Who owns JESA Butter?
JESA Butter is owned by Jesa Farm Dairy (Uganda).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: JESA – Uganda's Leading Dairy Producer: Our Products, Jesa Farm Dairy Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Jesa Farm Dairy Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇬 Uganda, Kampala
- Origin
- 🇺🇬 Uganda
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Butter
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About JESA Butter
JESA Butter is the company's dairy spread, made from the same Wakiso-area milk supply as its liquid milk range. It is one of the smaller lines in the portfolio, sold alongside JESA's fresh cream as the fat-focused end of a dairy business that positions its full range — milk, yoghurt, butter and cream — around a single promise of "natural goodness."
Ownership timeline of JESA Butter
- Current owner Jesa Farm Dairy [1] reported
Where JESA Butter sits in Jesa Farm Dairy
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Jesa Farm Dairy
Jesa Farm Dairy controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in butter, and who owns them
The 51 brands in butter on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is KKR, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Becel | KKR | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Breakstone's | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fleurial | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Familia | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Clover | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Mavesa | Empresas Polar | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| Anchor | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Neo Soft | Megmilk Snow Brand | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Jesa Farm Dairy
Jesa Farm Dairy is a privately held company headquartered in Kampala, Uganda, founded in 1989. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Jesa Farm Dairy is a family-owned Ugandan dairy processor founded in 1989 by James and Sarah Mulwana, who built the business from a cattle farm at Mikka Village on the Kampala–Hoima road into a full dairy processor. It now runs its factory and headquarters on Old Port Bell Road in Kampala's industrial area, under the wider Mulwana Group, which also has interests in plastics, batteries and real estate. Jesa describes JESA Fresh Milk as Uganda's number one fresh milk brand, and its range has grown from raw milk collection into pasteurised and UHT milk, yoghurt, butter, cream, a fruit-milk drink and, most recently, an ambient yoghurt that keeps without refrigeration. The company is now run by the founder's son, Geoffrey Mulwana, as chief executive.
Jesa Farm Dairy: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇬 JESA Butter and other Ugandan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 16 brands that began in Uganda. 4 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; JESA Butter is not one of them.
- Baby Junior — Movit 🇺🇬
- Bell Lager — EABL 🇰🇪
- Daily Monitor — Nation Media Group 🇰🇪
- Uganda Airlines — Uganda Airlines 🇺🇬
- Movit — Movit 🇺🇬
- NTV Uganda — Nation Media Group 🇰🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of JESA Butter?
The parent company of JESA Butter is Jesa Farm Dairy, a privately held company headquartered in Uganda.
Is JESA Butter Ugandan?
Yes. JESA Butter originated in Uganda and its owner, Jesa Farm Dairy, is also headquartered in Uganda.
Is JESA Butter still owned by Jesa Farm Dairy?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, JESA Butter is still owned by Jesa Farm Dairy. 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] JESA – Uganda's Leading Dairy Producer: Our Products — Jesa Farm Dairy Limited, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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