Who owns Country XL?
Country XL is owned by Mezzan Holding (Kuwait, Boursa Kuwait: MEZZAN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Mezzan Holding — Our Brands, Mezzan Holding Co. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mezzan Holding Company K.S.C.P. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait, Ardiya
- Origin
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- Boursa Kuwait: MEZZAN
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Country XL
Country XL is Mezzan's premium basmati rice, sold on the aged grain that Gulf cooks look for in a biryani or a machboos. Rice is a category the group also serves as a distributor, carrying Tilda and SunRice for the companies that own them, so Country XL is the name Mezzan competes under on its own account in the same aisle.
Ownership timeline of Country XL
- Current owner Mezzan Holding [1] reported
Where Country XL sits in Mezzan Holding
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Mezzan Holding ownership tree →
See the full Mezzan Holding brand portfolio (7) →
Other brands owned by Mezzan Holding
Mezzan Holding controls 7 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.
| 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: Mezzan Holding
Mezzan Holding is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ardiya, Kuwait, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as Boursa Kuwait: MEZZAN.
Mezzan Holding is a Kuwaiti food, healthcare and consumer products group whose own reports trace its origins to the 1940s, when Jassim Mohammad Ali Al Wazzan opened a retail store in Kuwait's Altararih Souk selling rice, sugar and other staples. The present holding company was incorporated on 3 August 1999 and listed on Boursa Kuwait on 11 June 2015. It manufactures and distributes more than 34,000 stock keeping units through 34 subsidiaries and around 6,700 employees in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Iraq. Most of the names it carries belong to other companies: its brand list is dominated by products it distributes for their owners rather than makes.
Mezzan Holding: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇼 Country XL and other Kuwaiti brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 16 brands that began in Kuwait. 2 of them (13%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Country XL is not one of them.
- 1·2·3 — KDD 🇰🇼
- Centrepoint — Landmark Group 🇦🇪
- Jazeera Airways — Jazeera Airways 🇰🇼
- Kuwait Airways — Kuwait Airways 🇰🇼
- Q8 — KPC 🇰🇼
- Wimpy (Middle East) — Americana Restaurants 🇦🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Country XL?
The parent company of Country XL is Mezzan Holding, a publicly listed company headquartered in Kuwait.
Is Country XL Kuwaiti?
Yes. Country XL originated in Kuwait and its owner, Mezzan Holding, is also headquartered in Kuwait.
Is Country XL still owned by Mezzan Holding?
Yes. As of 17 September 2026, Country XL is still owned by Mezzan Holding. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Mezzan Holding — Our Brands — Mezzan Holding Co., Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
- [2] Mezzan Holding Sustainability Report 2025 — Mezzan Holding Co., Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.