Who owns SOS?
SOS is owned by Ebro Foods (Spain, BME: EBRO), which has owned the brand since 16 September 2011.[1][2]
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. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Madrid
- Origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- BME: EBRO
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About SOS
SOS is a rice brand of Ebro Foods' Herba group, which names it first among the high-profile brands behind its European rice business. Herba supplies retail, food service and industrial customers in more than 70 markets, and in Spain the group's brands lead rice retail with a 22.3 per cent share by volume and 28.8 per cent by value.
Ownership timeline of SOS
- 2011 – present Ebro Foods [1][2] reported
Where SOS 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.
🇪🇸 SOS and other Spanish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 122 brands that began in Spain. 59 of them (48%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; SOS is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of SOS?
The parent company of SOS is Ebro Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Is SOS Spanish?
Yes. SOS originated in Spain and its owner, Ebro Foods, is also headquartered in Spain.
Since when has Ebro Foods owned SOS?
Ebro Foods has owned SOS since 16 September 2011.
Is SOS still owned by Ebro Foods?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, SOS is still owned by Ebro Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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 concludes purchase of the Deoleo rice businesses — Ebro Foods, S.A., Official press release, published 16 September 2011; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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