Who owns Napolina?
Napolina is owned by Princes Group (the United Kingdom, LSE: PRN), which has owned the brand since 2001.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Princes Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025, 24 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Princes Group plc reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Liverpool
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Founded
- 1965
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Canned & shelf-stable meals
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PRN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Napolina
Italian-style food brand sold in the United Kingdom, covering tomatoes, pasta, olive oils, pulses and pizzeria ingredients. Its own website says it was born in Naples and dates its story to 1965. Princes bought Napolina from Unilever in 2001, and the 2025 annual report describes it as the leading Italian Products brand in the UK, holding the number 1 branded position in tomatoes, pasta and pulses and number 2 in olive oil.
Ownership timeline of Napolina
- 2001 – present Princes Group [1] reported
Where Napolina sits in Princes Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Princes Group
Princes Group controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in canned & shelf-stable meals, and who owns them
The 73 brands in canned & shelf-stable meals on Brandtree belong to 42 owners. The largest is Thai Union, with 13; Princes Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken of the Sea | Thai Union | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Albert Heijn | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bonduelle | Bonduelle | 🇫🇷 France |
| Heinz Baked Beans | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aunt Nellie's | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aldi (Nord) | Aldi Nord | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aldi (Süd) | Aldi Süd | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| 365 by Whole Foods Market | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Princes Group
Princes Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom, founded in 1880. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: PRN.
Liverpool-based maker of canned fish, tomatoes, pulses, soups, edible oils and pasta, founded in 1880 as a canned fish business and listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 October 2025. It was owned by Mitsubishi Corporation from 1989 until 2024, when Newlat Food S.p.A. (now NewPrinces S.p.A.) bought it; NewPrinces S.p.A. holds 82.70% of the shares. Besides its own brands it is a large supplier of retailers' own-label products. It also runs brands under licence (Flora, Branston, Capri-Sun) that are not listed here, and its oils business, Edible Oils Limited, is a 50% joint operation with Archer Daniels Midland (UK).
Princes Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇹 Napolina and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Napolina among them.
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Alpenliebe — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Amalattea — Granarolo 🇮🇹
- Balconi — Valeo Foods 🇮🇪
- Bertagni — Ebro Foods 🇪🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Napolina?
The parent company of Napolina is Princes Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Napolina Italian or British?
Napolina originated in Italy in 1965, but it is owned today by Princes Group, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Napolina is an Italian-origin brand under British ownership.
Since when has Princes Group owned Napolina?
Princes Group has owned Napolina since 2001.
Is Napolina still owned by Princes Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Napolina is still owned by Princes Group. 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] Princes Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Princes Group plc, Annual report, published 24 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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