{"schemaVersion":"1.0","matched":true,"query":{"name":"YumEarth Organic Candy","city":null},"permalink":"https://whoowns.cashpaymed.org/record/dynamic-business-yumearth-yumearth-organic-candy","record":{"id":"dynamic-business-yumearth-yumearth-organic-candy","name":"YumEarth Organic Candy","descriptor":"YumEarth Organic Candy is publicly associated with YumEarth.","checked":"August 18, 2026","peStatus":"confirmed","statusLabel":"Private-equity controlled","statusDetail":"The current ownership chain reaches ACON Investments, and the cited transaction establishes control.","alternatives":[],"chain":[{"role":"Business or brand","entity":"YumEarth Organic Candy","detail":"YumEarth Organic Candy is publicly associated with YumEarth."},{"role":"Parent company","entity":"YumEarth","detail":"YumEarth Organic Candy is listed by an official source as part of YumEarth."},{"role":"Controlling PE owner","entity":"ACON Investments","detail":"ACON Investments is the current investment firm connected to YumEarth. Ownership: ACON Investments, L.L.C. publicly announced on June 30, 2026 that it and its affiliates had acquired a \"controlling stake\" in YumEarth, explicitly identifying YumEarth as the target company and describing the transaction as the first investment of the ACON Evolution Fund.[1] The announcement states that The Fini Company will hold an ownership stake as an industry partner but clearly attributes the controlling stake to ACON, not to Fini, and does not disclose exact percentages.[1] This announcement is a direct primary source from the acquiring investment firm, satisfying the requirement for one direct primary source for a qualified ownership claim.\n\nIndependent verification: Multiple independent transaction and deal sources corroborate that ACON acquired a controlling stake in YumEarth rather than a minority position.\n- Riverside Company, the prior financial sponsor, published a news release titled \"Sweet Success: The Riverside Company Exits YumEarth\" on June 30, 2026, stating that Riverside \"has sold YumEarth to ACON Investments,\" confirming that Riverside fully exited and that YumEarth was sold to ACON.[4] This establishes that ACON is the new financial owner and that the prior sponsor no longer holds an interest.\n- PrivSource records the transaction as \"ACON Investments acquired a controlling stake in YumEarth... from Riverside\" and lists buyers (ACON Investments LLC, The Fini Company), targets (YumEarth), and sellers (The Riverside Company), classifying the transaction as a buyout.[2][3] This independent deal database corroborates the existence and nature of t"}],"facts":[{"dimension":"Private-equity relationship","label":"PE-controlled","statement":"The current ownership chain reaches ACON Investments, and the cited transaction establishes control.","evidenceDate":"August 18, 2026","sources":[{"label":"Verified ownership evidence for YumEarth","url":"https://aconinvestments.com/news/acon-investments-acquires-better-for-you-confectionery-company-yumearth/"}]},{"dimension":"Operating relationship","label":"descriptive brand formulation used on official YumEarth site for the same core b","statement":"Business or brand-level record; a specific location may have a separate franchisee or operator.","evidenceDate":"August 18, 2026","sources":[{"label":"Official business or brand evidence for YumEarth Organic Candy","url":"https://yumearth.com/pages/about"}]},{"dimension":"Ownership form and scale","label":"majority control (controlling stake, percentage undisclosed)","statement":"Reported scale: Part of a larger operating group. Ownership form and geographic scale are shown separately.","evidenceDate":"August 18, 2026","sources":[{"label":"Official business or brand evidence for YumEarth Organic Candy","url":"https://yumearth.com/pages/about"}]}],"gap":"Business or brand-level record; a specific location may have a separate franchisee or operator."},"coverageWarning":null,"license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"WHO OWNS THIS? (https://whoowns.cashpaymed.org)"}}