Who owns Hero Solo?
Hero Solo is owned by Hero Group (Switzerland).[1][2][3]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hero Group — Annual Report 2025, Hero AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hero AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Lenzburg
- Origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Category
- Food › Baby & infant food › Baby meals & snacks
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Hero Solo
Hero Solo is the baby food line Hero sells in Spain, Portugal and Italy, covering jars, pouches, snacks, biscuits and cereal porridges. It entered the Italian market through MadreNatura, the joint venture Hero set up with Angelini Holding in 2019; Hero bought out Angelini's half in May 2025 and now owns that company outright.
Ownership timeline of Hero Solo
- Current owner Hero Group [1][2][3] reported
Where Hero Solo sits in Hero Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hero Group
Hero Group controls 16 brands on Brandtree, 16 of them in food.
Also in food
- Baby Gourmet
- Beech-Nut
- Corny (1984)
- Deliciously Ella
- Freche Freunde
- Goodies (2024)
- Hero (1910)
- Hero Baby (1985)
- Organix
- Queensberry (1988)
- Schwartau
- Semper
- Sunar
- The Gut Stuff
- Vitrac (1981)
Other brands in baby meals & snacks, and who owns them
Hero Group has more brands in baby meals & snacks on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 20.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Promina | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cerelac | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Cerifam | Faffa Food | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
| Good Goût | H&H Group | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Earth's Best | Hain Celestial | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anmum | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Kiddylicious | Lotus Bakeries | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Love Child Organics | Nature's Path | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Hero Group
Hero Group is a privately held company headquartered in Lenzburg, Switzerland, founded in 1886. Brandtree records 16 brands under its control.
Hero is a privately held Swiss food company founded in 1886 in Lenzburg, where its headquarters still are. Arend Oetker acquired a majority shareholding in 1995 and a member of the Oetker family sits on its board. It reported net sales of CHF 1,187 million in 2025 across three categories: Better Snacking, Naturally Good Food, which holds the jams it has made for more than a century, and Others, which holds baby and toddler milk. The Hero 2035 strategy introduced in 2025 committed the group to snacking, and its purchases have followed it: Deliciously Ella in 2024, the Brazilian snack brand Pinati in 2025 and The Gut Stuff in 2026.
🇪🇸 Hero Solo and other Spanish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 119 brands that began in Spain. 55 of them (46%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Hero Solo among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hero Solo?
The parent company of Hero Solo is Hero Group, a privately held company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Hero Solo Spanish or Swiss?
Hero Solo originated in Spain, but it is owned today by Hero Group, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Hero Solo is a Spanish-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Hero Solo still owned by Hero Group?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Hero Solo is still owned by Hero Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Hero Group — Annual Report 2025 — Hero AG, Annual report; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [2] Hero Group takes over Italian JV — Hero AG, Official press release, published 28 May 2025; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [3] Hero Solo — alimentación infantil — Hero España S.A., Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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