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Monbana is a French chocolate company founded in 1934 by Louis Guattari, who set up a cocoa factory in Courbevoie. The name nods to his friend Pierre-François Lardet, founder of Banania: "mon Banania". The current company was registered in 1956.
Long active as a white-label supplier to restaurants and tea rooms, it later sought to promote its own brand, with some twenty shops. Its head office is in Ernée, Mayenne, with production sites in Ernée and Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes. It was bought by the Buton group in 2017.
In sailing, Monbana backs skipper Maxime Sorel, notably for the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe aboard V and B-Monbana-Mayenne.