Who owns Búfalo?
Búfalo is half-owned by Grupo Herdez (Mexico, BMV: HERDEZ), which has held that half since 1991.[1]
Grupo Herdez owns 50% of Búfalo rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Grupo Herdez — corporate presentation, first quarter 2026, Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. (50% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Origin
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- BMV: HERDEZ
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Búfalo
Búfalo is a Mexican hot sauce and olive brand that Grupo Herdez gained by acquiring Grupo Búfalo in 1991, the same year the company listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange; Herdez says the deal brought innovation in glass-jar packaging. In 2015 Mexico's industrial property institute IMPI declared Búfalo a famous brand. It is held through Herdez Del Fuerte, owned equally with Grupo KUO.
Ownership timeline of Búfalo
- 1991 – present Grupo Herdez (50%) [1] reported
Where Búfalo sits in Grupo Herdez
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Blasón (50%)
- Búfalo (50%)
- Del Fuerte (50%)
- Doña María (50%)
- Embasa (50%)
- Herdez (50%)
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See the full Grupo Herdez brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by Grupo Herdez
Grupo Herdez controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 95 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6; Grupo Herdez has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Chaochai | Sempio | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Hon Tsuyu | Kikkoman | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Grupo Herdez
Grupo Herdez is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico, founded in 1914. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as BMV: HERDEZ.
Grupo Herdez is a Mexican food company that dates from 1914, when Compañía Comercial Herdez was founded in Monterrey as a distributor, and has been listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1991. Few of its famous brands are wholly its own. Herdez, Doña María, Búfalo and Del Fuerte sit in Herdez Del Fuerte, a 50/50 company formed with Grupo KUO in 2008; its US business is MegaMex Foods, owned 50 per cent by Herdez Del Fuerte and 50 per cent by Hormel Foods; and it holds half of Barilla México. On 2 January 2026 it completed the sale of 25 per cent of McCormick de México to McCormick & Company for US$750 million, keeping 25 per cent, and in September 2025 it separated its retail arm as the independently listed Grupo Nutrisa.
Grupo Herdez: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇲🇽 Búfalo and other Mexican brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 113 brands that began in Mexico. 28 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Búfalo is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Búfalo?
Búfalo has no sole parent company: it is half-owned by Grupo Herdez, a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico.
Is Búfalo Mexican?
Yes. Búfalo originated in Mexico and its owner, Grupo Herdez, is also headquartered in Mexico.
Since when has Grupo Herdez owned Búfalo?
Grupo Herdez has held half of Búfalo since 1991.
Is Búfalo still owned by Grupo Herdez?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Búfalo is still half-owned by Grupo Herdez. 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] Grupo Herdez — corporate presentation, first quarter 2026 — Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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