Who owns ACI Rice?
ACI Rice is owned by ACI Limited (Bangladesh, DSE: ACI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ACI PLC — Company Profile and Business Pages, ACI Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Advanced Chemical Industries Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh, Dhaka
- Origin
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- DSE: ACI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About ACI Rice
ACI Rice is ACI's packaged rice business, sold under sub-brand names including Aroma, Pure, Nutrilife and Ahaar covering different rice grades and price points. Like ACI's flour business, it applies factory milling, cleaning and sealed packaging to a Bangladeshi staple that most consumers had historically bought loose from local markets.
Ownership timeline of ACI Rice
- Current owner ACI Limited [1] reported
Where ACI Rice sits in ACI Limited
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full ACI Limited brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by ACI Limited
ACI Limited controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in food.
Also in food
- ACI Nutrilife
- ACI Pure Flour (2008)
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
The 121 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 63 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bertagni | Ebro Foods | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mimee | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | Newlat Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Chikin Ramen | Nissin Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| La Cantonesa | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
About the owner: ACI Limited
ACI Limited is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 1973. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as DSE: ACI.
ACI is one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates, spanning pharmaceuticals, consumer brands, agribusiness, motors and the Shwapno retail chain. It began as a branch of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in East Pakistan in 1968, was incorporated on 24 January 1973 as ICI Bangladesh Manufacturers Limited, and took its present name after ICI sold its stake to local management on 5 May 1992. Its Consumer Brands division makes toiletries, home care, hygiene, food staples and edible oil products sold through subsidiaries including ACI Formulations, ACI Foods, ACI Pure Flour and ACI Salt.
🇧🇩 ACI Rice and other Bangladeshi brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 51 brands that began in Bangladesh. 2 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; ACI Rice is not one of them.
- All Time — PRAN-RFL 🇧🇩
- Energy Plus — Olympic Industries 🇧🇩
- Zerocal — Square Toiletries 🇧🇩
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines — Biman Bangladesh 🇧🇩
- Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages — Coca-Cola İçecek 🇹🇷
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of Bangladesh — LIC of India 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ACI Rice?
The parent company of ACI Rice is ACI Limited, a publicly listed company headquartered in Bangladesh.
Is ACI Rice Bangladeshi?
Yes. ACI Rice originated in Bangladesh and its owner, ACI Limited, is also headquartered in Bangladesh.
Is ACI Rice still owned by ACI Limited?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, ACI Rice is still owned by ACI Limited. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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] ACI PLC — Company Profile and Business Pages — ACI Limited, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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