Who owns Minimie Noodles?
Minimie Noodles is owned by Dufil Prima Foods (Nigeria).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Dufil Prima Foods - about us and brands (site content API), Dufil Prima Foods Plc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Dufil Prima Foods Plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Origin
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Minimie Noodles
Minimie Instant Noodles is a Dufil Prima Foods noodle brand that the company describes as a youthful brand encouraging young people to have fun. Dufil's own brand page calls it the number two instant noodle brand after Indomie and says it reaches nearly 36 million consumers who eat it daily. It is part of a wider Minimie family that also covers pasta and chinchin snacks.
Ownership timeline of Minimie Noodles
- Current owner Dufil Prima Foods [1] reported
Where Minimie Noodles sits in Dufil Prima 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 Dufil Prima Foods
Dufil Prima Foods controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
The 117 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 60 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15; Dufil Prima Foods has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bertagni | Ebro Foods | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | NewPrinces | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Chikin Ramen | Nissin Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| La Cantonesa | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Daawat | LT Foods | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Dufil Prima Foods
Dufil Prima Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Nigeria, founded in 2001. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Dufil Prima Foods is a Nigerian food and consumer goods manufacturer whose own website says it was incorporated in Nigeria in 2001 and began operations in 1995 to make instant noodles locally, later expanding into pasta, flour, oil and packaging. Its brands page lists noodle, pasta, flour, cassava, snack and edible-oil brands. The company also sells Indomie instant noodles in Nigeria, which Brandtree has not recorded here because the Dufil site does not say who owns the Indomie trademark.
Dufil Prima Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇳🇬 Minimie Noodles and other Nigerian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 61 brands that began in Nigeria. 14 of them (23%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Minimie Noodles is not one of them.
- BUA Pasta — BUA Foods 🇳🇬
- Erisco — Erisco Foods 🇳🇬
- Gala — UAC of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Golden Penny — Flour Mills of Nigeria 🇳🇬
- 33 Export — Heineken 🇳🇱
- Aero Contractors — Aero Contractors 🇳🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Minimie Noodles?
The parent company of Minimie Noodles is Dufil Prima Foods, a privately held company headquartered in Nigeria.
Is Minimie Noodles Nigerian?
Yes. Minimie Noodles originated in Nigeria and its owner, Dufil Prima Foods, is also headquartered in Nigeria.
Is Minimie Noodles still owned by Dufil Prima Foods?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Minimie Noodles is still owned by Dufil Prima Foods. 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] Dufil Prima Foods - about us and brands (site content API) — Dufil Prima Foods Plc, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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