Who owns Preferido?
Preferido is owned by Molinos (Argentina, BYMA: MOLI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Molinos Río de la Plata S.A. Memoria, ejercicio cerrado el 31 de diciembre de 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Molinos Río de la Plata S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇷 Argentina, Buenos Aires
- Origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Baking mixes & ingredients
- Parent ticker
- BYMA: MOLI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Preferido
Preferido is the breadcrumb and coating brand that Molinos Río de la Plata calls its flagship in the category. In 2025 it held its market share, and deliveries of its specialty coatings grew 10 per cent. Molinos plans to build on its crunch range and on a recently launched gluten-free Preferido to set its coatings apart from competitors.
Ownership timeline of Preferido
Where Preferido sits in Molinos
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Molinos
Molinos controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in baking mixes & ingredients, and who owns them
The 74 brands in baking mixes & ingredients on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is Bidco Africa, with 5; Molinos has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | Bidco Africa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| EXE | Unga Group | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| Golden Penny | Flour Mills of Nigeria | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Al Horra | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Florencia | Molino Cañuelas | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Amuleia | Nisshin Seifun | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Clabber Girl | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BUA Sugar | BUA Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
About the owner: Molinos
Molinos is a publicly listed company headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as BYMA: MOLI.
Molinos Río de la Plata is an Argentine branded food and wine company listed on BYMA, part of the group chaired by Luis Perez Companc. It sells pasta, flour, rice, breadcrumbs, frozen foods, yerba mate and wine. In 2025 it had net revenues of 951.9 billion pesos and a net loss of 40.7 billion pesos, and in 2026 it bought Bodega Etchart and NotCo's Argentine business.
🇦🇷 Preferido and other Argentine brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Argentina. 30 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Preferido is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Preferido?
The parent company of Preferido is Molinos, a publicly listed company headquartered in Argentina.
Is Preferido Argentine?
Yes. Preferido originated in Argentina and its owner, Molinos, is also headquartered in Argentina.
Is Preferido still owned by Molinos?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Preferido is still owned by Molinos. 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] Molinos Río de la Plata S.A. Memoria, ejercicio cerrado el 31 de diciembre de 2025 — Molinos Río de la Plata S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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