Who owns Garofalo?
Garofalo is owned by Ebro Foods (Spain, BME: EBRO), which has owned the brand since 18 June 2014.[1][2]
Ebro Foods owns 52% of Garofalo rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ebro Foods Group — Consolidated Financial Statements and Management Report 2025, Ebro Foods, S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ebro Foods, S.A. (52% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Madrid
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Gragnano
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- BME: EBRO
- Trademark registrant
- PASTIFICIO LUCIO GAROFALO SPA (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Garofalo
Garofalo is a premium dry pasta maker from Gragnano near Naples, an area Ebro Foods calls the cradle of pasta, with more than two hundred years of history and products that carry protected geographic indications. Ebro holds 52 per cent of Pastificio Lucio Garofalo, which has grown from a small local player into a leader in Italian premium dry pasta with 7.8 per cent of the market by value.
Trademark record for Garofalo
The USPTO record for the Garofalo mark lists PASTIFICIO LUCIO GAROFALO SPA as the owner of record (serial number 79152284). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of Garofalo
- 2014 – present Ebro Foods (52%) [1][2] reported
Where Garofalo sits in Ebro 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 Ebro Foods
Ebro Foods controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
Ebro Foods has more brands in pasta on Brandtree than any other owner: 15 of 121.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Daawat | LT Foods | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Ebro Foods
Ebro Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as BME: EBRO.
Ebro Foods is a Madrid-based food group that describes itself as Europe's leading rice company, with a second business in premium dry pasta and fresh pasta. It runs a multi-brand model through subsidiaries: the Herba group in Europe, Riviana in the United States, Tilda in the United Kingdom, Lustucru in France, Bertagni and Garofalo in Italy, and Olivieri in Canada. Its brands hold the number one position in rice retail in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, and Riviana is the largest rice company in the United States.
🇮🇹 Garofalo and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 212 brands that began in Italy. 88 of them (42%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Garofalo among them.
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Alpenliebe — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Amalattea — Granarolo 🇮🇹
- Balconi — Valeo Foods 🇮🇪
- Caffarel — Lindt & Sprüngli 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Garofalo?
The parent company of Garofalo is Ebro Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Is Garofalo Italian or Spanish?
Garofalo originated in Italy, but it is owned today by Ebro Foods, which is headquartered in Spain. So Garofalo is an Italian-origin brand under Spanish ownership.
Since when has Ebro Foods owned Garofalo?
Ebro Foods has owned Garofalo since 18 June 2014.
Is Garofalo still owned by Ebro Foods?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Garofalo is still owned by Ebro Foods (52% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Ebro Foods Group — Consolidated Financial Statements and Management Report 2025 — Ebro Foods, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Ebro buys 52% of Italian company Pastificio Lucio Garofalo, S.p.A — Ebro Foods, S.A., Official press release, published 18 June 2014; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: GAROFALO, serial 79152284 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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