Who owns GABAN?
GABAN is owned by House Foods (Japan, TSE: 2810), which has owned the brand since 2016.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: House Foods Group Inc. Integrated Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- House Foods Group Inc. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Spices & seasonings
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2810
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About GABAN
GABAN is a spice brand of House Gaban Corporation, a Tokyo company that imports, exports, produces and sells spices and foods and runs a spice factory in Penang, Malaysia. House Foods formed an alliance with Gaban in 2004 in pursuit of becoming the leading spice manufacturer and made it a group company in 2016; it owned 100 per cent of House Gaban at March 2025.
Ownership timeline of GABAN
- 2016 – present House Foods [1] reported
Where GABAN sits in House Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by House Foods
House Foods controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
- C1000
- Kukure Curry (1971)
- Tongari Corn (1978)
- Vermont Curry (1963)
Other brands in spices & seasonings, and who owns them
The 46 brands in spices & seasonings on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Patisen, with 5.
About the owner: House Foods
House Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1913. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2810.
House Foods began in 1913 when Seisuke Urakami opened Urakami Shoten, a herbal medicine business in Osaka, and it started making curry powder in 1926. It adopted a holding company structure and its current name in 2013, and reports five segments: spices, seasonings and processed foods; health foods; international foods, including tofu in the United States; restaurants; and other food businesses. It owns 51 per cent of Ichibanya, operator of Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, and said in August 2026 that it was considering options including taking Ichibanya private.
🇯🇵 GABAN and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; GABAN is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
- Calorie Mate — Otsuka 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of GABAN?
The parent company of GABAN is House Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is GABAN Japanese?
Yes. GABAN originated in Japan and its owner, House Foods, is also headquartered in Japan.
Since when has House Foods owned GABAN?
House Foods has owned GABAN since 2016.
Is GABAN still owned by House Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, GABAN is still owned by House Foods. 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] House Foods Group Inc. Integrated Report 2025 — House Foods Group Inc., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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