Who owns Adria?
Adria is owned by M. Dias Branco (Brazil, B3: MDIA3), which has owned the brand since 2003.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: M. Dias Branco — Integrated Annual Report 2025, M. Dias Branco S.A. Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- M. Dias Branco S.A. Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇷 Brazil, Eusébio
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- B3: MDIA3
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Adria
Adria is a pasta, crackers, cookies and toast brand. M. Dias Branco gained it in 2003 when it bought the company that owned Adria, Basilar, Isabela and Zabet, with plants in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul. A Datafolha survey named Adria Top of Mind for pasta for the sixth year running, and the brand sells Zero Fry Ramen.
Ownership timeline of Adria
- 2003 – present M. Dias Branco [1] reported
Where Adria sits in M. Dias Branco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by M. Dias Branco
M. Dias Branco controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Also in food
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; M. Dias Branco has 2.
| 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: M. Dias Branco
M. Dias Branco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Eusébio, Brazil. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as B3: MDIA3.
M. Dias Branco is a Brazilian food company based in Eusébio, Ceará, with industrial units in several Brazilian states and one in Montevideo, Uruguay. Its roots are the Padaria Imperial bakery in Ceará, where the Portuguese baker Manuel Dias Branco baked cookies and crackers from 1951. The company says it has led Brazil's crackers and cookies and pasta markets by sales volume since 2003 and became the granola market leader in 2024. It listed on B3's Novo Mercado in 2006 and reported 2025 net revenue of R$10.4 billion.
M. Dias Branco: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇧🇷 Adria and other Brazilian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 177 brands that began in Brazil. 32 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Adria is not one of them.
- Biotônico Fontoura — Hypera 🇧🇷
- Camil — Camil 🇧🇷
- Friboi — JBS 🇧🇷
- Guarani — Tereos 🇫🇷
- Perdigão — MBRF 🇧🇷
- Queensberry — Hero Group 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Adria?
The parent company of Adria is M. Dias Branco, a publicly listed company headquartered in Brazil.
Is Adria Brazilian?
Yes. Adria originated in Brazil and its owner, M. Dias Branco, is also headquartered in Brazil.
Since when has M. Dias Branco owned Adria?
M. Dias Branco has owned Adria since 2003.
Is Adria still owned by M. Dias Branco?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Adria is still owned by M. Dias Branco. 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] M. Dias Branco — Integrated Annual Report 2025 — M. Dias Branco S.A. Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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