Who owns Los Colonos?
Los Colonos is owned by Colonias Unidas (Paraguay).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cooperativa Colonias Unidas Agropec. Ind. Ltda. — Memoria Anual 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cooperativa Colonias Unidas Agropecuaria Industrial Ltda. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay, Obligado
- Origin
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay, Obligado
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Milk & cream
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Los Colonos
Los Colonos is the dairy brand of Colonias Unidas, made from milk collected from member farms in Itapúa. The co-operative's dairy unit processed about 44.6 million litres in the 2025 financial year, and its product mix spans commercial UHT milk, UHT milk for the school feeding programme, sachet milk, pasteurised milk, cheeses, cream and dulce de leche. Its 2025 annual report shows two additions to the range that year: Greek yogurt, and a jelly sold in three flavours — lemon, strawberry and blueberry. The same report records a national shortage of raw milk during 2025 constraining what the industry could take in.
Ownership timeline of Los Colonos
- Current owner Colonias Unidas [1] reported
Where Los Colonos sits in Colonias Unidas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Colonias Unidas
Colonias Unidas controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 2 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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Dena Dairy | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angkormilk | Vinamilk | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Betta Milk | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Coronado | Dos Pinos | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| Ambewela | Lanka Milk Foods | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Hi High | SUU | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
| Guliduo | Yili | 🇨🇳 China |
| Campina | FrieslandCampina | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: Colonias Unidas
Colonias Unidas is a cooperative headquartered in Obligado, Paraguay, founded in 1953. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control.
Colonias Unidas is a multi-active agro-industrial co-operative based in Obligado, in the Itapúa department of southern Paraguay, and the most important co-operative in the country's south-east. It was founded by 78 farmers from Hohenau, Obligado and Bella Vista, who formed an organising committee on 16 November 1952, approved statutes at a constituent assembly on 8 March 1953 and were officially recognised on 21 April 1953 as the Sociedad Cooperativa Colonias Unidas Agrícola Limitada. It has roughly 4,000 active members and 1,800 permanent employees, rising to about 1,900 in harvest season. Its business units run the whole chain — technical assistance and inputs for members, then collection, industrial processing and sale of what they grow — across soy oil and pellets, dairy, yerba mate, seeds, animal feed, a supermarket and hypermarket, service stations, an agro-industrial laboratory and a prepaid medical service.
Colonias Unidas: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇵🇾 Los Colonos and other Paraguayan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 10 brands that began in Paraguay. 2 of them (20%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Los Colonos is not one of them.
- FrigoChorti — Chortitzer 🇵🇾
- Ferrex — Corporación Favorita 🇪🇨
- LATAM Airlines Paraguay — LATAM 🇨🇱
- Paranair — Paranair 🇵🇾
- Trébol — Chortitzer 🇵🇾
- Supermercados Chortitzer — Chortitzer 🇵🇾
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Los Colonos?
The parent company of Los Colonos is Colonias Unidas, a cooperative headquartered in Paraguay.
Is Los Colonos Paraguayan?
Yes. Los Colonos originated in Paraguay and its owner, Colonias Unidas, is also headquartered in Paraguay.
Is Los Colonos still owned by Colonias Unidas?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Los Colonos is still owned by Colonias Unidas. 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] Cooperativa Colonias Unidas Agropec. Ind. Ltda. — Memoria Anual 2025 — Cooperativa Colonias Unidas, Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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