Is Bio-K+ Canadian?
Partly
Ownership is split or partially foreign — read the details.
What we found
Bio-K+ was founded in 1994 as a Canadian family-owned biotech company by the Roy-Chevalier family. It was acquired by Kerry Group (Ireland) in October 2020, making it a borderline case—originally Canadian but now Irish-o.
The receipt
| Verdict | Borderline |
| Category | Supermarket |
| HQ | Quebec City, QC |
| Confidence | high |
| Evidence | Secondary source only |
| Source | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30255535 secondary source — registry check pending “Ireland’s Kerry Group has acquired the Quebec family biotechnology company Bio-K+ International Inc., allowing the Bio-K+ brand to expand globally.” Verdicts are only marked verified once a government registry record or corporate filing confirms them. |
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