Who owns Gallito?
Gallito is owned by Dos Pinos (Costa Rica), which has owned the brand since 2016.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024, Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica, Coyol de Alajuela
- Origin
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Gallito
Gallito is the Costa Rican confectionery brand Dos Pinos bought in 2016, together with the Gallito industrial plant at Belén de Heredia, and it took the co-operative into chocolates, sweets and biscuits alongside its dairy lines. The plant still carries the brand's name. Revista Summa named Gallito and Dos Pinos among the thirty iconic brands of Central America and the Caribbean in 2024.
Ownership timeline of Gallito
Where Gallito sits in Dos Pinos
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Dos Pinos ownership tree →
See the full Dos Pinos brand portfolio (11) →
Other brands owned by Dos Pinos
Dos Pinos controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them
The 132 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 46 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cadbury | Mondelēz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Danusia | Wawel | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Colian | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baby Ruth | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Almond Joy | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Caffarel | Lindt & Sprüngli | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eitt Sett | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: Dos Pinos
Dos Pinos is a cooperative headquartered in Coyol de Alajuela, Costa Rica, founded in 1947. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control.
Dos Pinos is a dairy co-operative founded in 1947 by twenty-five Costa Rican milk producers and owned today by around 1,300 producer members, under a commitment to collect every litre their farms produce, 365 days a year. Its head office and main industrial complex are at Coyol de Alajuela. It runs seven production plants, nine branches, eighteen agro-veterinary stores, seventeen La Estación ice cream parlours and six self-service shops in Costa Rica, and operates plants or distribution businesses in Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. Kantar ranked Dos Pinos the preferred brand in Costa Rica in its 2024 Brand Footprint Latam study.
🇨🇷 Gallito and other Costa Rican brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Costa Rica. 3 of them (23%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Gallito is not one of them.
- Cemaco — Corporación Favorita 🇪🇨
- Liberty Costa Rica — Liberty Latin America 🇧🇲
- Pet's Market — Grupo Melo 🇵🇦
- SANSA — SANSA 🇨🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Gallito?
The parent company of Gallito is Dos Pinos, a cooperative headquartered in Costa Rica.
Is Gallito Costa Rican?
Yes. Gallito originated in Costa Rica and its owner, Dos Pinos, is also headquartered in Costa Rica.
Since when has Dos Pinos owned Gallito?
Dos Pinos has owned Gallito since 2016.
Is Gallito still owned by Dos Pinos?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Gallito is still owned by Dos Pinos. 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] Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024 — Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
- [2] Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2022 — Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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