Who owns Tiara?
Tiara is owned by CBL Group (Sri Lanka).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CBL Group: Our Products and brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- CBL Investments Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Pannipitiya
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Food › Bakery › Cakes
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tiara
Tiara is the cake brand of CBL Group. The company's history says it began producing sponge cakes under the Tiara name in 2004 and that it was the first Sri Lankan manufacturer to make cakes for the mass consumer in a sterile automated facility. The range on its brands page covers layer cakes in butter raisin, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and pineapple, portion cakes and Swiss rolls, including a chocolate-coated mini roll.
Ownership timeline of Tiara
Where Tiara sits in CBL Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full CBL Group brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by CBL Group
CBL Group controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cakes, and who owns them
The 49 brands in cakes on Brandtree belong to 33 owners. The largest is Edita, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| HoHos (Middle East and North Africa) | Edita | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Lotus | Lotus Bakeries | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Crossini | Rebisco | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Balconi | Valeo Foods | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Mademoiselle Desserts | Emmi | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eti Browni | Eti | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Entenmann's | Grupo Bimbo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Hostess | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: CBL Group
CBL Group is a privately held company headquartered in Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
CBL Group is a Sri Lankan food manufacturer whose operating company, Ceylon Biscuits Limited, began production on 28 July 1968 at Pannipitiya, growing out of the Williams Confectionery biscuit business founded in 1939 by Simon (Arthur) Wickramasingha. CBL Investments Limited was set up in 2017 as the group's holding company. Its own history page says it has factories in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Ghana as well as Sri Lanka, and lists acquisitions such as 70 per cent of Soy Foods Limited (2000), 60 per cent of Cecil Foods (2004) and 80 per cent of Plenty Foods (2006). It also manufactured Huntley and Palmers biscuits under a partnership with Associated Biscuits that ended in the late 1980s.
🇱🇰 Tiara and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tiara is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tiara?
The parent company of Tiara is CBL Group, a privately held company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Tiara Sri Lankan?
Yes. Tiara originated in Sri Lanka in 2004 and its owner, CBL Group, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Tiara still owned by CBL Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Tiara is still owned by CBL Group. 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] CBL Group: Our Products and brands — CBL Group, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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