Rice & Grains: Dainty Is French-Owned — 3 Canadian 🇨🇦
Which rice and grain brands are actually Canadian-owned? Ben's Original is Mars, Minute Rice is Spain's Ebro Foods, and Dainty — Canada's only rice mill — has been French-owned since 2015. Still Canadian-owned: Floating Leaf (Winnipeg), Flourist (Vancouver) and the Speerville Flour Milling Co-operative in New Brunswick.
🍁 Verified Canadian Brands
3 Local OptionsFloating Leaf
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Winnipeg, MB
Family-run Canadian wild rice company
Flourist
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Vancouver, BC · Est. 2014
Woman-owned: Janna Bishop & Shira McDermott
Speerville Flour Mill
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Speerville, NB · Est. 1982
Canadian co-operative milling Maritime grain
🔍 Investigation Breakdown
Video Script & Investigation
When you buy rice, flour and grains in Canada, do you know who owns the brand? Ben’s Original belongs to Mars in the United States. Minute Rice is owned by Ebro Foods of Spain. And Dainty, Canada’s only rice mill, has been French-owned since 2015. Three that are Canadian-owned. Floating Leaf is a family-run wild rice company in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Flourist is woman-owned in Vancouver, milling traceable grain from Canadian farms. And Speerville Flour Mill in New Brunswick is a Canadian co-operative, milling Maritime grain since 1982. Canadian-owned. Canadian rooted. This is Canadian made.
Market Reality Check
FOREIGN-OWNED GRAINS
- Ben’s Original — US (Mars)
- Minute Rice — Spain (Ebro Foods)
- Dainty — French-owned since 2015
Ownership checked October 2026