Who owns Costa d'Oro?
Costa d'Oro is owned by Avril (France), which has owned the brand since 2018.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Cooking oils
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Costa d'Oro
Costa d'Oro is an Italian olive oil producer and distributor that Avril's own page describes as the Italian leader in top-quality olive oil in Italy and around the world. Avril says it bought the business in 2018. It sells the L'Italiano extra virgin oil, which Avril calls the first made one hundred per cent in Italy and fully traceable.
Ownership timeline of Costa d'Oro
Where Costa d'Oro 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.
🇮🇹 Costa d'Oro and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Costa d'Oro among them.
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Alpenliebe — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Amalattea — Granarolo 🇮🇹
- Balconi — Valeo Foods 🇮🇪
- Bertagni — Ebro Foods 🇪🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Costa d'Oro?
The parent company of Costa d'Oro is Avril, a privately held company headquartered in France.
Is Costa d'Oro Italian or French?
Costa d'Oro originated in Italy, but it is owned today by Avril, which is headquartered in France. So Costa d'Oro is an Italian-origin brand under French ownership.
Since when has Avril owned Costa d'Oro?
Avril has owned Costa d'Oro since 2018.
Is Costa d'Oro still owned by Avril?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Costa d'Oro 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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