Who owns BUA Rice?
BUA Rice is owned by BUA Foods (Nigeria, NGX: BUAFOODS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BUA Foods Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BUA Foods Plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria, Lagos
- Origin
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria, Kano
- Founded
- 2014
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- NGX: BUAFOODS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BUA Rice
BUA Rice is parboiled rice milled by BUA Foods in Kano, at a mill with capacity of 200,000 tonnes a year that takes paddy from an out-grower scheme aimed at about 100,000 farmers in Kano and Jigawa states. BUA Rice Limited was incorporated in 2014 and the division was commercialised in 2023. Rice sales rose from ₦5.6 billion in 2024 to ₦96.6 billion in 2025.
Ownership timeline of BUA Rice
Where BUA Rice sits in BUA Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full BUA Foods brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by BUA Foods
BUA Foods controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 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; BUA Foods 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: BUA Foods
BUA Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NGX: BUAFOODS.
BUA Foods is a Nigerian sugar, flour, pasta and rice producer formed in 2021 by merging BUA Group's food businesses into BUA Sugar Refinery Limited, which was incorporated in 2005. It listed on the Nigerian Exchange in 2022 and reported revenue of ₦1.77 trillion in 2025. Its chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, who leads the wider BUA Group, holds 92.65 per cent directly and indirectly.
🇳🇬 BUA Rice and other Nigerian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 61 brands that began in Nigeria. 14 of them (23%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; BUA Rice is not one of them.
- Emperor — Dufil Prima Foods 🇳🇬
- Erisco — Erisco Foods 🇳🇬
- Gala — UAC of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Golden Penny — Flour Mills of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- 33 Export — Heineken 🇳🇱
- Aero Contractors — Aero Contractors 🇳🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BUA Rice?
The parent company of BUA Rice is BUA Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Nigeria.
Is BUA Rice Nigerian?
Yes. BUA Rice originated in Nigeria in 2014 and its owner, BUA Foods, is also headquartered in Nigeria.
Is BUA Rice still owned by BUA Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, BUA Rice is still owned by BUA 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] BUA Foods Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — BUA Foods Plc, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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