Who owns La Cantonesa?
La Cantonesa is owned by CMI (Guatemala), which has owned the brand since 2021.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CMI — Corporación Multi Inversiones — Our History. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Corporación Multi Inversiones reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala, Guatemala City
- Origin
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About La Cantonesa
La Cantonesa is a Guatemalan pasta, soup and sauce maker whose operations CMI's own corporate history says it acquired in 2021, adding a specialised line of packaged meal components to the group's existing Pastas INA business rather than replacing it. CMI's history page groups the deal among a run of food-business acquisitions made around the same time, alongside a new cookie production line and the 2022 purchase of bakery-ingredients supplier AIS Bakery.
Ownership timeline of La Cantonesa
Where La Cantonesa sits in CMI
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CMI
CMI controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
The 121 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 63 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15; CMI has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bertagni | Ebro Foods | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mimee | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | Newlat Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Chikin Ramen | Nissin Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Daawat | LT Foods | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: CMI
CMI is a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Corporación Multi Inversiones is a Guatemalan family conglomerate that traces itself to a small store Juan Bautista Gutiérrez opened in San Cristóbal Totonicapán in 1920 and a grain mill he founded in 1936. It grew from milling into poultry farming in 1964 and, in 1971, into the fried-chicken restaurant chain Pollo Campero, and has since expanded regionally into pasta, processed and fresh poultry and meat, renewable energy, real estate and financial services. By its own account it now operates in 15 countries across Latin America and the United States with more than 54,000 employees, organised since 2018 into two business groups, CMI Foods and CMI Capital.
🇬🇹 La Cantonesa and other Guatemalan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 14 brands that began in Guatemala. 2 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; La Cantonesa is not one of them.
- Banco Agromercantil — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- Cabro — Cervecería Centro Americana 🇬🇹
- Ron Zacapa — Diageo 🇬🇧
- TAG Airlines — TAG Airlines 🇬🇹
- Dorada — Cervecería Centro Americana 🇬🇹
- Gallo — Cervecería Centro Americana 🇬🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of La Cantonesa?
The parent company of La Cantonesa is CMI, a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala.
Is La Cantonesa Guatemalan?
Yes. La Cantonesa originated in Guatemala and its owner, CMI, is also headquartered in Guatemala.
Since when has CMI owned La Cantonesa?
CMI has owned La Cantonesa since 2021.
Is La Cantonesa still owned by CMI?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, La Cantonesa is still owned by CMI. 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] CMI — Corporación Multi Inversiones — Our History — Corporación Multi Inversiones, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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