Who owns Vegini?
Vegini is owned by Avril (France).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Avril: Subsidiaries and brands, Avril SCA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Avril SCA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France
- Origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Plant-based meat
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Vegini
Vegini is an Austrian company that develops, produces and markets meat substitutes based on pea proteins. Avril's consumer goods page says the group took over Vegini as part of its move into plant-based proteins, alongside Vivien Paille and HARi&CO, and lists the company among its international entities in Austria.
Ownership timeline of Vegini
Where Vegini sits in Avril
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Avril
Avril controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in plant-based meat, and who owns them
The 22 brands in plant-based meat on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Monde Nissin, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Loma Linda | Century Pacific | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Field Roast | Maple Leaf Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Cauldron | Monde Nissin | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Nasoya | Pulmuone | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| The Green Mountain | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Beyond Meat | Beyond Meat | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Lankasoy | CBL Group | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Gardein | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Avril
Avril is a privately held company headquartered in France, founded in 1983. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control.
Avril is a French agro-industrial group, originally named Sofiprotéol and founded in 1983 by the French oilseed and protein sector; it became a limited partnership with shares (SCA) in 2015. Its limited partners are mainly FIDOP, the FOP farmers' federation and the Fondation Avril. Besides crushing, oleochemicals and animal nutrition, it owns consumer food brands, mainly edible oils. Its Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian edible-oil businesses (Lesieur Cristal and affiliates) are recorded separately on this site and are not repeated here.
🇦🇹 Vegini and other Austrian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 32 brands that began in Austria. 18 of them (56%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Vegini among them.
- Austria Mozartkugel — Manner 🇦🇹
- Hubers — Bell Food Group 🇨🇭
- Mautner Markhof — Develey 🇩🇪
- Wiener Zucker — AGRANA 🇦🇹
- AKG — HARMAN 🇺🇸
- Atomic — Amer Sports 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Vegini?
The parent company of Vegini is Avril, a privately held company headquartered in France.
Is Vegini Austrian or French?
Vegini originated in Austria, but it is owned today by Avril, which is headquartered in France. So Vegini is an Austrian-origin brand under French ownership.
Is Vegini still owned by Avril?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Vegini is still owned by Avril. 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] Avril: Subsidiaries and brands — Avril SCA, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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