Who owns Free Tea?
Free Tea is owned by AJE (Peru).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Grupo AJE — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024, AJE Group. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AJE Group reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇪 Peru, Lima
- Origin
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Ready-to-drink tea & coffee
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Free Tea
Free Tea is AJE's ready-to-drink tea, positioned inside the soft drinks world rather than alongside hot teas. The company presents it as a healthier alternative thanks to its lower sugar content, the fact that it is not carbonated, and its high content of antioxidants and active polyphenols. AJE's line for the brand is that Free Tea refreshes you and frees your spirit; it sits in the same portfolio as the group's colas and nectars as the lighter option.
Ownership timeline of Free Tea
Where Free Tea sits in AJE
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by AJE
AJE controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in ready-to-drink tea & coffee, and who owns them
The 40 brands in ready-to-drink tea & coffee on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Coca-Cola, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ayataka | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| East Leaf | Nongfu Spring | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cordia | Ghanim International | 🇧🇳 Brunei |
| Barista Rules | Maeil Dairies | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Hatsu | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| VITA | Vitasoy | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Justea | Yeo's | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| Ice Leaf | Almarai | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
About the owner: AJE
AJE is a privately held company headquartered in Lima, Peru, founded in 1988. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
AJE is a Peruvian multinational drinks maker built on the idea it calls democratising consumption: making soft drinks cheap enough for markets the international bottlers had priced out. Its history begins in 1988, when the Añaños Jeri family started producing drinks in Ayacucho, in the Peruvian Andes, giving rise to the Kola Real brand. It is still run by the family, several of whom sit on its board, and it now has commercial operations in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Honduras, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Nigeria, Cameroon, Réunion, Madagascar, Spain, Egypt, India, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. Its portfolio spans more than eight categories — carbonated soft drinks, juices, waters, teas, isotonic and energy drinks — sold through its own plants, distribution centres and a franchise network, and none of it is bottled under licence from another brand owner.
🇵🇪 Free Tea and other Peruvian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 57 brands that began in Peru. 12 of them (21%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Free Tea is not one of them.
- San Mateo — Gloria 🇵🇪
- Alacena — Alicorp 🇵🇪
- Banco de Crédito del Perú — Credicorp 🇵🇪
- Bazo Velarde — Laive 🇵🇪
- Braedt — Sigma Foods 🇲🇽
- Costeño — Camil 🇧🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Free Tea?
The parent company of Free Tea is AJE, a privately held company headquartered in Peru.
Is Free Tea Peruvian?
Yes. Free Tea originated in Peru and its owner, AJE, is also headquartered in Peru.
Is Free Tea still owned by AJE?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Free Tea is still owned by AJE. 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 AJE — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024 — AJE Group, Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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