Who owns Zammilk?
Zammilk is owned by Zambeef (Zambia, LuSE: ZAMBEEF).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Zambeef Products PLC 2025 Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Zambeef Products PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇲 Zambia, Lusaka
- Origin
- 🇿🇲 Zambia
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Milk & cream
- Parent ticker
- LuSE: ZAMBEEF AIM: ZAM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Zammilk
Zammilk is Zambeef's dairy brand, covering pasteurised fresh milk, Sterimilk, long-life milk, fresh cream, yoghurt, drinking yoghurt, butter, cheese and Mabisi Lacto. Zambeef set up Kalundu Dairy Farm for Zammilk in 1998, and a cheese plant commissioned in April 2025 was still scaling up production a year later. Zambeef describes Zammilk as the leader in the Zambian fresh milk and Lacto markets.
Ownership timeline of Zammilk
Where Zammilk sits in Zambeef
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Zambeef
Zambeef controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in milk & cream, and who owns them
The 172 brands in milk & cream on Brandtree belong to 81 owners. The largest is Dairy Farmers of America, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Dena Dairy | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angkormilk | Vinamilk | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Betta Milk | Bega | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Coronado | Dos Pinos | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| Ambewela | Lanka Milk Foods | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Hi High | SUU | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
| Guliduo | Yili | 🇨🇳 China |
| Campina | FrieslandCampina | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: Zambeef
Zambeef is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia, founded in 1994. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as LuSE: ZAMBEEF and AIM: ZAM.
Zambeef Products is the largest integrated cold chain food and agribusiness company in Zambia. It was founded in June 1994 as a small butchery business and now farms wheat, maize and soya, runs beef abattoirs and feedlots, poultry, pork and dairy plants, flour mills, a stockfeed business and a tannery and shoe factory, and sells through its own shops and the butcheries it operates in Shoprite supermarkets. It is listed in Lusaka and on London's AIM. On 29 April 2026 British International Investment converted its preference shares into ordinary shares, taking its voting rights to about 59 per cent.
🇿🇲 Zammilk and other Zambian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 23 brands that began in Zambia. All of them are controlled from Zambia.
- Ama SipSip — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Proflight Zambia — Proflight Zambia 🇿🇲
- Amazon — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Milkit — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Nyama Soya — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Royal Oak — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Zammilk?
The parent company of Zammilk is Zambeef, a publicly listed company headquartered in Zambia.
Is Zammilk Zambian?
Yes. Zammilk originated in Zambia and its owner, Zambeef, is also headquartered in Zambia.
Is Zammilk still owned by Zambeef?
Yes. As of 17 September 2026, Zammilk is still owned by Zambeef. 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] Zambeef Products PLC 2025 Annual Report — Zambeef Products PLC, Annual report; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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