Colombina: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Colombina is a privately held company headquartered in Cali, Colombia that owns 13 consumer brands and makes and sells 2 consumer brands under licence without owning the names.[1]
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.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Colombina S.A.
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇨🇴 Cali, Colombia
- Founded
- 1927
- Website
- www.colombina.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Colombina in numbers
- Colombina owns 13 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 13 brands.[1]
Everything Colombina owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 13 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Minority stakes, joint ventures and licences
- Van Camp's (Colombia) — licensee 100%[1]Made and sold under licence; the Van Camp's name is owned by Seatech International.
- Café Buendía — licensee 100% since 2001[1]Made and sold under licence; the Café Buendía name is owned by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia.
Colombina in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 549300C4K8QLGCC7SD84
- Registered name
- COLOMBINA S.A. (CO)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 15 October 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Colombina own?
Colombina owns 13 consumer brands tracked here, including La Constancia, Moments, Muuu, Crakeñas, Robin Hood and Coffee Delight.
Is Colombina a Colombian company?
Yes. Colombina is headquartered in Cali, Colombia and was founded in 1927.
Who owns Colombina?
Colombina is privately held. 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.
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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