Who owns Refresh?
Refresh is owned by URC (the Philippines, PSE: URC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Universal Robina Corporation — SEC Form 17-A for the year ended 31 December 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Universal Robina Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Quezon City
- Origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Bottled water
- Parent ticker
- PSE: URC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Refresh
Refresh is Universal Robina's bottled drinking water brand, tagged by the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry as a basic good. URC has lightweighted the bottles to cut plastic, replacing a 13-gram 330ml bottle with a 350ml version weighing 7.85 grams, and presents the water as essential supply during calamities and emergencies.
Ownership timeline of Refresh
Where Refresh sits in URC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by URC
URC controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
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: URC
URC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines, founded in 1954. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: URC.
Universal Robina Corporation is one of the largest branded food and beverage companies in the Philippines and a core subsidiary of the conglomerate JG Summit Holdings. It was founded in 1954 when John Gokongwei Jr. set up Universal Corn Products, a cornstarch plant in Pasig. Branded consumer foods made up about 68 per cent of 2025 revenue, led by Jack 'n Jill snacks, C2 tea and Great Taste coffee, alongside animal feed, flour and sugar milling; it bought Malaysia's Munchy's biscuits in 2021.
🇵🇭 Refresh and other Filipino brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 97 brands that began in the Philippines. 4 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Refresh is not one of them.
- Emperador Brandy — Emperador 🇵🇭
- Fit 'n Right — Del Monte Pacific 🇻🇬
- Ginebra San Miguel — San Miguel Food and Beverage 🇵🇭
- 2GO Express — 2GO 🇵🇭
- 555 — Century Pacific 🇵🇭
- AirAsia Philippines — AirAsia X 🇲🇾
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Refresh?
The parent company of Refresh is URC, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Refresh Filipino?
Yes. Refresh originated in the Philippines and its owner, URC, is also headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Refresh still owned by URC?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Refresh is still owned by URC. 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] Universal Robina Corporation — SEC Form 17-A for the year ended 31 December 2025 — Universal Robina Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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