Who owns Tortuguita?
Tortuguita is owned by Arcor (Argentina).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Arcor S.A.I.C. — Memoria y Estados Financieros 2024. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Arcor S.A.I.C. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tortuguita
Tortuguita is a Brazilian chocolate brand sold through Arcor do Brasil and one of the names the group grew deliberately in 2024 with a campaign it called Invasão Tortuguita. Brazil is Arcor's largest market outside Argentina, with plants at Bragança Paulista, Rio das Pedras, Campinas, Contagem and Recife making chocolate, sweets and biscuits.
Ownership timeline of Tortuguita
Where Tortuguita sits in Arcor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Arcor
Arcor controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them
The 132 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 46 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9; Arcor has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cadbury | Mondelēz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Danusia | Wawel | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Colian | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baby Ruth | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Almond Joy | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Caffarel | Lindt & Sprüngli | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eitt Sett | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: Arcor
Arcor is a privately held company headquartered in Argentina, founded in 1951. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control.
Arcor is an Argentine food group founded in 1951 at Arroyito in Córdoba province by a group of young entrepreneurs led by Fulvio Salvador Pagani, and still run by the founding families. It is organised into three businesses — mass-market food, agribusiness and packaging — across 49 industrial plants, and describes itself as the largest producer of hard sweets in the world and the leading exporter of confectionery from Argentina, Chile and Peru. Its biscuits are made not by Arcor directly but by Bagley Latinoamérica, a company it holds 51% of alongside Danone.
🇧🇷 Tortuguita and other Brazilian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 177 brands that began in Brazil. 32 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Tortuguita among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tortuguita?
The parent company of Tortuguita is Arcor, a privately held company headquartered in Argentina.
Is Tortuguita Brazilian or Argentine?
Tortuguita originated in Brazil, but it is owned today by Arcor, which is headquartered in Argentina. So Tortuguita is a Brazilian-origin brand under Argentine ownership.
Is Tortuguita still owned by Arcor?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Tortuguita is still owned by Arcor. 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] Arcor S.A.I.C. — Memoria y Estados Financieros 2024 — Arcor S.A.I.C., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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