Who owns Dinty Moore?
Dinty Moore is owned by Hormel Foods (the United States, NYSE: HRL).[1]
Evidence: Hormel Foods Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-05, SEC EDGAR, 5 December 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hormel Foods Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Austin, Minnesota
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1935
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Canned & shelf-stable meals
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: HRL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dinty Moore
Dinty Moore beef stew has been canned by Hormel since 1935 and takes its name from a character in a newspaper comic strip that was popular at the time. It remains one of the largest canned stew brands in the United States.
Ownership timeline of Dinty Moore
- Current owner Hormel Foods [1] verified
Where Dinty Moore sits in Hormel Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hormel Foods
Hormel Foods controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
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: Hormel Foods
Hormel Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Austin, Minnesota, United States, founded in 1891. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: HRL.
Hormel Foods was founded in Austin, Minnesota in 1891 as a pork processor and is best known for Spam, which it invented in 1937. The Hormel Foundation holds a controlling block of shares, an arrangement set up to keep the company independent and headquartered in its home town.
Hormel Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Dinty Moore and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 492 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dinty Moore is not one of them.
Official recalls involving Dinty Moore products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Dinty Moore. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- 20-oz. metal cans containing “Dinty Moore BEEF STEW” with “BEST BY FEB 2028” and lot code “T02045” printed on the can. The lot code may have an additional… — USDA FSIS, · High - Class I
Reason given: Product Contamination
Recalling firm: Hormel Foods Corporation
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dinty Moore?
The parent company of Dinty Moore is Hormel Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Dinty Moore American?
Yes. Dinty Moore originated in the United States in 1935 and its owner, Hormel Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Dinty Moore still owned by Hormel Foods?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Dinty Moore is still owned by Hormel Foods. 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] Hormel Foods Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-05 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 5 December 2025; retrieved 29 October 2026.
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