Who owns Chocolion?
Chocolion is owned by Patisen (Senegal).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Patisen — Nos Produits: nos marques. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Patisen reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇳 Senegal, Dakar
- Origin
- 🇸🇳 Senegal, Dakar
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweet spreads & nut butters
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Chocolion
Chocolion is Patisen's hazelnut spread, the companion brand to the peanut-based Chocopain and the more conventionally European of the pair. Like Chocopain it is a single-product brand rather than a range, sold in jars for breakfast and snacking, and it gives the company a presence in the chocolate-hazelnut category that dominates spreads in the French-speaking markets it sells into.
Ownership timeline of Chocolion
Where Chocolion sits in Patisen
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Patisen
Patisen controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweet spreads & nut butters, and who owns them
The 37 brands in sweet spreads & nut butters on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Halwani Bros, with 4; Patisen has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Halwani Brothers | Halwani Bros | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Hero | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Maple Grove Farms | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bega Peanut Butter | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Jif | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Highland Sugarworks | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Matina | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Comvita | Comvita | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
About the owner: Patisen
Patisen is a privately held company headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, founded in 1981. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control.
Patisen is a Senegalese food manufacturer founded in Dakar in 1981 and built on stock cubes and seasoning powders, the products West African cooking leans on daily. It describes itself as a leading African food business with around 3,000 staff, four industrial and logistics sites, and distribution across more than 23 African countries as well as France and Canada. Its fourteen brands are deliberately layered at different price points, so that several of them compete in the bouillon aisle at once. Teralys, the agri-food subsidiary of the Moroccan investment company Al Mada, bought a majority stake in July 2023; founder Youssef Omaïs remained a shareholder.
🇸🇳 Chocolion and other Senegalese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 15 brands that began in Senegal. All of them are controlled from Senegal.
- Air Sénégal — Air Sénégal 🇸🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Chocolion?
The parent company of Chocolion is Patisen, a privately held company headquartered in Senegal.
Is Chocolion Senegalese?
Yes. Chocolion originated in Senegal and its owner, Patisen, is also headquartered in Senegal.
Is Chocolion still owned by Patisen?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Chocolion is still owned by Patisen. 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] Patisen — Nos Produits: nos marques — Patisen, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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