Who owns Elio?
Elio is owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie (Algeria).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cevital Agro-Industrie — About Us. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cevital Agro-Industrie reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇿 Algeria, Béjaïa
- Origin
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- Founded
- 1998
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Cooking oils
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Elio
Elio is the edible oil Cevital Agro-Industrie launched in 1998, the company's first product and the one it was built around. The soybean oil sold under the name is marketed as cholesterol-free and as an all-purpose kitchen oil, for dressing salads, making mayonnaise at home and frying, in one-, two- and five-litre bottles. The name is also carried by a harissa sauce, the chilli paste that is a fixture of North African cooking.
Ownership timeline of Elio
- Current owner Cevital Agro-Industrie [1] reported
Where Elio sits in Cevital Agro-Industrie
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie
Cevital Agro-Industrie controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cooking oils, and who owns them
The 67 brands in cooking oils on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is Avril, with 8.
About the owner: Cevital Agro-Industrie
Cevital Agro-Industrie is a privately held company headquartered in Béjaïa, Algeria, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Cevital Agro-Industrie is the food business of Cevital, the largest private group in Algeria, and was created in 1998 at the port of Béjaïa. It refines sugar and vegetable oils and makes margarine, jam, chocolate powder, juice, sauces and bottled mineral water, adding a new category every few years: liquid sugar in 2010, food-grade carbon dioxide in 2015, brown sugar in 2016, sauces and condiments in 2018, plastics in 2020 and oilseed crushing in 2023. It calls itself the leader in the Algerian agri-food sector and says its output moved the country from importing these goods to exporting them.
Cevital Agro-Industrie: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇩🇿 Elio and other Algerian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 15 brands that began in Algeria. All of them are controlled from Algeria.
- Air Algérie — Air Algérie 🇩🇿
- Hamoud Cola — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Hamoud La Blanche — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Lim ON — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Selecto — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Slim — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Elio?
The parent company of Elio is Cevital Agro-Industrie, a privately held company headquartered in Algeria.
Is Elio Algerian?
Yes. Elio originated in Algeria in 1998 and its owner, Cevital Agro-Industrie, is also headquartered in Algeria.
Is Elio still owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Elio is still owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie. 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] Cevital Agro-Industrie — About Us — Cevital Agro-Industrie, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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