Who owns Mărgăritar Zahăr?
Mărgăritar Zahăr is owned by AGRANA (Austria, VIE: AGR).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: AGRANA Annual Report 2025|26, AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇹 Austria, Vienna
- Origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweeteners
- Parent ticker
- VIE: AGR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mărgăritar Zahăr
Mărgăritar Zahăr is AGRANA's sugar brand in Romania, sold in retail under the group's country-specific brand concept. AGRANA's Romanian sugar operations, whose sales company AGRANA Romania S.R.L. is wholly owned, include a beet sugar factory in Roman, one of the group's five beet sugar factories, where AGRANA upgraded the lime kiln in the 2025|26 financial year.
Ownership timeline of Mărgăritar Zahăr
Where Mărgăritar Zahăr sits in AGRANA
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by AGRANA
AGRANA controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweeteners, and who owns them
The 35 brands in sweeteners on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Tereos, with 5; AGRANA has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Jelgavas Cukurs | Nordzucker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Béghin Say | Tereos | 🇫🇷 France |
| Cukier Królewski | Südzucker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Lantic | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Brownie | Rusagro | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Azərşəkər | Azersun | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
| Skor | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| ENMER | Cosumar | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
About the owner: AGRANA
AGRANA is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, founded in 1988. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as VIE: AGR.
AGRANA is an Austrian processor of sugar beet, corn, wheat, potatoes and fruit, founded in 1988 as the holding company of the Austrian sugar and starch industry and listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1991. It had revenue of about 3.2 billion euros in the 2025|26 financial year from 49 production sites, and its principal shareholder is a Vienna holding company whose owners include Germany's Südzucker. In March 2025 it closed its sugar factories in Leopoldsdorf, Austria and Hrušovany, Czech Republic.
🇷🇴 Mărgăritar Zahăr and other Romanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 37 brands that began in Romania. 8 of them (22%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Mărgăritar Zahăr among them.
- Bunica — Avril 🇫🇷
- Gradena — AQUILA 🇷🇴
- Alexandrion — Alexandrion Group 🇷🇴
- Arctic — Arçelik 🇹🇷
- Aslavital — Farmec 🇷🇴
- Crama Ceptura — Maspex 🇵🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mărgăritar Zahăr?
The parent company of Mărgăritar Zahăr is AGRANA, a publicly listed company headquartered in Austria.
Is Mărgăritar Zahăr Romanian or Austrian?
Mărgăritar Zahăr originated in Romania, but it is owned today by AGRANA, which is headquartered in Austria. So Mărgăritar Zahăr is a Romanian-origin brand under Austrian ownership.
Is Mărgăritar Zahăr still owned by AGRANA?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Mărgăritar Zahăr is still owned by AGRANA. 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] AGRANA Annual Report 2025|26 — AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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