Who owns Frontera?
Frontera, a food brand from the United States, is owned by Conagra Brands (the United States, NYSE: CAG), which has owned the brand since 1 June 2016.[1]
Evidence: Conagra Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-15, SEC EDGAR, 15 July 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Conagra Brands, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
- Founded
- 1996
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CAG
- Trademark registrant
- CONAGRA CONSOLIDATED, LLC (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Frontera
Frontera makes Mexican sauces and cooking bases developed by chef Rick Bayless, whose Chicago restaurants specialise in regional Mexican cooking. Conagra acquired the brand in 2016. Its range covers cooking sauces, salsas and seasoning pastes for dishes such as mole and cochinita pibil that are rarely found in mainstream American grocery.
Trademark record for Frontera
The USPTO record for the Frontera mark lists CONAGRA CONSOLIDATED, LLC as the owner of record (serial number 75109836). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Frontera
- 2016 – present Conagra Brands [1] verified
Where Frontera sits in Conagra Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 17 of them in food.
Also in food
- Act II (1984)
- Angie's Boomchickapop (2001)
- Banquet (1953)
- Birds Eye (North America) (1930)
- Chef Boyardee (1928)
- Duncan Hines (1951)
- Gardein (2003)
- Healthy Choice (1989)
- Hunt's (1888)
- Marie Callender's (1948)
- Orville Redenbacher's (1970)
- PAM (1961)
- Reddi-wip (1948)
- Slim Jim (1929)
- Udi's (1994)
- Vlasic (1942)
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 90 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 52 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6; Conagra Brands has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Hon Tsuyu | Kikkoman | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 1919. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CAG.
Conagra Brands began in 1919 as Nebraska Consolidated Mills, a flour miller, and spent decades assembling a portfolio of frozen and shelf-stable food brands. It sold its private-label business in 2016 to focus on brands, then bought Pinnacle Foods in 2018 to add Birds Eye and Duncan Hines.
Conagra Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Frontera and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Frontera is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Frontera?
The parent company of Frontera is Conagra Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Frontera American?
Yes. Frontera originated in the United States in 1996 and its owner, Conagra Brands, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Conagra Brands owned Frontera?
Conagra Brands has owned Frontera since 1 June 2016.
Is Frontera still owned by Conagra Brands?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Frontera is still owned by Conagra Brands. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Conagra Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-15 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 15 July 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: FRONTERA, serial 75109836 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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