Mead Johnson & Company

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company infant formula manufacturer pediatric nutrition company

Mead Johnson & Company is a major American manufacturer of infant formula and pediatric nutrition products, best known for brands such as Enfamil.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mead Johnson & Company canonical	3
Mead Johnson Nutrition	2
Mead Johnson & Company, LLC	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4041290 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mead Johnson & Company
Context triple: [Edward Mead Johnson, founded, Mead Johnson & Company]

A. Gerber Products Company
Gerber Products Company is a leading American baby food and infant nutrition brand known for its wide range of purees, cereals, and snacks for young children.
B. Kellogg Company
Kellogg Company is a major American multinational food manufacturing company best known for its breakfast cereals and convenience foods.
C. Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods is a major American food and beverage company known for producing a wide range of packaged grocery products and iconic brands such as Kraft cheese and Oscar Mayer.
D. Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
E. Pillsbury Company
Pillsbury Company is a major American food company best known for its packaged baking products, refrigerated doughs, and iconic Doughboy mascot.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mead Johnson & Company
Target entity description: Mead Johnson & Company is a major American manufacturer of infant formula and pediatric nutrition products, best known for brands such as Enfamil.

A. Gerber Products Company
Gerber Products Company is a leading American baby food and infant nutrition brand known for its wide range of purees, cereals, and snacks for young children.
B. Kellogg Company
Kellogg Company is a major American multinational food manufacturing company best known for its breakfast cereals and convenience foods.
C. Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods is a major American food and beverage company known for producing a wide range of packaged grocery products and iconic brands such as Kraft cheese and Oscar Mayer.
D. Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
E. Pillsbury Company
Pillsbury Company is a major American food company best known for its packaged baking products, refrigerated doughs, and iconic Doughboy mascot.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	company ⓘ infant formula manufacturer ⓘ pediatric nutrition company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Reckitt Benckiser ⓘ surface form: Reckitt Benckiser Group
acquisitionDate	2017 ⓘ
areaServed	worldwide ⓘ
brand	Enfamil ⓘ surface form: Enfagrow Enfakid ⓘ Enfamil ⓘ Enfamil ⓘ surface form: Enfamil A+ Enfapro ⓘ Nutramigen ⓘ
competitor	Abbott Laboratories ⓘ Danone ⓘ Nestlé ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focusesOn	infant nutrition ⓘ pediatric nutrition ⓘ
formerParentOrganization	Bristol Myers Squibb ⓘ surface form: Bristol-Myers Squibb
foundedAs	Mead Johnson & Company self-link ⓘ
foundedBy	Edward Mead Johnson ⓘ
hasDivision	Mead Johnson & Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mead Johnson Nutrition
hasResearchFocus	allergy management in infants ⓘ early life nutrition ⓘ infant gut health ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois Glenview, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1905 ⓘ
industry	food manufacturing ⓘ infant formula ⓘ pediatric nutrition ⓘ
legalForm	corporation ⓘ
market	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ
notableFor	Enfamil ⓘ surface form: Enfamil infant formula
parentOrganization	Reckitt Benckiser ⓘ surface form: Reckitt Benckiser Group
productType	infant formula ⓘ pediatric nutritional supplements ⓘ specialty infant formula ⓘ toddler formula ⓘ
separatedFrom	Bristol Myers Squibb ⓘ surface form: Bristol-Myers Squibb
status	subsidiary ⓘ
stockExchangeListing	New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
tickerSymbol	MJN ⓘ
website	https://www.meadjohnson.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Mead Johnson → founded → Mead Johnson & Company ⓘ

Edward Mead Johnson → employer → Mead Johnson & Company ⓘ

Enfamil → previouslyOwnedBy → Mead Johnson & Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mead Johnson & Company, LLC

Enfamil → marketedBy → Mead Johnson & Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mead Johnson Nutrition

Mead Johnson & Company → foundedAs → Mead Johnson & Company self-link ⓘ

Mead Johnson & Company → hasDivision → Mead Johnson & Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ