Who owns Bonafide?
Bonafide is owned by Carozzi (Chile, BCS: CAROZZI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Carozzi S.A. — Memoria Anual 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Carozzi S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇱 Chile, San Bernardo
- Origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Coffee
- Parent ticker
- BCS: CAROZZI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bonafide
Bonafide is Carozzi's Argentine brand, covering coffee, chocolates, cookies, pan dulce and a national chain of franchised cafés, which numbered 230 in 2025 after a redesign. Carozzi owns it through Bonafide S.A.U. and names La Virginia and Cabrales as coffee rivals, Arcor and Mondelēz in chocolate, and Café Martínez and Havanna in cafés.
Ownership timeline of Bonafide
Where Bonafide sits in Carozzi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Carozzi brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Carozzi
Carozzi controls 8 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in coffee, and who owns them
The 67 brands in coffee on Brandtree belong to 34 owners. The largest is Keurig Dr Pepper, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Douwe Egberts | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Caribe | Coffee Holding | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Barão | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Nescafé | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Ah Huat | Power Root | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Barcaffè | Atlantic Grupa | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Carte Noire | Lavazza | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Boyds | Royal Cup | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Carozzi
Carozzi is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Bernardo, Chile. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BCS: CAROZZI.
Carozzi S.A. is a Chilean listed holding company based at Nos, in the San Bernardo district of Santiago. Its only significant asset is Empresas Carozzi, which it raised to 99.99 per cent in 2025 by buying Tiger Brands' 24.38 per cent for US$181 million. The Bofill family controls about 87 per cent. Empresas Carozzi sells food in 28 categories in Chile, Peru and Argentina, from pasta and confectionery to pet food. It also runs a fruit and vegetable export business and a powdered-drinks venture with CCU.
🇦🇷 Bonafide and other Argentine brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Argentina. 30 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bonafide among them.
- BC — Arcor 🇦🇷
- Bodega San Telmo — Grupo Peñaflor 🇦🇷
- Doña Paula — Viña Santa Rita 🇨🇱
- Etchart — Molinos 🇦🇷
- Finca Flichman — Sogrape 🇵🇹
- Graffigna — CCU 🇨🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bonafide?
The parent company of Bonafide is Carozzi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Chile.
Is Bonafide Argentine or Chilean?
Bonafide originated in Argentina, but it is owned today by Carozzi, which is headquartered in Chile. So Bonafide is an Argentine-origin brand under Chilean ownership.
Is Bonafide still owned by Carozzi?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Bonafide is still owned by Carozzi. 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] Carozzi S.A. — Memoria Anual 2025 — Carozzi S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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