Who owns Emperor?
Emperor is owned by Dufil Prima Foods (Nigeria).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Dufil Prima Foods - about us and brands (site content API), Dufil Prima Foods Plc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Dufil Prima Foods Plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Origin
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Founded
- 2015
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Cooking oils
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Emperor
Emperor is a pure vegetable oil from Dufil Prima Foods, introduced in 2015 according to the company's brand page. Dufil describes it as an affordable oil suited to deep frying, containing vitamins A and E and free of cholesterol and trans fats. It sits alongside Power Oil in Dufil's edible-oil range, and the brand page names Emperor Oil as a product.
Ownership timeline of Emperor
- Current owner Dufil Prima Foods [1] reported
Where Emperor sits in Dufil Prima Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Dufil Prima Foods
Dufil Prima Foods controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cooking oils, and who owns them
The 61 brands in cooking oils on Brandtree belong to 27 owners. The largest is Avril, with 8; Dufil Prima Foods has 2.
About the owner: Dufil Prima Foods
Dufil Prima Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Nigeria, founded in 2001. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Dufil Prima Foods is a Nigerian food and consumer goods manufacturer whose own website says it was incorporated in Nigeria in 2001 and began operations in 1995 to make instant noodles locally, later expanding into pasta, flour, oil and packaging. Its brands page lists noodle, pasta, flour, cassava, snack and edible-oil brands. The company also sells Indomie instant noodles in Nigeria, which Brandtree has not recorded here because the Dufil site does not say who owns the Indomie trademark.
Dufil Prima Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇳🇬 Emperor and other Nigerian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 61 brands that began in Nigeria. 14 of them (23%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Emperor is not one of them.
- BUA Pasta — BUA Foods 🇳🇬
- Erisco — Erisco Foods 🇳🇬
- Gala — UAC of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Golden Penny — Flour Mills of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- 33 Export — Heineken 🇳🇱
- Aero Contractors — Aero Contractors 🇳🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Emperor?
The parent company of Emperor is Dufil Prima Foods, a privately held company headquartered in Nigeria.
Is Emperor Nigerian?
Yes. Emperor originated in Nigeria in 2015 and its owner, Dufil Prima Foods, is also headquartered in Nigeria.
Is Emperor still owned by Dufil Prima Foods?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Emperor is still owned by Dufil Prima Foods. 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] Dufil Prima Foods - about us and brands (site content API) — Dufil Prima Foods Plc, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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