Who owns Ambrosia?
Ambrosia is owned by Premier Foods (the United Kingdom, LSE: PFD).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Premier Foods plc Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Premier Foods plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, St Albans
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Devon
- Founded
- 1917
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Yogurt
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PFD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ambrosia
Ambrosia makes tinned custard and rice pudding in Devon, where the business began in 1917 producing dried milk for infants. Its custard is a fixture of British desserts and school dinners. Premier Foods acquired the brand in 2003, and production has stayed in Devon, which the company uses in its advertising as a point of provenance.
Ownership timeline of Ambrosia
- Current owner Premier Foods [1] reported
Where Ambrosia sits in Premier Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Premier Foods brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Premier Foods
Premier Foods controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
- Angel Delight (1967)
- Batchelors (1895)
- Bisto (1908)
- Homepride (1963)
- Mr Kipling (1967)
- OXO (stock cubes) (1899)
- Sharwood's (1889)
Other brands in yogurt, and who owns them
The 83 brands in yogurt on Brandtree belong to 48 owners. The largest is Danone, with 5; Premier Foods has 2.
About the owner: Premier Foods
Premier Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in St Albans, United Kingdom, founded in 1975. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: PFD.
Premier Foods holds a collection of long-established British grocery brands, many of them acquired from multinationals that had stopped investing in them. It nearly collapsed under debt after buying RHM in 2007 and has spent the years since selling businesses and reviving the brands it kept.
Premier Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Ambrosia and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ambrosia is not one of them.
Official recalls involving Ambrosia products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Ambrosia. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Ambrosia My Mini Custard Pots; Ambrosia My Mini 30% Less Sugar Custard Pots; Ambrosia My Mini Rice Pots — UK FSA, · Product recall information notice
Reason given: These products may contain pieces of plastic which presents a possible choking hazard and makes them unsafe to eat.
Recalling firm: Premier Foods
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ambrosia?
The parent company of Ambrosia is Premier Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Ambrosia British?
Yes. Ambrosia originated in the United Kingdom in 1917 and its owner, Premier Foods, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Ambrosia still owned by Premier Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Ambrosia is still owned by Premier Foods. 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] Premier Foods plc Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025 — Premier Foods plc, Annual report; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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