Who owns Menta Helada?
Menta Helada is owned by Colombina (Colombia).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Colombina S.A. — Informe Anual 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Colombina S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇴 Colombia, Cali
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Candy & sugar confectionery
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Menta Helada
Menta Helada is Colombina's mint, sold on a cooling sensation that its 2025 advertising summarised with the line that you only bite it once. It belongs to a sugar confectionery division that also carries Bon Bon Bum, Coffee Delight and the Grissly gummies, and which remains the largest part of the company.
Ownership timeline of Menta Helada
Where Menta Helada sits in Colombina
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Colombina
Colombina controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in candy & sugar confectionery, and who owns them
The 87 brands in candy & sugar confectionery on Brandtree belong to 39 owners. The largest is Cloetta, with 6; Colombina has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ahlgrens bilar | Cloetta | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bottle Caps | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Charleston Chew | Tootsie Roll | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Candy Kittens | Katjes International | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Airheads | Perfetti Van Melle | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Goldbears | Haribo | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Háls | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
| Jolly Rancher | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Colombina
Colombina is a privately held company headquartered in Cali, Colombia, founded in 1927. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control.
Colombina is a Colombian food company founded in 1927 by Hernando Caicedo, a Valle del Cauca sugar planter who decided to add value to the output of his own mill by turning it into sweets. The tropical-fruit hard candies it launched in 1935 became popular enough to be known simply as colombinas. It is still run by the founder's descendants — César A. Caicedo has led it since 2002 and the board is dominated by Caicedo family members — and it now sells around $885 million a year across confectionery, biscuits, sauces, ice cream and canned fish in more than eighty countries. Two of the best-known names in its catalogue are not its own: Van Camp's and Café Buendía are distribution agreements, which it reports separately as represented products.
🇨🇴 Menta Helada and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (9%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Menta Helada is not one of them.
- Alpina — Alpina 🇨🇴
- Baticrema — Quala 🇨🇴
- Crem Helado — Grupo Nutresa 🇨🇴
- Triunfo — CasaLuker 🇨🇴
- Agua Cristal — Postobón 🇨🇴
- Aguila — AB InBev 🇧🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Menta Helada?
The parent company of Menta Helada is Colombina, a privately held company headquartered in Colombia.
Is Menta Helada Colombian?
Yes. Menta Helada originated in Colombia and its owner, Colombina, is also headquartered in Colombia.
Is Menta Helada still owned by Colombina?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Menta Helada is still owned by Colombina. 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] Colombina S.A. — Informe Anual 2025 — Colombina S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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