Who owns Doña María?
Doña María is half-owned by Grupo Herdez (Mexico, BMV: HERDEZ).[1]
Grupo Herdez owns 50% of Doña María 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 › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- BMV: HERDEZ
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Doña María
Doña María is a Mexican mole brand, sold in several varieties, ready-to-serve and as stewing sauces, and in the United States as mole and nopalitos. Grupo Herdez acquired the Mole Doña María factory in 1970 and in 2021 marked the brand's 80th anniversary by opening Casa Doña María Pons in San Luis Potosí. It is now held through Herdez Del Fuerte, the 50/50 company with Grupo KUO.
Ownership timeline of Doña María
- Current owner Grupo Herdez (50%) [1] reported
Where Doña María 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
- Búfalo
- Del Fuerte
- Embasa
- Herdez (1962)
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 →
🇲🇽 Doña María 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; Doña María is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Doña María?
Doña María has no sole parent company: it is half-owned by Grupo Herdez, a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico.
Is Doña María Mexican?
Yes. Doña María originated in Mexico and its owner, Grupo Herdez, is also headquartered in Mexico.
Is Doña María still owned by Grupo Herdez?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Doña María 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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