Who owns Tilda?
Tilda is owned by Ebro Foods (Spain, BME: EBRO), which has owned the brand since 28 August 2019.[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
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- BME: EBRO
- Trademark registrant
- TILDA LIMITED (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Tilda
Tilda is a basmati rice brand with global recognition, owned outright by Ebro Foods through Tilda Limited in London. About 60 per cent of its sales come from the United Kingdom, where it is made and where it leads the rice market with 16.1 per cent by volume and 20.2 per cent by value. It also holds a 10.1 per cent share by value in Ireland.
Trademark record for Tilda
The USPTO record for the Tilda mark lists TILDA LIMITED as the owner of record (serial number 73541987). 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 Tilda
- 2019 – present Ebro Foods [1][2] reported
Where Tilda 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.
🇬🇧 Tilda and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Tilda among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tilda?
The parent company of Tilda is Ebro Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Spain.
Is Tilda British or Spanish?
Tilda originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Ebro Foods, which is headquartered in Spain. So Tilda is a British-origin brand under Spanish ownership.
Since when has Ebro Foods owned Tilda?
Ebro Foods has owned Tilda since 28 August 2019.
Is Tilda still owned by Ebro Foods?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Tilda is still owned by Ebro Foods. 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 Foods buys the premium rice brand Tilda — Ebro Foods, S.A., Official press release, published 28 August 2019; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: TILDA, serial 73541987 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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