Who owns Heritage Breeds?
Heritage Breeds is owned by Noble Foods (the United Kingdom).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Noble Foods — Egg Brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Noble Foods Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Staines-upon-Thames
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Eggs
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Heritage Breeds
Heritage Breeds is the fifth egg brand on the Noble Foods egg brands page, described there as eggs of impeccable taste from well cared for, contented special breed birds. The company introduced it as part of a portfolio that it says was built through innovation, alongside Purely Organic, Big & Fresh and Freshlay Golden Yolks, and it sits at the premium end for shoppers who want eggs from specific hen breeds.
Ownership timeline of Heritage Breeds
- Current owner Noble Foods [1] reported
Where Heritage Breeds sits in Noble 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 Noble Foods
Noble Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in eggs, and who owns them
The 14 brands in eggs on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Cal-Maine Foods, with 5; Noble Foods has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 4Grain | Cal-Maine Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| U Farm | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Indaves | Pronaca | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Ya Lublu Gotovit | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Vital Farms | Vital Farms | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Farmhouse Eggs | Cal-Maine Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| MeadowCreek Foods | Cal-Maine Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sunny Meadow | Cal-Maine Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Noble Foods
Noble Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Noble Foods is a British egg business registered in England and Wales and based in Staines-upon-Thames. Its own history starts in 1920, when William Dean began collecting eggs from smallholders around Tring in Hertfordshire; the Deans business bought Goldenlay in 1988, Dell and Hardie in 1997 and later Daylay and Freshlay, became Deans Foods and was renamed Noble Foods in 2006. It describes itself as the UK's leading vertically integrated egg business, with its own rearing farms, feed milling, packing centres and an egg products division. The company's history page also mentions Gü Puds, which is not a brand listed on its current egg brands page and is not recorded here.
🇬🇧 Heritage Breeds and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Heritage Breeds is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Heritage Breeds?
The parent company of Heritage Breeds is Noble Foods, a privately held company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Heritage Breeds British?
Yes. Heritage Breeds originated in the United Kingdom and its owner, Noble Foods, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Heritage Breeds still owned by Noble Foods?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Heritage Breeds is still owned by Noble 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] Noble Foods — Egg Brands — Noble Foods, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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