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Who owns Andante?

Andante is owned by Valeo Foods (Ireland) through its subsidiary I.D.C. Holding.[1]

This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.

Evidence: I.D.C. Holding — O nás, I.D.C. Holding, a.s. Last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Valeo Foods Group via I.D.C. Holding reported
Owner HQ
🇮🇪 Ireland, Dublin
Origin
🇸🇰 Slovakia, Sereď
Category
Food › Snacks › Cookies & crackers
Last verified
· 1 sources

About Andante

Andante is the sponge biscuit brand, sold in 130 and 220 gram packs and used in Slovak and Czech households as the base for layered desserts as much as eaten on its own. It is one of the names the company's Polish subsidiary was set up to distribute, alongside Horalky, Verbena and Sedita.

Ownership timeline of Andante

  1. Current owner Valeo Foods via I.D.C. Holding [1] reported

Where Andante sits in Valeo Foods

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Andante sits in Valeo Foods Tree of 22 brands under Valeo Foods. Valeo Foods I.D.C. Holding Andante Horalky Kávenky Lina Mila Sedita and 3 more Balconi Barratt Fox's Glacier Mints Hyper Matthew Walker Maxi and 7 more

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Other brands owned by Valeo Foods

Valeo Foods controls 22 brands on Brandtree, 22 of them in food.

Also in food

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Other brands in cookies & crackers, and who owns them

Valeo Foods has more brands in cookies & crackers on Brandtree than any other owner: 13 of 141.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
belVita Mondelēz 🇺🇸 United States
Choco Mucho Rebisco 🇵🇭 Philippines
Eti Burçak Eti 🇹🇷 Turkey
emNAU Paradise Foods 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Fortaleza M. Dias Branco 🇧🇷 Brazil
Biskrem Ülker Bisküvi 🇹🇷 Turkey
Bourbon Bombay Burmah 🇮🇳 India
Carr's pladis 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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About the owner: Valeo Foods

Valeo Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 2010. Brandtree records 22 brands under its control.

Valeo Foods Group was formed in 2010 and has bought more than twenty food businesses since, assembling a portfolio of over eighty brands sold in more than a hundred countries. It describes its ambition as being Europe's "sweet treats champion" and leads in wafers, cakes and biscuits, sugar and chocolate confectionery, honey and maple syrup, and savoury snacks. Its group head offices are at Dublin Airport and in London, with divisional headquarters in England, Italy, Germany, Slovakia and Quebec. The group has been owned by the investment firm Bain Capital since 2021, which is the answer to who owns most of the brands below.

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🇸🇰 Andante and other Slovak brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 19 brands that began in Slovakia. 14 of them (74%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Andante among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Andante?

The parent company of Andante is Valeo Foods, a privately held company headquartered in Ireland. Andante sits under Valeo Foods' subsidiary I.D.C. Holding.

Is Andante Slovak or Irish?

Andante originated in Slovakia, but it is owned today by Valeo Foods, which is headquartered in Ireland. So Andante is a Slovak-origin brand under Irish ownership.

Is Andante still owned by Valeo Foods?

Yes. As of 22 September 2026, Andante is still owned by Valeo Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (1) & 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. [1] I.D.C. Holding — O nás — I.D.C. Holding, a.s., Official document; retrieved 22 September 2026.

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