Who owns IRS Flour?
IRS Flour is owned by BUA Foods (Nigeria, NGX: BUAFOODS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BUA Foods Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BUA Foods Plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria, Lagos
- Origin
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria, Port Harcourt
- Founded
- 2019
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Baking mixes & ingredients
- Parent ticker
- NGX: BUAFOODS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About IRS Flour
IRS is the flour brand of BUA Foods, milled in Port Harcourt at a plant that began production in 2019 under IRS Flour Mills Limited, which merged into BUA Foods in 2021. IRS Premium Wheat Flour is marketed as an all-purpose baking flour. Bakery flour sales reached ₦683 billion in 2025, the company's largest single product line, and IRS Semolina has been added in 1 kg and 5 kg packs.
Ownership timeline of IRS Flour
Where IRS Flour sits in BUA Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full BUA Foods brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by BUA Foods
BUA Foods controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in baking mixes & ingredients, and who owns them
The 74 brands in baking mixes & ingredients on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is Bidco Africa, with 5; BUA Foods has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| EXE | Unga Group | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Golden Penny | Flour Mills of Nigeria | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Al Horra | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Florencia | Molino Cañuelas | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Amuleia | Nisshin Seifun | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clabber Girl | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duncan Hines | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: BUA Foods
BUA Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NGX: BUAFOODS.
BUA Foods is a Nigerian sugar, flour, pasta and rice producer formed in 2021 by merging BUA Group's food businesses into BUA Sugar Refinery Limited, which was incorporated in 2005. It listed on the Nigerian Exchange in 2022 and reported revenue of ₦1.77 trillion in 2025. Its chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, who leads the wider BUA Group, holds 92.65 per cent directly and indirectly.
🇳🇬 IRS Flour 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; IRS Flour is not one of them.
- Emperor — Dufil Prima 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 IRS Flour?
The parent company of IRS Flour is BUA Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Nigeria.
Is IRS Flour Nigerian?
Yes. IRS Flour originated in Nigeria in 2019 and its owner, BUA Foods, is also headquartered in Nigeria.
Is IRS Flour still owned by BUA Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, IRS Flour is still owned by BUA 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] BUA Foods Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — BUA Foods Plc, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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