Who owns Rowse Honey?
Rowse Honey is owned by Valeo Foods (Ireland), which has owned the brand since 2014.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Valeo Foods Group — our brand heritage. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Valeo Foods Group reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇪 Ireland, Dublin
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1938
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sweet spreads & nut butters
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Rowse Honey
Rowse is the largest honey brand in Britain and packs around 26,000 tonnes of it a year across some three hundred product lines, sourcing from beekeepers worldwide rather than from a single origin. It also sells pure maple syrup, lemon curd and dessert sauces, and its Wallingford site in Oxfordshire is the head office of Valeo Foods UK.
Ownership timeline of Rowse Honey
- 2014 – present Valeo Foods [1][2] reported
Where Rowse Honey sits in Valeo 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 Valeo Foods
Valeo Foods controls 22 brands on Brandtree, 22 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sweet spreads & nut butters, and who owns them
The 37 brands in sweet spreads & nut butters on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Halwani Bros, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Halwani Brothers | Halwani Bros | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Hero | Hero Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Maple Grove Farms | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bega Peanut Butter | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Jif | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chocolion | Patisen | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| Highland Sugarworks | Rogers Sugar | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Matina | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
About the owner: Valeo Foods
Valeo Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 2010. Brandtree records 22 brands under its control.
Valeo Foods Group was formed in 2010 and has bought more than twenty food businesses since, assembling a portfolio of over eighty brands sold in more than a hundred countries. It describes its ambition as being Europe's "sweet treats champion" and leads in wafers, cakes and biscuits, sugar and chocolate confectionery, honey and maple syrup, and savoury snacks. Its group head offices are at Dublin Airport and in London, with divisional headquarters in England, Italy, Germany, Slovakia and Quebec. The group has been owned by the investment firm Bain Capital since 2021, which is the answer to who owns most of the brands below.
🇬🇧 Rowse Honey and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Rowse Honey among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rowse Honey?
The parent company of Rowse Honey is Valeo Foods, a privately held company headquartered in Ireland.
Is Rowse Honey British or Irish?
Rowse Honey originated in the United Kingdom in 1938, but it is owned today by Valeo Foods, which is headquartered in Ireland. So Rowse Honey is a British-origin brand under Irish ownership.
Since when has Valeo Foods owned Rowse Honey?
Valeo Foods has owned Rowse Honey since 2014.
Is Rowse Honey still owned by Valeo Foods?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Rowse Honey is still owned by Valeo Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Valeo Foods Group — our brand heritage — Valeo Foods Group, Official document; retrieved 24 September 2026.
- [2] Valeo Foods Group: Our Story — Valeo Foods Group, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [3] Acquisition of I.D.C. Holding accelerates Valeo Foods Group's ambition to be the major sweet treats player of Europe — Valeo Foods Group, Official press release, published 5 September 2024; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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