Who owns Agua Cristal?
Agua Cristal is owned by Postobón (Colombia).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Postobón — Informe de Sostenibilidad 2025, Postobón S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Postobón S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Founded
- 1917
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Agua Cristal
Agua Cristal is the bottled water Postobón introduced in 1917, sold then on filtration and ultraviolet treatment and the promise of being absolutely pure and hygienic. It is one of the highest top-of-mind brands in Colombia, sponsors the country's main road races through its Team Cristal ambassadors, and in 2025 added a mandarin-flavoured single-serve and Cristalite, a drink enriched with minerals and B vitamins.
Ownership timeline of Agua Cristal
Where Agua Cristal sits in Postobón
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Postobón
Postobón controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Bretaña (1918)
- Colombiana
- Hatsu
- Hipinto
- Hit (1997)
- Manzana Postobón (1954)
- Mr Tea (2005)
- Postobón (1904)
- Speed Max
- Squash (1999)
- Tutti Frutti
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5; Postobón has 2.
About the owner: Postobón
Postobón is a privately held company headquartered in Colombia, founded in 1904. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control.
Postobón was founded in Medellín in 1904 by Valerio Tobón Olarte and Gabriel Posada, whose partnership Posada & Tobón gave the company the name it still uses. It belongs to the Organización Ardila Lülle and is the dominant Colombian soft drinks business, with more than fifty brands across sodas, bottled water, fruit drinks, teas, energy and hydration drinks, malts and beer. It also distributes and sells brands made by other companies, among them Pepsi, Gatorade, 7UP and Red Bull, which it does not own.
🇨🇴 Agua Cristal and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (9%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Agua Cristal is not one of them.
- Activade — Quala 🇨🇴
- Aguila — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Almendra Tropical — CasaLuker 🇨🇴
- La Bastilla — Grupo Nutresa 🇨🇴
- Airplan — ASUR 🇲🇽
- Alpina — Alpina 🇨🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Agua Cristal?
The parent company of Agua Cristal is Postobón, a privately held company headquartered in Colombia.
Is Agua Cristal Colombian?
Yes. Agua Cristal originated in Colombia in 1917 and its owner, Postobón, is also headquartered in Colombia.
Is Agua Cristal still owned by Postobón?
Yes. As of 22 September 2026, Agua Cristal is still owned by Postobón. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Postobón — Informe de Sostenibilidad 2025 — Postobón S.A., Annual report; retrieved 22 September 2026.
- [2] Postobón — La historia — Postobón S.A., Official document; retrieved 22 September 2026.
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