Who owns Maison Guénard?
Maison Guénard is owned by Avril (France).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Avril: Subsidiaries and brands, Avril SCA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Avril SCA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Cooking oils
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Maison Guénard
Maison Guénard makes gastronomic oils from dried fruits and seeds for consumers and high-end catering professionals, and Avril credits it with historical know-how in refined and gourmet flavours. It is one of the two oil mills, with Soléou, combined in La Compagnie des Saveurs within Avril's consumer goods activity in France.
Ownership timeline of Maison Guénard
Where Maison Guénard sits in Avril
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Avril
Avril controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cooking oils, and who owns them
Avril has more brands in cooking oils on Brandtree than any other owner: 8 of 61.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Carapelli | Deoleo | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Arawana | Wilmar | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| Criollo | La Fabril | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Mahakosh | Patanjali Foods | 🇮🇳 India |
| DINOR | SIFCA | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire |
| Adeera | Zad Holding | 🇶🇦 Qatar |
| Emperor | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Oila | Golrang Industrial Group | 🇮🇷 Iran |
About the owner: Avril
Avril is a privately held company headquartered in France, founded in 1983. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control.
Avril is a French agro-industrial group, originally named Sofiprotéol and founded in 1983 by the French oilseed and protein sector; it became a limited partnership with shares (SCA) in 2015. Its limited partners are mainly FIDOP, the FOP farmers' federation and the Fondation Avril. Besides crushing, oleochemicals and animal nutrition, it owns consumer food brands, mainly edible oils. Its Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian edible-oil businesses (Lesieur Cristal and affiliates) are recorded separately on this site and are not repeated here.
🇫🇷 Maison Guénard and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Maison Guénard is not one of them.
- Actimel — Danone 🇫🇷
- Babybel — Bel Group 🇫🇷
- Bonduelle — Bonduelle 🇫🇷
- Béghin Say — Tereos 🇫🇷
- Candia — Sodiaal 🇫🇷
- Caprice des Dieux — Savencia Fromage & Dairy 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Maison Guénard?
The parent company of Maison Guénard is Avril, a privately held company headquartered in France.
Is Maison Guénard French?
Yes. Maison Guénard originated in France and its owner, Avril, is also headquartered in France.
Is Maison Guénard still owned by Avril?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Maison Guénard is still owned by Avril. 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] Avril: Subsidiaries and brands — Avril SCA, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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