Who owns El Maleka?
El Maleka is owned by Savola (Saudi Arabia, TADAWUL: 2050).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: The Savola Group — Annual Report 2025, Savola Group Company. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Savola Group Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
- Origin
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- TADAWUL: 2050
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About El Maleka
El Maleka is an Egyptian pasta brand made by El Maleka for Food Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Savola Foods, at pasta plants in Tenth of Ramadan City. Savola says it reinforced its pasta leadership in 2025 with a new "For the Love of Pasta" campaign, while its Melouki variant, the market's first al dente pasta, expanded its range.
Ownership timeline of El Maleka
Where El Maleka sits in Savola
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Savola
Savola controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 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: Savola
Savola is a publicly listed company headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1979. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TADAWUL: 2050.
Savola is a Jeddah-based investment holding company in food and grocery retail, investing since 1979 and listed on the Saudi Exchange. It owns all of Savola Foods, which makes edible oils, sugar, pasta, nuts, spices and pulses in more than five countries, and all of Panda Retail Company. It also holds 51 per cent of frozen food maker Al Kabeer and 49 per cent of Herfy Food Services. It distributed its former Almarai investment to shareholders and reported 2025 net profit of SAR 874 million.
🇪🇬 El Maleka and other Egyptian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 56 brands that began in Egypt. 8 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, El Maleka among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of El Maleka?
The parent company of El Maleka is Savola, a publicly listed company headquartered in Saudi Arabia.
Is El Maleka Egyptian or Saudi?
El Maleka originated in Egypt, but it is owned today by Savola, which is headquartered in Saudi Arabia. So El Maleka is an Egyptian-origin brand under Saudi ownership.
Is El Maleka still owned by Savola?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, El Maleka is still owned by Savola. 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] The Savola Group — Annual Report 2025 — Savola Group Company, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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