Who owns Van Camp's (Colombia)?
Van Camp's (Colombia) is made and sold by Colombina (Colombia) under licence; Colombina does not own the name.[1] The Van Camp's name is owned by Seatech International.
Evidence: Colombina S.A. — Informe Anual 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Colombina S.A. reported
- Headquarters
- 🇨🇴 Colombia, Cali
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Canned & shelf-stable meals
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Van Camp's (Colombia)
Colombina does not own Van Camp's. It has distributed the tuna and sardine brand in Colombia since the 1980s under an alliance with Seatech International, and accounts for it inside a division it calls represented products. It is by far the largest line in that division, with net sales of about 320 billion pesos in 2025.
Ownership timeline of Van Camp's (Colombia)
Where Van Camp's (Colombia) sits in Colombina
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Colombina
Colombina controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in canned & shelf-stable meals, and who owns them
The 80 brands in canned & shelf-stable meals on Brandtree belong to 46 owners. The largest is Thai Union, with 13.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken of the Sea | Thai Union | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Albert Heijn | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Anny | Mutandis | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Bonduelle | Bonduelle | 🇫🇷 France |
| Heinz Baked Beans | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aunt Nellie's | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aldi (Nord) | Aldi Nord | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aldi (Süd) | Aldi Süd | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Colombina
Colombina is a privately held company headquartered in Cali, Colombia, founded in 1927.
Colombina is a Colombian food company founded in 1927 by Hernando Caicedo, a Valle del Cauca sugar planter who decided to add value to the output of his own mill by turning it into sweets. The tropical-fruit hard candies it launched in 1935 became popular enough to be known simply as colombinas. It is still run by the founder's descendants — César A. Caicedo has led it since 2002 and the board is dominated by Caicedo family members — and it now sells around $885 million a year across confectionery, biscuits, sauces, ice cream and canned fish in more than eighty countries. Two of the best-known names in its catalogue are not its own: Van Camp's and Café Buendía are distribution agreements, which it reports separately as represented products.
🇺🇸 Van Camp's (Colombia) and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Van Camp's (Colombia) among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Van Camp's (Colombia)?
Colombina makes and sells Van Camp's (Colombia) under a licensing agreement.
Does Colombina own Van Camp's (Colombia)?
No. Colombina holds a licence to make and sell Van Camp's (Colombia), which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Van Camp's (Colombia) come from?
Van Camp's (Colombia) originated in the United States.
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] Colombina S.A. — Informe Anual 2025 — Colombina S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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