Who owns La Chiricana?
La Chiricana is owned by Dos Pinos (Costa Rica).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024, Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica, Coyol de Alajuela
- Origin
- 🇵🇦 Panama
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Milk & cream
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About La Chiricana
La Chiricana is a UHT milk brand Dos Pinos sells in Panama from its plant in the province of Chiriquí, the country's dairy region, whose name the brand carries. It sits alongside Nevada, Dos Pinos and Tutti Frutti as one of the four names the co-operative lists for its Panamanian business in its 2024 reporting.
Ownership timeline of La Chiricana
Where La Chiricana sits in Dos Pinos
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Dos Pinos ownership tree →
See the full Dos Pinos brand portfolio (11) →
Other brands owned by Dos Pinos
Dos Pinos controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in milk & cream, and who owns them
The 172 brands in milk & cream on Brandtree belong to 81 owners. The largest is Dairy Farmers of America, with 10; Dos Pinos has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Dena Dairy | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angkormilk | Vinamilk | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Betta Milk | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Ambewela | Lanka Milk Foods | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Hi High | SUU | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
| Guliduo | Yili | 🇨🇳 China |
| Campina | FrieslandCampina | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| LALA | Grupo Lala | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
About the owner: Dos Pinos
Dos Pinos is a cooperative headquartered in Coyol de Alajuela, Costa Rica, founded in 1947. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control.
Dos Pinos is a dairy co-operative founded in 1947 by twenty-five Costa Rican milk producers and owned today by around 1,300 producer members, under a commitment to collect every litre their farms produce, 365 days a year. Its head office and main industrial complex are at Coyol de Alajuela. It runs seven production plants, nine branches, eighteen agro-veterinary stores, seventeen La Estación ice cream parlours and six self-service shops in Costa Rica, and operates plants or distribution businesses in Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. Kantar ranked Dos Pinos the preferred brand in Costa Rica in its 2024 Brand Footprint Latam study.
🇵🇦 La Chiricana and other Panamanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Panama. 5 of them (38%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, La Chiricana among them.
- Alimentos Melo — Grupo Melo 🇵🇦
- Toledano — CMI 🇬🇹
- Air Panama — Air Panama 🇵🇦
- Banistmo — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- ConnectMiles — Copa 🇵🇦
- Inteligo — IFS 🇵🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of La Chiricana?
The parent company of La Chiricana is Dos Pinos, a cooperative headquartered in Costa Rica.
Is La Chiricana Panamanian or Costa Rican?
La Chiricana originated in Panama, but it is owned today by Dos Pinos, which is headquartered in Costa Rica. So La Chiricana is a Panamanian-origin brand under Costa Rican ownership.
Is La Chiricana still owned by Dos Pinos?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, La Chiricana is still owned by Dos Pinos. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2024 — Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
- [2] Dos Pinos — Reporte de Sostenibilidad 2022 — Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos R.L., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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