Who owns Santa Lucía?
Santa Lucía is owned by Ebro Foods (Spain, BME: EBRO), which has owned the brand since 18 June 2014.[1][2]
Ebro Foods owns 52% of Santa Lucía rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ebro Foods Group — Consolidated Financial Statements and Management Report 2025, Ebro Foods, S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ebro Foods, S.A. (52% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Madrid
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- BME: EBRO
- Trademark registrant
- Pastificio Lucio Garofalo S.p.A. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Santa Lucía
Santa Lucía is a dry pasta trademark owned by Pastificio Lucio Garofalo, the Gragnano pasta maker in which Ebro Foods holds 52 per cent. Ebro reports that Santa Lucía is a best-selling pasta brand in eastern Africa, making it an unusual case of an Italian pasta name whose main success lies outside Europe.
Trademark record for Santa Lucía
The USPTO record for the Santa Lucía mark lists Pastificio Lucio Garofalo S.p.A. as the owner of record (serial number 85236377). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of Santa Lucía
- 2014 – present Ebro Foods (52%) [1][2] reported
Where Santa Lucía sits in Ebro 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 Ebro Foods
Ebro Foods controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
Ebro Foods has more brands in pasta on Brandtree than any other owner: 15 of 121.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mimee | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | Newlat Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Chikin Ramen | Nissin Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| La Cantonesa | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Daawat | LT Foods | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Ebro Foods
Ebro Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as BME: EBRO.
Ebro Foods is a Madrid-based food group that describes itself as Europe's leading rice company, with a second business in premium dry pasta and fresh pasta. It runs a multi-brand model through subsidiaries: the Herba group in Europe, Riviana in the United States, Tilda in the United Kingdom, Lustucru in France, Bertagni and Garofalo in Italy, and Olivieri in Canada. Its brands hold the number one position in rice retail in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, and Riviana is the largest rice company in the United States.
🇮🇹 Santa Lucía and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 212 brands that began in Italy. 88 of them (42%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Santa Lucía among them.
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Alpenliebe — Perfetti Van Melle 🇳🇱
- Amalattea — Granarolo 🇮🇹
- Balconi — Valeo Foods 🇮🇪
- Caffarel — Lindt & Sprüngli 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Santa Lucía?
The parent company of Santa Lucía is Ebro Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Is Santa Lucía Italian or Spanish?
Santa Lucía originated in Italy, but it is owned today by Ebro Foods, which is headquartered in Spain. So Santa Lucía is an Italian-origin brand under Spanish ownership.
Since when has Ebro Foods owned Santa Lucía?
Ebro Foods has owned Santa Lucía since 18 June 2014.
Is Santa Lucía still owned by Ebro Foods?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Santa Lucía is still owned by Ebro Foods (52% stake). 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] Ebro Foods Group — Consolidated Financial Statements and Management Report 2025 — Ebro Foods, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Ebro buys 52% of Italian company Pastificio Lucio Garofalo, S.p.A — Ebro Foods, S.A., Official press release, published 18 June 2014; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: PASTA SANTA LUCIA S S GRAGNANO NAPOLI-ITALIA, serial 85236377 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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