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Who owns Bango?

Bango is owned by Unilever (the United Kingdom, LSE: ULVR).[1]

Evidence: Unilever PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2025, SEC EDGAR, 12 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Unilever PLC verified
Owner HQ
🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
Origin
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Founded
1928
Category
Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
Parent ticker
LSE: ULVR NYSE: UL AEX: UNA
Last verified
· 1 sources

About Bango

Bango is a sweet Indonesian soy sauce, kecap manis, made since 1928 and used in almost every savoury Indonesian dish. Unilever acquired the brand in 2001 and it is one of its largest food products in Southeast Asia. The company contracts directly with Indonesian soybean farmers for supply, which it presents as a sustainability programme as well as a sourcing one.

Ownership timeline of Bango

Owners of Bango over 1928 to 2026 Unilever start not recorded–present Unilever (start not recorded) 19401960198020002020
  1. Current owner Unilever [1] verified

Where Bango sits in Unilever

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Bango sits in Unilever Tree of 53 brands under Unilever. Unilever Bango Axe Brut Cif Clear Close-Up and 47 more

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Other brands owned by Unilever

Unilever controls 53 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.

Also in food

Founded in the 1920s

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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.

BrandOwnerOwner 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

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About the owner: Unilever

Unilever is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 1929. Brandtree records 53 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: ULVR, NYSE: UL and AEX: UNA.

Unilever is a British consumer goods company formed in 1929 by the merger of Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers. It reports through four business groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care and Foods. Its ice cream business was demerged as The Magnum Ice Cream Company in December 2025.

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🇮🇩 Bango and other Indonesian brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 161 brands that began in Indonesia. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bango among them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Bango?

The parent company of Bango is Unilever, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Is Bango Indonesian or British?

Bango originated in Indonesia in 1928, but it is owned today by Unilever, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Bango is an Indonesian-origin brand under British ownership.

Is Bango still owned by Unilever?

Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Bango is still owned by Unilever. 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. [1] Unilever PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2025 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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