Who owns Zero-Cal?
Zero-Cal is owned by Hypera (Brazil, B3: HYPE3).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hypera Pharma — Corporate Profile (investor relations, updated 18 June 2026), 18 June 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hypera Pharma reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇷 Brazil, São Paulo
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweeteners
- Parent ticker
- B3: HYPE3
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Zero-Cal
Zero-Cal is Hypera Pharma's tabletop sweetener brand, which the company calls the leading sweetener brand. It sells saccharin, sucralose, stevia and xylitol sweeteners in liquid and powder form, and added the Zero-Cal Bem Natural line based on erythritol made from non-GMO corn. Hypera groups it with its nutritionals in the consumer health unit.
Ownership timeline of Zero-Cal
Where Zero-Cal sits in Hypera
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hypera
Hypera controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweeteners, and who owns them
The 35 brands in sweeteners on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Tereos, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Koronás Cukor | AGRANA | 🇦🇹 Austria |
| Jelgavas Cukurs | Nordzucker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Béghin Say | Tereos | 🇫🇷 France |
| Cukier Królewski | Südzucker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Lantic | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Brownie | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Azərşəkər | Azersun | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
| Skor | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
About the owner: Hypera
Hypera is a publicly listed company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2001. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as B3: HYPE3.
Hypera Pharma is a Brazilian pharmaceutical company that began operating in December 2001 as a consumer goods business and moved into medicines in 2007, selling its cosmetics and disposables operations in 2015 and 2017. It leads the Brazilian over-the-counter medicines market and has been listed on B3's Novo Mercado since 2008. Votorantim S.A. joined its controlling shareholder group in 2025.
🇧🇷 Zero-Cal 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; Zero-Cal is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Zero-Cal?
The parent company of Zero-Cal is Hypera, a publicly listed company headquartered in Brazil.
Is Zero-Cal Brazilian?
Yes. Zero-Cal originated in Brazil and its owner, Hypera, is also headquartered in Brazil.
Is Zero-Cal still owned by Hypera?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Zero-Cal is still owned by Hypera. 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] Hypera Pharma — Corporate Profile (investor relations, updated 18 June 2026) — Hypera Pharma, Official document, published 18 June 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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