Who owns JESA Yoghurt?
JESA Yoghurt 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 › Yogurt
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About JESA Yoghurt
JESA Yoghurt spans plain, fruit, smooth and drinking formats, alongside a lactose-free variant for consumers who cannot digest standard dairy. It sits alongside JESA's milk, butter and cream as one of the value-added products the company built once its founders moved from raw milk collection into processing, and the lactose-free line in particular is aimed at widening the dairy category to shoppers who would otherwise avoid it altogether.
Ownership timeline of JESA Yoghurt
- Current owner Jesa Farm Dairy [1] reported
Where JESA Yoghurt 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 yogurt, and who owns them
The 85 brands in yogurt on Brandtree belong to 50 owners. The largest is Danone, with 5; Jesa Farm Dairy has 2.
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 Yoghurt 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 Yoghurt is not one of them.
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- NTV Uganda — Nation Media Group 🇰🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of JESA Yoghurt?
The parent company of JESA Yoghurt is Jesa Farm Dairy, a privately held company headquartered in Uganda.
Is JESA Yoghurt Ugandan?
Yes. JESA Yoghurt originated in Uganda and its owner, Jesa Farm Dairy, is also headquartered in Uganda.
Is JESA Yoghurt still owned by Jesa Farm Dairy?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, JESA Yoghurt 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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