Noble Foods: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Noble Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]
Noble Foods is a British egg business registered in England and Wales and based in Staines-upon-Thames. Its own history starts in 1920, when William Dean began collecting eggs from smallholders around Tring in Hertfordshire; the Deans business bought Goldenlay in 1988, Dell and Hardie in 1997 and later Daylay and Freshlay, became Deans Foods and was renamed Noble Foods in 2006. It describes itself as the UK's leading vertically integrated egg business, with its own rearing farms, feed milling, packing centres and an egg products division. The company's history page also mentions Gü Puds, which is not a brand listed on its current egg brands page and is not recorded here.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Noble Foods Limited (also Deans Foods)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1920
- Website
- www.noblefoods.co.uk
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Noble Foods in numbers
- Noble Foods owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 5 brands.[1]
Everything Noble Foods owns
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Noble Foods own?
Noble Foods owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Purely Organic, Big & Fresh, The Happy Egg Co., Heritage Breeds and Freshlay Farms Golden Yolkers.
Is Noble Foods a British company?
Yes. Noble Foods is headquartered in Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom and was founded in 1920.
Who owns Noble Foods?
Noble Foods is privately held. Noble Foods is a British egg business registered in England and Wales and based in Staines-upon-Thames.
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] Noble Foods — Egg Brands — Noble Foods, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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