Who owns Star Margarine?
Star Margarine is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage (the Philippines, PSE: FB).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. Annual Report (SEC Form 17-A) for the year ended December 31, 2025, 16 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇭 Philippines, Mandaluyong
- Origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- Founded
- 1931
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Butter
- Parent ticker
- PSE: FB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Star Margarine
Star is a non-refrigerated margarine brand established in 1931 and acquired in the 1990s by the company now called San Miguel Food and Beverage, which sells it through its wholly owned subsidiary Magnolia Inc. in the Philippines. The Star name is also used on some of the group's processed and canned meat products made by The Purefoods-Hormel Company.
Ownership timeline of Star Margarine
- Current owner San Miguel Food and Beverage [1] reported
Where Star Margarine sits in San Miguel Food and Beverage
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Dari Crème
- Ginebra San Miguel (75.78%)
- Magnolia
- Monterey
- Purefoods
- Red Horse (51.16%)
- San Mig Light (51.16%)
- San Miguel Pale Pilsen (51.16%)
- Star Margarine
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See the full San Miguel Food and Beverage brand portfolio (9) →
Other brands owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage
San Miguel Food and Beverage controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 5 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; San Miguel Food and Beverage has 2.
| 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: San Miguel Food and Beverage
San Miguel Food and Beverage is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mandaluyong, Philippines, founded in 1956. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as PSE: FB.
San Miguel Food and Beverage was incorporated in 1956 as a processed meats maker and, as San Miguel Pure Foods, has been listed in the Philippines since 1973. It took its present name in 2018, when San Miguel Corporation consolidated its stakes in San Miguel Brewery and Ginebra San Miguel into it. It is a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, ultimately controlled by Top Frontier Investment Holdings, and had consolidated sales of 419.1 billion pesos in 2025.
San Miguel Food and Beverage: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇵🇭 Star Margarine 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; Star Margarine is not one of them.
- 555 — Century Pacific 🇵🇭
- Choco Mucho — Rebisco 🇵🇭
- Del Monte (Philippines) — Del Monte Pacific 🇻🇬
- Fiesta — RFM 🇵🇭
- Fita — Monde Nissin 🇵🇭
- Jack 'n Jill — URC 🇵🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Star Margarine?
The parent company of Star Margarine is San Miguel Food and Beverage, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Star Margarine Filipino?
Yes. Star Margarine originated in the Philippines in 1931 and its owner, San Miguel Food and Beverage, is also headquartered in the Philippines.
Is Star Margarine still owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Star Margarine is still owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage. 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] San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. Annual Report (SEC Form 17-A) for the year ended December 31, 2025 — San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., Stock exchange filing, published 16 April 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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