Who owns Harina P.A.N.?
Harina P.A.N. is owned by Empresas Polar (Venezuela).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Empresas Polar reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela, Caracas
- Origin
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- Founded
- 1960
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Baking mixes & ingredients
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Harina P.A.N.
Harina P.A.N. is precooked white and yellow corn flour, developed to shortcut the traditionally laborious process of preparing arepas, and put into production at Empresas Polar's Turmero plant in 1960. The company's own materials describe P.A.N. as breaking the time barrier on a daily staple and then the geographic one, exporting the arepa itself: the flour is now sold in more than 90 countries and manufactured at Polar-run plants in Venezuela, Colombia, the United States and, through a partnership announced in 2020, Spain.
Ownership timeline of Harina P.A.N.
- Current owner Empresas Polar [1] reported
Where Harina P.A.N. sits in Empresas Polar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in baking mixes & ingredients, and who owns them
The 74 brands in baking mixes & ingredients on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is Bidco Africa, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| EXE | Unga Group | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Golden Penny | Flour Mills of Nigeria | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Al Horra | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Florencia | Molino Cañuelas | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Amuleia | Nisshin Seifun | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clabber Girl | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BUA Sugar | BUA Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
About the owner: Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar is a privately held company headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, founded in 1941. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control.
Empresas Polar is Venezuela's largest privately held company, founded in Caracas in 1941 around what became Polar Pilsen beer and grown since into the country's dominant food and beverage group. Its own history describes deliberate diversification along the corn value chain from Harina P.A.N. precooked flour, into rice, pasta, snacks, dairy, oils and packaging, and a major expansion in 2001 when it bought food conglomerate Mavesa and inherited that company's margarine, condiment, cold-cuts and home-care brands. It now also operates P.A.N. flour plants and joint ventures outside Venezuela, in Colombia, the United States, Mexico, Spain and elsewhere, describing itself as the first global mass-consumption brand to come out of Venezuela.
Empresas Polar: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇻🇪 Harina P.A.N. and other Venezuelan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 25 brands that began in Venezuela. 3 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Harina P.A.N. is not one of them.
- Club Social — Mondelēz 🇺🇸
- Angostura aromatic bitters — Angostura 🇹🇹
- Avior Airlines — Avior Airlines 🇻🇪
- Conviasa — Conviasa 🇻🇪
- Estelar — Estelar 🇻🇪
- Fabuloso — Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Harina P.A.N.?
The parent company of Harina P.A.N. is Empresas Polar, a privately held company headquartered in Venezuela.
Is Harina P.A.N. Venezuelan?
Yes. Harina P.A.N. originated in Venezuela in 1960 and its owner, Empresas Polar, is also headquartered in Venezuela.
Is Harina P.A.N. still owned by Empresas Polar?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Harina P.A.N. is still owned by Empresas Polar. 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] Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos — Empresas Polar, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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