Who owns Qualy?
Qualy is owned by MBRF (Brazil, B3: MBRF3), which has owned the brand since 22 September 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: MBRF Relatório Integrado 2025, Marfrig Global Foods S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Marfrig Global Foods S.A. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Butter
- Parent ticker
- B3: MBRF3
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Qualy
Qualy is BRF's margarine brand, which MBRF says is in eight out of ten Brazilian homes. It remained the most-remembered margarine in Folha de S.Paulo's Top of Mind survey in 2025, named by 30 per cent of adults, for the twentieth time running. MBRF offsets all of its Qualy tubs through the eureciclo recycling programme.
Ownership timeline of Qualy
Where Qualy sits in MBRF
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full MBRF ownership tree →
See the full MBRF brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by MBRF
MBRF controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Becel | KKR | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Breakstone's | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fleurial | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Familia | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Clover | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Mavesa | Empresas Polar | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| Anchor | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Neo Soft | Megmilk Snow Brand | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: MBRF
MBRF is a publicly listed company headquartered in Brazil. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as B3: MBRF3.
MBRF is the Brazilian food company formed when Marfrig Global Foods absorbed all the shares of BRF on 22 September 2025; its shares have traded on B3 as MBRF3 since the next day. It sells beef, poultry, pork and processed foods under 37 brands. It reported record 2025 net revenue of 164 billion reais.
🇧🇷 Qualy and other Brazilian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 177 brands that began in Brazil. 32 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Qualy is not one of them.
- Adria — M. Dias Branco 🇧🇷
- Biotônico Fontoura — Hypera 🇧🇷
- Camil — Camil 🇧🇷
- Friboi — JBS 🇧🇷
- Guarani — Tereos 🇫🇷
- Queensberry — Hero Group 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Qualy?
The parent company of Qualy is MBRF, a publicly listed company headquartered in Brazil.
Is Qualy Brazilian?
Yes. Qualy originated in Brazil and its owner, MBRF, is also headquartered in Brazil.
Since when has MBRF owned Qualy?
MBRF has owned Qualy since 22 September 2025.
Is Qualy still owned by MBRF?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Qualy is still owned by MBRF. 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] MBRF Relatório Integrado 2025 — Marfrig Global Foods S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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