Who owns Maseca?
Maseca is owned by GRUMA (Mexico, BMV: GRUMA).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: GRUMA — our brands, GRUMA, S.A.B. de C.V. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- GRUMA, S.A.B. de C.V. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇽 Mexico, San Pedro Garza García
- Origin
- 🇲🇽 Mexico, Cerralvo
- Founded
- 1949
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Baking mixes & ingredients
- Parent ticker
- BMV: GRUMA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Maseca
Maseca is the corn flour GRUMA was built on. In 1949 the company opened what it describes as the world's first nixtamal corn flour facility in Cerralvo, Nuevo León, and Roberto González Barrera named the product from "masa seca", dry dough. GRUMA calls it the leading corn flour brand worldwide; it is fortified with vitamins and minerals and is also sold as corn grits in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Ownership timeline of Maseca
Where Maseca sits in GRUMA
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by GRUMA
GRUMA controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in baking mixes & ingredients, and who owns them
The 74 brands in baking mixes & ingredients on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is Bidco Africa, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| EXE | Unga Group | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Golden Penny | Flour Mills of Nigeria | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Al Horra | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Florencia | Molino Cañuelas | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Amuleia | Nisshin Seifun | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clabber Girl | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BUA Sugar | BUA Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
About the owner: GRUMA
GRUMA is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, founded in 1949. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as BMV: GRUMA.
GRUMA is a Mexican company that describes itself as one of the world's leading tortilla and corn flour producers, a business it has run since 1949, when it opened a nixtamal corn flour mill in Cerralvo, Nuevo León. Headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, it operates in the United States, Mexico, Central America, Europe, Asia and Oceania with around 25,000 employees and 77 plants, and reported 2025 net sales of US$6.4 billion, 73 per cent of it from outside Mexico. Its US tortilla business sells under Mission, Guerrero and Calidad, while its Mexican corn flour subsidiary GIMSA sells Maseca.
🇲🇽 Maseca and other Mexican brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 113 brands that began in Mexico. 28 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Maseca is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Maseca?
The parent company of Maseca is GRUMA, a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico.
Is Maseca Mexican?
Yes. Maseca originated in Mexico in 1949 and its owner, GRUMA, is also headquartered in Mexico.
Is Maseca still owned by GRUMA?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Maseca is still owned by GRUMA. 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] GRUMA — our brands — GRUMA, S.A.B. de C.V., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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