Who owns Caprice des Dieux?
Caprice des Dieux is owned by Savencia Fromage & Dairy (France, EPA: SAVE).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Savencia SA Rapport annuel, exercice 2025 (Assemblée générale du 23 avril 2026). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Savencia SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Viroflay
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Illoud
- Founded
- 1956
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Cheese
- Parent ticker
- EPA: SAVE
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Caprice des Dieux
Caprice des Dieux is an oval soft cheese with a white rind, sold in a blue box, that was created at a family dairy in Illoud in the Haute-Marne, where the first case was sold on 21 June 1956. It is the product the Savencia group grew from. Savencia says the recipe is 98 per cent milk plus cream, salt and ferments, with milk collected within 70 kilometres of its two cheese plants.
Ownership timeline of Caprice des Dieux
- Current owner Savencia Fromage & Dairy [1] reported
Where Caprice des Dieux sits in Savencia Fromage & Dairy
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Savencia Fromage & Dairy
Savencia Fromage & Dairy controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Also in food
- Alouette
- Chavroux
- Cœur de Lion (1990)
- Elle & Vire (1945)
- Le Rustique (1975)
- Milkana (1952)
- Saint Agur
- St Môret
- Tartare (1964)
- Valrhona (1922)
Other brands in cheese, and who owns them
Savencia Fromage & Dairy has more brands in cheese on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 99.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Athenos | Emmi | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Alexis de Portneuf | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Amalattea | Granarolo | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Galbani | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Arla | Arla Foods | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Babybel | Bel Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| Fetaxa | Hochland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Brest-Litovsk | Savushkin Product | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
About the owner: Savencia Fromage & Dairy
Savencia Fromage & Dairy is a publicly listed company headquartered in Viroflay, France, founded in 1956. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: SAVE.
Savencia Fromage & Dairy, the trading name of Savencia SA, is a French cheese and dairy group listed on Euronext Paris that traces its origin to the launch of Caprice des Dieux in 1956. It reported revenue of 7.0 billion euros in 2025, calls itself France's second-largest and the world's fifth-largest cheese group, and is controlled by the family company Savencia Holding, which held 66.64 per cent of its capital. In 2026 it bought Quatá Alimentos in Brazil and took over the Valrhona chocolate business from Savencia Gourmet.
Savencia Fromage & Dairy: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇫🇷 Caprice des Dieux and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in France. 102 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Caprice des Dieux is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Caprice des Dieux?
The parent company of Caprice des Dieux is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Caprice des Dieux French?
Yes. Caprice des Dieux originated in France in 1956 and its owner, Savencia Fromage & Dairy, is also headquartered in France.
Is Caprice des Dieux still owned by Savencia Fromage & Dairy?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Caprice des Dieux is still owned by Savencia Fromage & Dairy. 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] Savencia SA Rapport annuel, exercice 2025 (Assemblée générale du 23 avril 2026) — Savencia SA, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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