Who owns Mr. Pollo?
Mr. Pollo is owned by Pronaca (Ecuador).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Pronaca — Marcas (corporate brand portfolio), Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador, Quito
- Origin
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Founded
- 1979
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mr. Pollo
Mr. Pollo is the brand Pronaca launched in 1979, the same year the company took its present name, and the one Ecuadorians know it by. It sells fresh chicken the company says is raised on a diet that is 100 per cent corn, and the range goes well past the whole bird: cut and whole wings, marinated pieces, deboned chicken, cuts sold specifically for the grill, ready-to-bake lines, and a deli side of hams, mortadella, sausages and chorizo made from the same supply chain.
Ownership timeline of Mr. Pollo
Where Mr. Pollo sits in Pronaca
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Pronaca
Pronaca controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
The 60 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6; Pronaca has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Doux | LDC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Assilah | MHP | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
| Bostock's | Inghams | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Sopraval | Agrosuper | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Kaišiadorių Paukštynas | Akola Group | 🇱🇹 Lithuania |
| Pollo Indio | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Friboi | JBS | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Dalnie Dali | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
About the owner: Pronaca
Pronaca is a privately held company headquartered in Quito, Ecuador, founded in 1957. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Pronaca is Ecuador's largest food company and still a family business. Its history runs from 1954, when Lodewijk Jan Bakker wrote to his son Luis inviting him into Ecuador's food sector, through the founding of India in central Quito in 1957 and the start of poultry and egg production at Hacienda La Estancia in 1958, to the constitution of Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C.A. under the Pronaca name in 1979. It moved outwards from chickens in steps that are still visible in the portfolio: eggs in 1974, turkey in 1980, culinary products in 1986, pork in 1992, frozen prepared food in 1997, pet food in 2000 and tilapia in 2002. It runs industrial plants at Bucay, Pifo, Durán and elsewhere, an animal nutrition and genetics division, a palm-heart export business, operations in Panama and a pet food research centre it says was the first in Latin America.
🇪🇨 Mr. Pollo and other Ecuadorian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 38 brands that began in Ecuador. 2 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Mr. Pollo is not one of them.
- Criollo — La Fabril 🇪🇨
- Juris — Sigma Foods 🇲🇽
- Akí — Corporación Favorita 🇪🇨
- EP Petroecuador — Petroecuador 🇪🇨
- LATAM Airlines Ecuador — LATAM 🇨🇱
- Girasol — La Fabril 🇪🇨
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mr. Pollo?
The parent company of Mr. Pollo is Pronaca, a privately held company headquartered in Ecuador.
Is Mr. Pollo Ecuadorian?
Yes. Mr. Pollo originated in Ecuador in 1979 and its owner, Pronaca, is also headquartered in Ecuador.
Is Mr. Pollo still owned by Pronaca?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Mr. Pollo is still owned by Pronaca. 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] Pronaca — Marcas (corporate brand portfolio) — Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C.A., Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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