Who owns Chocolinas?
Chocolinas is owned by Arcor (Argentina).[1]
Arcor owns 51% of Chocolinas rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Arcor S.A.I.C. — Memoria y Estados Financieros 2024. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Arcor S.A.I.C. (51% stake) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Founded
- 1975
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Cookies & crackers
- Trademark registrant
- BAGLEY ARGENTINA S.A. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Chocolinas
Chocolinas are chocolate biscuits and one of the two core brands Arcor put its 2024 biscuit advertising and launch spending behind. They are made by Bagley, the Argentine biscuit company that celebrated its 160th year in 2024 and which Arcor runs as Bagley Latinoamérica together with Danone, holding 51% of the shares to Danone's 49%.
Trademark record for Chocolinas
The USPTO record for the Chocolinas mark lists BAGLEY ARGENTINA S.A. as the owner of record (serial number 78292728). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Chocolinas
Where Chocolinas sits in Arcor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Arcor
Arcor controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cookies & crackers, and who owns them
The 141 brands in cookies & crackers on Brandtree belong to 57 owners. The largest is Valeo Foods, with 13; Arcor has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Andante | Valeo Foods | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| 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 |
About the owner: Arcor
Arcor is a privately held company headquartered in Argentina, founded in 1951. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control.
Arcor is an Argentine food group founded in 1951 at Arroyito in Córdoba province by a group of young entrepreneurs led by Fulvio Salvador Pagani, and still run by the founding families. It is organised into three businesses — mass-market food, agribusiness and packaging — across 49 industrial plants, and describes itself as the largest producer of hard sweets in the world and the leading exporter of confectionery from Argentina, Chile and Peru. Its biscuits are made not by Arcor directly but by Bagley Latinoamérica, a company it holds 51% of alongside Danone.
🇦🇷 Chocolinas 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; Chocolinas is not one of them.
- 9 de Oro — Molino Cañuelas 🇦🇷
- Blancaflor — Molinos 🇦🇷
- Ledesma — Ledesma 🇦🇷
- Paty — MBRF 🇧🇷
- ARQ — Grupo Clarín 🇦🇷
- Aerolíneas Argentinas — Aerolíneas Argentinas 🇦🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Chocolinas?
The parent company of Chocolinas is Arcor, a privately held company headquartered in Argentina.
Is Chocolinas Argentine?
Yes. Chocolinas originated in Argentina in 1975 and its owner, Arcor, is also headquartered in Argentina.
Is Chocolinas still owned by Arcor?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Chocolinas is still owned by Arcor (51% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Arcor S.A.I.C. — Memoria y Estados Financieros 2024 — Arcor S.A.I.C., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: CHOCOLINAS, serial 78292728 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 28 September 2026.
- [3] Arcor: Chocolinas cumple 50 años y lo festeja a lo grande con una celebración abierta al público en el Planetario — Arcor S.A.I.C., Official press release, published 26 June 2025; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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