Who owns Prego?
Prego is owned by Campbell's (the United States, NASDAQ: CPB).[1]
Evidence: The Campbell's Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 September 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Campbell's Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Camden, New Jersey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1981
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: CPB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Prego
Prego is a jarred pasta sauce Campbell's launched in 1981 to compete with Ragú, and it became the subject of a well-known case study in market research after the company found that consumers wanted a chunky version nobody had thought to make.
What Campbell's's annual report says about Prego
Sentences about Prego from Campbell's's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Excluding the impacts from the additional week and the divestiture of the noosa yoghurt business, sales decreased primarily due to declines in U.S. soup, V8 beverages, Canada, Pace Mexican sauces and Prego pasta sauces, partially offset by gains in Rao's .
How often Campbell's names Prego in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Prego
- Current owner Campbell's [1] verified
Where Prego sits in Campbell's
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Campbell's
Campbell's controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in food.
Also in food
- Campbell's (1897)
- Cape Cod (1980)
- Goldfish (1958)
- Kettle Brand (1978)
- Lance (1913)
- Late July (2003)
- Michael Angelo's (1993)
- Noosa (2010)
- Pepperidge Farm (1937)
- Pop Secret (1984)
- Rao's Homemade (1992)
- Snyder's of Hanover (1909)
- Swanson (1899)
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 90 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 52 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6; Campbell's has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Hon Tsuyu | Kikkoman | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Campbell's
Campbell's is a publicly listed company headquartered in Camden, New Jersey, United States, founded in 1869. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: CPB.
Campbell's was founded in Camden, New Jersey in 1869 and made its name with condensed soup, invented in 1897 by a chemist who realised that removing the water halved the shipping cost. It renamed itself from Campbell Soup Company in 2024 to reflect that snacks now generate about half its revenue.
🇺🇸 Prego and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Prego is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Prego?
The parent company of Prego is Campbell's, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Prego American?
Yes. Prego originated in the United States in 1981 and its owner, Campbell's, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Prego still owned by Campbell's?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Prego is still owned by Campbell's. 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] The Campbell's Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 September 2026; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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