Who owns Del Fuerte?
Del Fuerte is half-owned by Grupo Herdez (Mexico, BMV: HERDEZ).[1]
Grupo Herdez owns 50% of Del Fuerte 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
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Origin
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Canned & shelf-stable meals
- Parent ticker
- BMV: HERDEZ
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Del Fuerte
Del Fuerte is a tomato purée and tomato paste brand sold in Mexico and the United States, and shares its name with Herdez Del Fuerte, the 50/50 company Grupo KUO formed with Grupo Herdez in December 2007 that began operating on 1 January 2008. Tomato purée is one of the categories in which Grupo Herdez reports its strongest market positions in Mexico.
Ownership timeline of Del Fuerte
- Current owner Grupo Herdez (50%) [1] reported
Where Del Fuerte 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%)
Open the full Grupo Herdez ownership tree →
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
- Búfalo
- Doña María
- Embasa
- Herdez (1962)
Other brands in canned & shelf-stable meals, and who owns them
The 80 brands in canned & shelf-stable meals on Brandtree belong to 46 owners. The largest is Thai Union, with 13.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken of the Sea | Thai Union | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Albert Heijn | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Anny | Mutandis | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Bonduelle | Bonduelle | 🇫🇷 France |
| Heinz Baked Beans | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aunt Nellie's | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aldi (Nord) | Aldi Nord | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aldi (Süd) | Aldi Süd | 🇩🇪 Germany |
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 →
🇲🇽 Del Fuerte 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; Del Fuerte is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Del Fuerte?
Del Fuerte has no sole parent company: it is half-owned by Grupo Herdez, a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico.
Is Del Fuerte Mexican?
Yes. Del Fuerte originated in Mexico and its owner, Grupo Herdez, is also headquartered in Mexico.
Is Del Fuerte still owned by Grupo Herdez?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Del Fuerte 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.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.