Largest beef producer JBS donated $5 million to Trump’s inauguration through their U.S. subsidiary, Pilgrim’s Pride

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One corporation you’ve probably never heard of quietly donated more to Trump’s inauguration than any other.

It’s not a Big Tech company.

Or Big Pharma.

It’s called JBS, the “world’s largest beef producer.”

They donated $5 million to Trump’s inauguration through their U.S. subsidiary, Pilgrim’s Pride.

Dr. Meryl Nass breaks down in this clip how JBS was “found guilty of bribing over 1,000 politicians in Brazil” to build their empire.

“They have well over 100 different labels, so you don’t know that the meat you’re buying is theirs.”

“You think that there are different qualities and types of meat, but it’s all the same.”

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Parent: JBS N.V. (Netherlands holding company after the 2025 restructuring). Operating core remains JBS S.A. (Brazil). Control of the group sits with the Batista family through J&F. JBS is the world’s largest beef producer and, through Pilgrim’s, the world’s largest poultry producer.

Major operating companies JBS controls

Brazil

  • Friboi (beef)
  • Seara Alimentos (poultry, pork, prepared foods)
  • Swift Brazil (frozen / retail / D2C stores)
  • JBS Couros (leather)
  • JBS New Business / Novos Negócios (byproducts: biodiesel, collagen, casings, packaging, waste, logistics, etc.)
  • JBS Terminais, JBS Biotech
  • Stake in egg producer Mantiqueira

United States / Canada (JBS USA / JBS Beef North America / JBS USA Pork)

  • JBS USA Beef
  • JBS USA Pork and JBS USA Live Pork
  • JBS USA Value Added / Swift Prepared Foods
  • JBS USA Carriers (truck fleet)
  • JBS Foods Canada
  • Empire Packing (case-ready retail meat; Ledbetter)
  • Wild Fork Foods (frozen retail stores)
  • Plumrose USA
  • Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats
  • Sampco (imports)
  • Planterra (plant-based; U.S.)
  • TriOak Foods (pork supply, acquired 2022)

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (PPC) — JBS majority owner (~82%)

  • Pilgrim’s US
  • Pilgrim’s Mexico
  • Pilgrim’s Europe / Pilgrim’s UK (formerly Tulip)
  • Moy Park (UK / Ireland / France / Netherlands poultry)
  • Pilgrim’s Food Masters (former Kerry meats & meals)
  • Randall Parker Foods
  • Gold’n Plump / GNP (via earlier deals)

Australia / New Zealand

  • JBS Australia (Northern & Southern beef)
  • JBS Australia Pork
  • Primo Foods / Primo Smallgoods (ham, bacon, salami)
  • Huon Aquaculture (salmon)
  • Rivalea
  • Andrews Meat Industries
  • D.R. Johnston
  • Scott Technology, Knox International
  • Beehive (NZ)

Europe / other

  • Rigamonti Group (Italian charcuterie; also U.S. plants)
  • Vivera (plant-based, Netherlands — Europe’s #3 plant-based producer)
  • Various UK prepared-foods entities under Pilgrim’s (Richmond, Denny, Fridge Raiders, Rollover, Oak House, Adams Pork, etc.)

JBS also runs its own logistics (JBS Carriers, TRS in Brazil) and sells heavily through private-label programs for Walmart, Costco, Tesco, Lidl, and foodservice (McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Subway, Wendy’s, etc.). Those retailer labels are not “JBS brands,” but the meat often is.

 

Consumer brands / labels commonly associated with JBS

These are the names shoppers actually see. Sources list “70+” on JBS’s own sites and “well over 100” in critic tallies; many are regional or line extensions.

North America

Swift, Pilgrim’s / Pilgrim’s Pride, Just Bare, 1855, Gold Kist Farms, Gold’n Plump, Del Dia, La Herencia, Northern Gold, Canadian Diamond, Sunnyvalley, Imperial American Wagyu / Imperial Wagyu Beef, Grass Run Farms, Aspen Ridge, Ledbetter, Principe, Sampco, Wild Fork

Canada (examples cited by critics)

Mountain Creek Farms, Northern Meat Shoppe, Spring Creek

Brazil

Friboi, 1953 Friboi, Black Friboi, Reserva Friboi, Maturatta, Seara, Seara Gourmet, Seara da Granja, Seara Nature, Seara Turma da Mônica, Swift, Massa Leve, Marba, Doriana, Delícia, Primor, Incrível, Rezende, LeBon, Hans, Eder, Frango Caipira Nhô Bento

Australia / NZ

Great Southern, Swift, Primo, Huon, Rivalea, Aberdeen Black, AMH, Beehive

UK / Europe / Mexico

Moy Park, O’Kane, Richmond, Fridge Raiders, Denny, Rollover, Oak House Foods, Mattessons, Danepak, Hungry Joe’s, Dalehead Foods, Alamesa, Little Italy, Vivera

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