Who owns Bunica?
Bunica is owned by Avril (France).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Avril: Subsidiaries and brands, Avril SCA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Avril SCA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France
- Origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Cooking oils
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bunica
Bunica is a Romanian edible oil brand that Avril says was launched in 1999 and has been the number one Romanian edible oil brand in choice, awareness, recognition and sales. Avril lists it as a brand of its Romanian business, where its subsidiary Expur crushes rapeseed and sunflower seeds, and describes it as the leading brand in Romania.
Ownership timeline of Bunica
Where Bunica sits in Avril
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Avril
Avril controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cooking oils, and who owns them
Avril has more brands in cooking oils on Brandtree than any other owner: 8 of 61.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Carapelli | Deoleo | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Arawana | Wilmar | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| Criollo | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Mahakosh | Patanjali Foods | 🇮🇳 India |
| DINOR | SIFCA | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire |
| Adeera | Zad Holding | 🇶🇦 Qatar |
| Emperor | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Oila | Golrang Industrial Group | 🇮🇷 Iran |
About the owner: Avril
Avril is a privately held company headquartered in France, founded in 1983. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control.
Avril is a French agro-industrial group, originally named Sofiprotéol and founded in 1983 by the French oilseed and protein sector; it became a limited partnership with shares (SCA) in 2015. Its limited partners are mainly FIDOP, the FOP farmers' federation and the Fondation Avril. Besides crushing, oleochemicals and animal nutrition, it owns consumer food brands, mainly edible oils. Its Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian edible-oil businesses (Lesieur Cristal and affiliates) are recorded separately on this site and are not repeated here.
🇷🇴 Bunica and other Romanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 28 brands that began in Romania. 8 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bunica among them.
- Gradena — AQUILA 🇷🇴
- Mărgăritar Zahăr — AGRANA 🇦🇹
- Alexandrion — Alexandrion Group 🇷🇴
- Arctic — Arçelik 🇹🇷
- Aslavital — Farmec 🇷🇴
- Crama Ceptura — Maspex 🇵🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bunica?
The parent company of Bunica is Avril, a privately held company headquartered in France.
Is Bunica Romanian or French?
Bunica originated in Romania in 1999, but it is owned today by Avril, which is headquartered in France. So Bunica is a Romanian-origin brand under French ownership.
Is Bunica still owned by Avril?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Bunica is still owned by Avril. 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] Avril: Subsidiaries and brands — Avril SCA, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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