Who owns Dairy Best?
Dairy Best is owned by Brookside Dairy (Kenya).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Brookside Dairy Limited — Our Journey / Brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Brookside Dairy Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇪 Kenya, Ruiru
- Origin
- 🇰🇪 Kenya, Ruiru
- Founded
- 2016
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Milk & cream
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dairy Best
Dairy Best is Brookside Dairy's long-life milk line, launched in 2016 according to the company's own Journey page, twenty-three years after the business itself began at Sukari Farm in Ruiru. It extended Brookside's milk business beyond the fresh, chilled Farm Fresh line into ambient, non-refrigerated shelf life, a format better suited to markets and households without reliable refrigeration.
Ownership timeline of Dairy Best
- Current owner Brookside Dairy [1] reported
Where Dairy Best sits in Brookside 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 Brookside Dairy
Brookside Dairy controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
- Dairy Fresh (2017)
- Farm Fresh (1993)
- Fruitness (1996)
Other brands in milk & cream, and who owns them
The 172 brands in milk & cream on Brandtree belong to 81 owners. The largest is Dairy Farmers of America, with 10; Brookside Dairy has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Dena Dairy | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angkormilk | Vinamilk | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Betta Milk | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Coronado | Dos Pinos | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| Ambewela | Lanka Milk Foods | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Hi High | SUU | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
| Guliduo | Yili | 🇨🇳 China |
| Campina | FrieslandCampina | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: Brookside Dairy
Brookside Dairy is a privately held company headquartered in Ruiru, Kenya, founded in 1993. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control.
Brookside Dairy Limited is a Kenyan dairy processor founded in 1993 at Sukari Farm in Ruiru, starting with 33 people and a capacity of 5,000 litres of milk a day; its own site now describes it as East Africa's largest dairy processor, handling over a million litres daily and operating in Uganda since 2000 and Tanzania since 2001. It is held roughly 50% by the Kenyatta family, with French dairy group Danone holding a further 40% since a 2014 deal the company's own site frames as a partnership.
Brookside Dairy: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇪 Dairy Best and other Kenyan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 59 brands that began in Kenya. 3 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dairy Best is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dairy Best?
The parent company of Dairy Best is Brookside Dairy, a privately held company headquartered in Kenya.
Is Dairy Best Kenyan?
Yes. Dairy Best originated in Kenya in 2016 and its owner, Brookside Dairy, is also headquartered in Kenya.
Is Dairy Best still owned by Brookside Dairy?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Dairy Best is still owned by Brookside 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] Brookside Dairy Limited — Our Journey / Brands — Brookside Dairy Limited, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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