Who owns Medina?
Medina is owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie (Algeria).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cevital Agro-Industrie — About Us. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cevital Agro-Industrie reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇿 Algeria, Béjaïa
- Origin
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Butter
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Medina
Medina is the smen of Cevital Agro-Industrie, smen being the aromatic cooking fat used across Maghrebi kitchens. This version is made not from butter but from freshly refined, non-hydrogenated vegetable fats fortified with vitamins A, D and E, and is sold in 500 gram, 900 gram and 1.8 kilogram tubs. The company recommends it for greasing couscous and for the traditional dishes and cakes where butter or oil would otherwise be used.
Ownership timeline of Medina
- Current owner Cevital Agro-Industrie [1] reported
Where Medina sits in Cevital Agro-Industrie
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie
Cevital Agro-Industrie controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 7 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; Cevital Agro-Industrie has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Becel | KKR | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Breakstone's | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Familia | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Clover | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Mavesa | Empresas Polar | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| Anchor | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Neo Soft | Megmilk Snow Brand | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Rita | Patisen | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
About the owner: Cevital Agro-Industrie
Cevital Agro-Industrie is a privately held company headquartered in Béjaïa, Algeria, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Cevital Agro-Industrie is the food business of Cevital, the largest private group in Algeria, and was created in 1998 at the port of Béjaïa. It refines sugar and vegetable oils and makes margarine, jam, chocolate powder, juice, sauces and bottled mineral water, adding a new category every few years: liquid sugar in 2010, food-grade carbon dioxide in 2015, brown sugar in 2016, sauces and condiments in 2018, plastics in 2020 and oilseed crushing in 2023. It calls itself the leader in the Algerian agri-food sector and says its output moved the country from importing these goods to exporting them.
Cevital Agro-Industrie: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇩🇿 Medina and other Algerian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 15 brands that began in Algeria. All of them are controlled from Algeria.
- Air Algérie — Air Algérie 🇩🇿
- Hamoud Cola — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Hamoud La Blanche — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Lim ON — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Selecto — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
- Slim — Hamoud Boualem 🇩🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Medina?
The parent company of Medina is Cevital Agro-Industrie, a privately held company headquartered in Algeria.
Is Medina Algerian?
Yes. Medina originated in Algeria and its owner, Cevital Agro-Industrie, is also headquartered in Algeria.
Is Medina still owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Medina is still owned by Cevital Agro-Industrie. 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] Cevital Agro-Industrie — About Us — Cevital Agro-Industrie, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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