Who owns Elle & Vire?
Elle & Vire is owned by Savencia Fromage & Dairy (France, EPA: SAVE).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Savencia SA Rapport annuel, exercice 2025 (Assemblée générale du 23 avril 2026). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Savencia SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Viroflay
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Condé-sur-Vire
- Founded
- 1945
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Butter
- Parent ticker
- EPA: SAVE
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Elle & Vire
Elle & Vire is a Normandy cream and butter brand named after the two rivers beside its dairy at Condé-sur-Vire, which has operated since 1945. Savencia calls it the leading cream brand in France. Its Elle & Vire Professionnel line supplies chefs and pastry cooks worldwide, and Elle & Vire International ships long-life dairy products to more than 120 destinations, mainly in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Ownership timeline of Elle & Vire
- Current owner Savencia Fromage & Dairy [1] reported
Where Elle & Vire sits in Savencia Fromage & 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 Savencia Fromage & Dairy
Savencia Fromage & Dairy controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Also in food
- Alouette
- Caprice des Dieux (1956)
- Chavroux
- Cœur de Lion (1990)
- Le Rustique (1975)
- Milkana (1952)
- Saint Agur
- St Môret
- Tartare (1964)
- Valrhona (1922)
Other brands in butter, and who owns them
The 51 brands in butter on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is KKR, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Becel | KKR | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Breakstone's | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fleurial | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Familia | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Clover | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Mavesa | Empresas Polar | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| Anchor | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Neo Soft | Megmilk Snow Brand | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Savencia Fromage & Dairy
Savencia Fromage & Dairy is a publicly listed company headquartered in Viroflay, France, founded in 1956. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: SAVE.
Savencia Fromage & Dairy, the trading name of Savencia SA, is a French cheese and dairy group listed on Euronext Paris that traces its origin to the launch of Caprice des Dieux in 1956. It reported revenue of 7.0 billion euros in 2025, calls itself France's second-largest and the world's fifth-largest cheese group, and is controlled by the family company Savencia Holding, which held 66.64 per cent of its capital. In 2026 it bought Quatá Alimentos in Brazil and took over the Valrhona chocolate business from Savencia Gourmet.
Savencia Fromage & Dairy: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇫🇷 Elle & Vire and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in France. 102 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Elle & Vire is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Elle & Vire?
The parent company of Elle & Vire is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Elle & Vire French?
Yes. Elle & Vire originated in France in 1945 and its owner, Savencia Fromage & Dairy, is also headquartered in France.
Is Elle & Vire still owned by Savencia Fromage & Dairy?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Elle & Vire is still owned by Savencia Fromage & 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] Savencia SA Rapport annuel, exercice 2025 (Assemblée générale du 23 avril 2026) — Savencia SA, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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