Who owns Canvit?
Canvit is owned by VAFO (the Czech Republic).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: VAFO Group — Our Brands, VAFO Group a.s. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- VAFO Group a.s. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, Chrášťany
- Origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet supplies & services › Pet supplies
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Canvit
Canvit is VAFO's supplement brand: vitamins, microelements and nutraceuticals chosen for high bioavailability, soft snacks enriched with herbs and extracts, and dried herbs, plants and oils for owners who feed a raw BARF diet. The company positions it as prevention rather than treatment, on the argument that the illnesses pets most commonly suffer follow from poor nutrition, weakened immunity under stress, and shortages of particular vitamins and minerals.
Ownership timeline of Canvit
Where Canvit sits in VAFO
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by VAFO
VAFO controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in pet supplies, and who owns them
The 30 brands in pet supplies on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Tractor Supply, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aqueon | Central Garden & Pet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Frisco | Chewy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Musti | Sonae | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| 4health | Tractor Supply | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BarkBox | BARK | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fresh Step | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melo Pet & Garden | Grupo Melo | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| Cat's Pride | Oil-Dri | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: VAFO
VAFO is a privately held company headquartered in Chrášťany, Czech Republic, founded in 1994. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control.
VAFO Group is a European maker of premium pet food that began in 1994 as Vafo Praha and is now a second-generation Czech family business headquartered outside Prague. It runs nine dry food, wet food, snack and supplement factories with capacity above 220,200 tonnes a year, employs around 1,600 people and has factories and branches in Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Estonia, Poland, France and Austria, with sales above €700 million and brands sold in more than 90 countries. Its growth has come from buying established national brands — Prima Pet Premium in Finland, Pooch & Mutt in Britain, Berlin's Pets Deli — and continuing to sell them under their own names rather than folding them into Brit.
🇨🇿 Canvit and other Czech brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 42 brands that began in the Czech Republic. 11 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Canvit is not one of them.
- Propesko — Partner in Pet Food 🇭🇺
- Allegro.cz — Allegro 🇵🇱
- Becherovka — Maspex 🇵🇱
- Bernard — Duvel Moortgat 🇧🇪
- FATRAFLOOR — AGROFERT 🇨🇿
- Holba — Kofola 🇨🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Canvit?
The parent company of Canvit is VAFO, a privately held company headquartered in the Czech Republic.
Is Canvit Czech?
Yes. Canvit originated in the Czech Republic and its owner, VAFO, is also headquartered in the Czech Republic.
Is Canvit still owned by VAFO?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Canvit is still owned by VAFO. 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] VAFO Group — Our Brands — VAFO Group a.s., Official document; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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