Who owns Erisco Green Tea?
Erisco Green Tea is owned by Erisco Foods (Nigeria).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Erisco Foods Limited — Brands, Our History and product category pages. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Erisco Foods Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria, Lagos
- Origin
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Tea
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Erisco Green Tea
Erisco Green Tea is the tea range Erisco Foods sells alongside its food products, built almost entirely on infusions: ginger with honey, ginger with lemon and honey, ginger with mint and honey, ginger with soursop and honey and ginger with turmeric and honey, plus green teas blended with moringa, cinnamon, mint, hibiscus, neem and garlic. The company also sells a premium-grade green tea, a loose-leaf Traditional Chinese Green Tea it describes as anciently referred to as tribute tea, a Tea Life green tea and a black Label Tea. Its marketing leans throughout on antioxidant and wellness claims.
Ownership timeline of Erisco Green Tea
- Current owner Erisco Foods [1] reported
Where Erisco Green Tea sits in Erisco 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 Erisco Foods
Erisco Foods controls 4 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in tea, and who owns them
The 35 brands in tea on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Orimi Trade, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gita | Orimi Trade | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Fahari Ya Kenya | Ketepa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Ran Kahata | Sunshine Holdings | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Five Roses | AVI | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| ITO EN Matcha Green Tea | ITO EN | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Piala Gold | RG Brands | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
| Tata Tea | Tata Consumer | 🇮🇳 India |
| Good Nature | Alkaloid | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia |
About the owner: Erisco Foods
Erisco Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control.
Erisco Foods Limited is an indigenous Nigerian food manufacturer and a subsidiary of the Erisco Bonpet Group, with offices on Oyeleke Street in Oregun, Alausa Ikeja, Lagos. It describes itself as the largest tomato paste producer in Nigeria and Africa and the fourth largest in the world, with an installed capacity of 450,000 tonnes a year, more than 3,000 people on its payroll and roughly 2,500 hectares of its own farmland in northern Nigeria feeding a plant that refines fresh and dried tomato into industrial concentrate. It says it invented the processing technology that lets it work from both fresh and dried fruit, and packs paste in 70g, 150g, 210g, 400g, 800g and 2.2kg sizes in sachets and tins. Beyond tomato it sells green and black teas, seasonings, milk and chocolate cubes, non-dairy creamer and instant garri mixes.
Erisco Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇳🇬 Erisco Green Tea 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; Erisco Green Tea is not one of them.
- 33 Export — Heineken 🇳🇱
- Chivita — UAC of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Coco Crush — Flour Mills of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Aero Contractors — Aero Contractors 🇳🇬
- Air Peace — Air Peace 🇳🇬
- Arik Air — Arik Air 🇳🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Erisco Green Tea?
The parent company of Erisco Green Tea is Erisco Foods, a privately held company headquartered in Nigeria.
Is Erisco Green Tea Nigerian?
Yes. Erisco Green Tea originated in Nigeria and its owner, Erisco Foods, is also headquartered in Nigeria.
Is Erisco Green Tea still owned by Erisco Foods?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Erisco Green Tea is still owned by Erisco 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] Erisco Foods Limited — Brands, Our History and product category pages — Erisco Foods Limited, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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