Who owns Minalba?
Minalba is owned by Empresas Polar (Venezuela), which has owned the brand since 2000.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Empresas Polar reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela, Caracas
- Origin
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Minalba
Minalba is a natural spring water Empresas Polar describes on its own site as 100% pure, free of sodium and bottled without chemical treatment or additives. Polar entered the category in 2000 by acquiring the San Pedro de los Altos bottling plant that packages it, adding still and sparkling formats over the years that followed; the brand has since won recognition at the Monde Selection quality awards in Brussels.
Ownership timeline of Minalba
- 2000 – present Empresas Polar [1] reported
Where Minalba sits in Empresas Polar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Bodegas Pomar (1990)
- Caroreña
- Maltín Polar (1951)
- Polar Pilsen (1941)
- Toddy
- Yukery
Other brands in bottled water, and who owns them
The 123 brands in bottled water on Brandtree belong to 74 owners. The largest is Spadel, with 5.
About the owner: Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar is a privately held company headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, founded in 1941. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control.
Empresas Polar is Venezuela's largest privately held company, founded in Caracas in 1941 around what became Polar Pilsen beer and grown since into the country's dominant food and beverage group. Its own history describes deliberate diversification along the corn value chain from Harina P.A.N. precooked flour, into rice, pasta, snacks, dairy, oils and packaging, and a major expansion in 2001 when it bought food conglomerate Mavesa and inherited that company's margarine, condiment, cold-cuts and home-care brands. It now also operates P.A.N. flour plants and joint ventures outside Venezuela, in Colombia, the United States, Mexico, Spain and elsewhere, describing itself as the first global mass-consumption brand to come out of Venezuela.
Empresas Polar: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇻🇪 Minalba and other Venezuelan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 25 brands that began in Venezuela. 3 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Minalba is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Minalba?
The parent company of Minalba is Empresas Polar, a privately held company headquartered in Venezuela.
Is Minalba Venezuelan?
Yes. Minalba originated in Venezuela and its owner, Empresas Polar, is also headquartered in Venezuela.
Since when has Empresas Polar owned Minalba?
Empresas Polar has owned Minalba since 2000.
Is Minalba still owned by Empresas Polar?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Minalba is still owned by Empresas Polar. 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] Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos — Empresas Polar, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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