Catesa Foods specializes in tropical fruits, flowers, and ornamental plants on Tenerife Island.
[5] Ebro was previously the largest manufacturer of value-added dairy products in Spain, until it sold this business unit to Lactalis in March 2010 for €630 million.
[8] Ebro Foods entered the U.S. market in 2004 when it acquired Houston-based Riviana Foods, which purchased American Rice in 2011 and now produces brands such as Mahatma, Success, Minute Rice, Water Maid and several private labels.
[9] In 2006, Ebro acquired New World Pasta, producer of Ronzoni, San Giorgio and other products, and which is also now under the Riviana corporate umbrella.
[citation needed] Riviana dates back to the 1911 founding of the Louisiana State Rice Milling Company, Inc., a consortium of thirty rice mills led by Frank Godchaux Sr. By 1931, the Louisiana State Rice Milling Company, Inc. introduced consumer-friendly packaging.
[14] In 1965, Louisiana State Rice Milling Company merged with River Brand Rice Mills, Inc to form Riviana Foods Inc.[15] After being acquired by Colgate-Palmolive in 1976, and then sold back to the Godchaux family in 1986, Riviana became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ.
[21] Riviana Foods introduced Mahatma Rice to the United States in 1932, during the Great Depression.
It started as a patented method for precooking and dehydrating rice before being used by the U.S. Armed Forces for G.I.
[25][26] Minute Rice was eventually introduced to the greater population in 1946 and gained worldwide distribution in 1949.
[17] The brand expanded its product line significantly in 2008 when it launched ready-to-serve rice cups, an easy staple food that could be stored in pantries and microwaved when needed.
[39][40] Pear Blossom offers Calrose rice, a variety that originate from California.
[47] Tilda Rice was founded in 1970 before originally purchased in 2014 by US group Hain Celestial.
Hain Celestial Group sold the company to Ebro Foods in August 2019.
It offers one product, the Water Maid medium grain white rice.
[53] On March 29, 2021, 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a subsidiary of Post Holdings, announced that it was acquiring Rozoni from Ebro for $95 million.
[58] In 2011, No Yolks was purchased by New World Pasta as part of an acquisition of Strom Products, which also included another Riviana brand, Wacky Mac.
In 1979, Hershey Foods Corporation acquired Skinner,[60] which was eventually sold to New World Pasta and folded into Riviana Foods Inc. Skinner is distributed in the southeast United States.
[67] Mrs. Weiss' is a pasta brand that specializes in European Hungarian and Ukrainian egg noodles.
[67] In 1914, the Keystone Macaroni Company in Lebanon, PA was renamed San Giorgio.
[citation needed] Wacky Mac was created in 1976 as a multi-shaped, tri-colored pasta meant to be used in salads and casseroles.
[73] In 2011, New World Pasta bought Wacky Mac as a part of an acquisition of Strom Products, which also included another Riviana brand, No Yolks.
[74] In 2017, when New World Pasta, American Rice, Inc. and Riviana Foods Inc. merged, Wacky Mac joined Riviana Foods Inc.[18] The company's shares are listed on the Bolsa de Madrid.