Who owns Royal?
Royal, a food brand from the Philippines, is owned by RFM (the Philippines, PSE: RFM), which has owned the brand since 2014.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: RFM Corporation — SEC Form 17-A Annual Report for fiscal year 2025, 15 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- RFM Corporation reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Mandaluyong City
- Origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- PSE: RFM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Royal
Royal is the second of RFM's two pasta brands, bought from Unilever Philippines in January 2014 for ₱2.10 billion ($46.0 million). RFM said the purchase would tighten its leadership of the pasta category, and it now sells Royal beside its own Fiesta. RFM now aims Royal at young adults rather than family celebrations, with pasta-and-sauce kits such as the Creamy Mushroom Truffle kit launched in 2024 and a Pinoy-style carbonara.
Ownership timeline of Royal
Where Royal sits in RFM
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by RFM
RFM controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
The 121 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 63 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15; RFM has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bertagni | Ebro Foods | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mimee | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | NewPrinces | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Chikin Ramen | Nissin Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| La Cantonesa | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
About the owner: RFM
RFM is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mandaluyong City, Philippines, founded in 1957. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: RFM.
RFM Corporation was incorporated in 1957 as Republic Flour Mills to mill flour in the Philippines, a country that grows no wheat. Flour is still its institutional business, including the buns, muffins and hotcakes it makes exclusively for McDonald's, while its consumer group sells pasta, sauces, mixes, milk and juice and earned 75.84% of 2025 sales. Its ice cream is made by Magnum RFM Ice Cream, a 50% joint venture with The Magnum Ice Cream Company. Almost all of its ₱22.3 billion of 2025 sales were domestic.
🇵🇭 Royal and other Filipino brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 97 brands that began in the Philippines. 4 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Royal is not one of them.
- 555 — Century Pacific 🇵🇭
- Choco Mucho — Rebisco 🇵🇭
- Dari Crème — San Miguel Food and Beverage 🇵🇭
- Del Monte (Philippines) — Del Monte Pacific 🇻🇬
- Fita — Monde Nissin 🇵🇭
- Jack 'n Jill — URC 🇵🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Royal?
The parent company of Royal is RFM, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Royal Filipino?
Yes. Royal originated in the Philippines and its owner, RFM, is also headquartered in the Philippines.
Since when has RFM owned Royal?
RFM has owned Royal since 2014.
Is Royal still owned by RFM?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, Royal is still owned by RFM. 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] RFM Corporation — SEC Form 17-A Annual Report for fiscal year 2025 — RFM Corporation, Annual report, published 15 April 2026; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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