gulf

  Aqua Gulf is a leading bottled water brand from Mezzan produced under the highest international quality standards. Launched in 2003, Aqua Gulf is the only locally sourced water brand in Kuwait.

• DANA

  'DANA' is a flagship water brand produced and distributed across the Qatar market.

• Al Wazzan

  Al Wazzan is a Kuwait-based regional food & healthcare distributor established in the region for over 70 years.

• Mexita

  Premium Tortilla chips from KITCO, available in four unique flavors.

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