Who owns Mr Kipling?
Mr Kipling is owned by Premier Foods (the United Kingdom, LSE: PFD).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Premier Foods plc Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Premier Foods plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, St Albans
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1967
- Category
- Food › Bakery › Cakes
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PFD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mr Kipling
Mr Kipling is a fictional baker invented in 1967 to give a factory-made cake range the character of a village bakery, and the strategy worked well enough that many British consumers assumed he was real. It is the largest cake brand in the United Kingdom.
Ownership timeline of Mr Kipling
- Current owner Premier Foods [1] reported
Where Mr Kipling sits in Premier Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Premier Foods ownership tree →
See the full Premier Foods brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Premier Foods
Premier Foods controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
- Ambrosia (1917)
- Angel Delight (1967)
- Batchelors (1895)
- Bisto (1908)
- Homepride (1963)
- OXO (stock cubes) (1899)
- Sharwood's (1889)
Other brands in cakes, and who owns them
The 49 brands in cakes on Brandtree belong to 33 owners. The largest is Edita, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| HoHos (Middle East and North Africa) | Edita | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Lotus | Lotus Bakeries | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Crossini | Rebisco | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Balconi | Valeo Foods | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Mademoiselle Desserts | Emmi | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eti Browni | Eti | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Entenmann's | Grupo Bimbo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Hostess | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Premier Foods
Premier Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in St Albans, United Kingdom, founded in 1975. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: PFD.
Premier Foods holds a collection of long-established British grocery brands, many of them acquired from multinationals that had stopped investing in them. It nearly collapsed under debt after buying RHM in 2007 and has spent the years since selling businesses and reviving the brands it kept.
Premier Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Mr Kipling and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Mr Kipling is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mr Kipling?
The parent company of Mr Kipling is Premier Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Mr Kipling British?
Yes. Mr Kipling originated in the United Kingdom in 1967 and its owner, Premier Foods, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Mr Kipling still owned by Premier Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Mr Kipling is still owned by Premier 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] Premier Foods plc Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025 — Premier Foods plc, Annual report; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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