Who owns Verbena?
Verbena is owned by Valeo Foods (Ireland) through its subsidiary I.D.C. Holding.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: I.D.C. Holding — O nás, I.D.C. Holding, a.s. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Valeo Foods Group via I.D.C. Holding reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇪 Ireland, Dublin
- Origin
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia, Trnava
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Candy & sugar confectionery
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Verbena
Verbena is a filled boiled sweet made with herbal extracts at the Figaro Trnava plant, and the company presents it as its answer to the demand for confectionery that claims some benefit beyond flavour. It has been redesigned in recent years and is sold in single packs and mixed boxes, with a jelly line called Verbi sold beside it.
Ownership timeline of Verbena
- Current owner Valeo Foods via I.D.C. Holding [1] reported
Where Verbena sits in Valeo Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Valeo Foods
Valeo Foods controls 22 brands on Brandtree, 22 of them in food.
Also in food
- Andante
- Balconi (1953)
- Barratt (1848)
- Fox's Glacier Mints (1918)
- Horalky
- Hyper
- Kávenky
- Lina
- Matthew Walker (1899)
- Maxi
- Melegatti (1894)
- Mila
- Mirage
- Naya
- Poppets (1937)
- Prestige
- Roden Kray
- Rowse Honey (1938)
Other brands in candy & sugar confectionery, and who owns them
The 87 brands in candy & sugar confectionery on Brandtree belong to 39 owners. The largest is Cloetta, with 6; Valeo Foods has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ahlgrens bilar | Cloetta | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bottle Caps | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Charleston Chew | Tootsie Roll | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bon Bon Bum | Colombina | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Candy Kittens | Katjes International | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Airheads | Perfetti Van Melle | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Goldbears | Haribo | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Háls | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: Valeo Foods
Valeo Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 2010. Brandtree records 22 brands under its control.
Valeo Foods Group was formed in 2010 and has bought more than twenty food businesses since, assembling a portfolio of over eighty brands sold in more than a hundred countries. It describes its ambition as being Europe's "sweet treats champion" and leads in wafers, cakes and biscuits, sugar and chocolate confectionery, honey and maple syrup, and savoury snacks. Its group head offices are at Dublin Airport and in London, with divisional headquarters in England, Italy, Germany, Slovakia and Quebec. The group has been owned by the investment firm Bain Capital since 2021, which is the answer to who owns most of the brands below.
🇸🇰 Verbena and other Slovak brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 19 brands that began in Slovakia. 14 of them (74%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Verbena among them.
- HYZA — AGROFERT 🇨🇿
- Korunný Cukor — AGRANA 🇦🇹
- Allegro.sk — Allegro 🇵🇱
- Armin Stark — ST. Nicolaus 🇸🇰
- Rajec — Kofola 🇨🇿
- Borovička Slovenská — ST. Nicolaus 🇸🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Verbena?
The parent company of Verbena is Valeo Foods, a privately held company headquartered in Ireland. Verbena sits under Valeo Foods' subsidiary I.D.C. Holding.
Is Verbena Slovak or Irish?
Verbena originated in Slovakia, but it is owned today by Valeo Foods, which is headquartered in Ireland. So Verbena is a Slovak-origin brand under Irish ownership.
Is Verbena still owned by Valeo Foods?
Yes. As of 22 September 2026, Verbena is still owned by Valeo Foods. 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] I.D.C. Holding — O nás — I.D.C. Holding, a.s., Official document; retrieved 22 September 2026.
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