Who owns Mahatma?
Mahatma is owned by Ebro Foods (Spain, BME: EBRO), which has owned the brand since 2 September 2004.[1][2]
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. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Madrid
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- BME: EBRO
- Trademark registrant
- RIVIANA FOODS INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Mahatma
Mahatma is a rice brand of Riviana Foods, the Houston-based subsidiary that Ebro Foods describes as the largest rice company in the United States, with processing plants in Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas and California. Riviana leads American rice retail with a 20.8 per cent share by volume, and Ebro names Mahatma among its segment-leading brands.
Trademark record for Mahatma
The USPTO record for the Mahatma mark lists RIVIANA FOODS INC. as the owner of record (serial number 72303707). 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 Mahatma
- 2004 – present Ebro Foods [1][2] reported
Where Mahatma 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.
🇺🇸 Mahatma and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Mahatma among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mahatma?
The parent company of Mahatma is Ebro Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Is Mahatma American or Spanish?
Mahatma originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Ebro Foods, which is headquartered in Spain. So Mahatma is an American-origin brand under Spanish ownership.
Since when has Ebro Foods owned Mahatma?
Ebro Foods has owned Mahatma since 2 September 2004.
Is Mahatma still owned by Ebro Foods?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Mahatma is still owned by Ebro Foods. 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 Puleva completes acquisition of Riviana — Ebro Foods, S.A., Official press release, published 5 September 2004; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: MAHATMA, serial 72303707 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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