Who owns Aviko?
Aviko is owned by Royal Cosun (the Netherlands), which has owned the brand since 2002.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Royal Cosun Annual Report 2025, Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun U.A, 12 June 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun U.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands, Breda
- Origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Founded
- 1962
- Category
- Food › Frozen food › Frozen vegetables & fruit
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Aviko
Aviko is a Dutch maker of frozen and dried potato products, founded by 32 potato growers in 1962 and part of Royal Cosun since 2002. It makes more than 700 products, among them Oerfriet, Pom'Plus and SuperCrunch, and its Aviko Rixona unit makes dried potato for mash, soups and snacks. In 2025 its factory at Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia opened a fries line that tripled its capacity, and it runs a joint venture with Farm Frites in Poland. In February 2026 it agreed to buy the 75% of Spain's Eurofrits it did not already own.
Ownership timeline of Aviko
- 2002 – present Royal Cosun [1] reported
Where Aviko sits in Royal Cosun
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Royal Cosun
Royal Cosun controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
- Van Gilse (1882)
Other brands in frozen vegetables & fruit, and who owns them
The 15 brands in frozen vegetables & fruit on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is McCain Foods, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lutosa | McCain Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Grown in Idaho | Lamb Weston | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Birds Eye (UK & Ireland) | Nomad Foods | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Gradena | AQUILA | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| Birds Eye (North America) | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Elbtal | FRoSTA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hanover | Hanover Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ore-Ida | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Royal Cosun
Royal Cosun is a cooperative headquartered in Breda, Netherlands, founded in 1899. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control.
Royal Cosun is a Dutch agricultural cooperative owned by about 7,900 members, which processes sugar beet, potatoes, chicory and other crops into food, ingredients, feed and green gas. Its history goes back to October 1899, when 173 farmers in Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen founded the first Dutch cooperative beet sugar factory at Sas van Gent. It works through four business groups, Aviko, Cosun Beet Company (formerly Suiker Unie), Cosun Ingredients and Duynie. In 2025 its turnover was €3,173 million, with about 4,600 employees at 22 production sites in six countries. It sold its fruit and vegetable business SVZ in August 2023.
🇳🇱 Aviko and other Dutch brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 68 brands that began in the Netherlands. 39 of them (57%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Aviko is not one of them.
- Albert Heijn — Ahold Delhaize 🇳🇱
- Becel — KKR 🇺🇸
- Campina — FrieslandCampina 🇳🇱
- Conimex — Paulig 🇫🇮
- Fruit-tella — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Garden Gourmet — Nestlé 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Aviko?
The parent company of Aviko is Royal Cosun, a cooperative headquartered in the Netherlands.
Is Aviko Dutch?
Yes. Aviko originated in the Netherlands in 1962 and its owner, Royal Cosun, is also headquartered in the Netherlands.
Since when has Royal Cosun owned Aviko?
Royal Cosun has owned Aviko since 2002.
Is Aviko still owned by Royal Cosun?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Aviko is still owned by Royal Cosun. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Royal Cosun Annual Report 2025 — Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun U.A., Annual report, published 12 June 2026; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Aviko Sustainability Report 2022 — About Aviko — Aviko B.V., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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