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drinks 1 min readSeptember 3, 2026

Who Owns Chivita?

Short answer: UAC of Nigeria — again. CHI Limited (Chivita, Hollandia) was Coca-Cola's from 2019, but is being sold back into Nigerian ownership.

CHI Limited — the Lagos company behind Chivita juices and Hollandia dairy — is returning to Nigerian ownership. Coca-Cola took a 40% stake in 2016 and then completed a full acquisition of CHI in January 2019 1, paying $257m for the remaining 60% and folding a homegrown juice-and-dairy champion into the world's biggest beverage company.

Then it reversed. In 2025, Coca-Cola agreed to sell CHI (Chivita and Hollandia) to UAC of Nigeria plc 2 — a Nigerian conglomerate — bringing the brands back under Nigerian ownership.

That makes Chivita a rarity on this desk: a brand that went foreign and came home. Where most African icons exit to a multinational and stay there, CHI's value is routing back to Lagos — the counter-move to the pattern the tracker documents.

By the NumbersOwnership at a glance
$257m[1]
Coca-Cola's 2019 payment for the remaining 60% of CHI (full control)
2025[2]
Coca-Cola agrees to sell Chivita & Hollandia to Nigeria's UAC

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References

  1. 1.Beverage Daily Coca-Cola completes acquisition of Chi Ltd in NigeriaCoca-Cola's 2016 40% stake and January 2019 full acquisition of CHI Limited ($257m for the remaining 60%).
  2. 2.Premium Times UAC strikes deal to acquire Chivita, Hollandia from Coca-ColaCoca-Cola's 2025 agreement to sell CHI (Chivita, Hollandia) to UAC of Nigeria — returning the brands to Nigerian ownership.

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