Margarine Industries Limited, was established in Mauritius in 1967 through a joint venture between the

Currimjee group and the Gesche family from Germany.

In November 2002, the Gesche family retired from the business and sold their shares.
Since then, Margarine Industries Limited is a fully Mauritian public company listed on the stock exchange
of Mauritius (Development and Enterprise Market). The Currimjee family owns around 97% shares.
Margarine Industries Limited forms part of the Currimjee group of companies. The company is under the
Pepsi Sub-group, comprising of Quality Beverages Limited, Vital Water Bottling Co. Ltd., Central
Distributors Co Ltd. and Creative Advertising Bureau Ltd.
Margarine Industries Limited manufactures and distributes Table Margarine (both refrigerated and non-
refrigerated type), Fat Spread, Industrial Margarine, Vanaspati (vegetable ghee), Shortening, Table &
Industrial Butter and Ghee.
Substantial investment in sophisticated filling and packaging equipment has enabled the company to
increase its product range, widen its market share and continuously improve the quality of its product and
service.
Certification
Margarine Industries Limited was among the first local manufacturers to obtain the product certification
MAURICERT, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000:2005 from the Mauritius Standards Bureau.
Margarine Industries was one of the first local manufacturers to have obtained the product certification
MAURICERT from the Mauritius Standards Bureau, MS26, MS 27 and MS 153. It has implemented the
HACCP food safety system in 1999 and recertified in October 2005. The company was certified ISO
9001:2008 in May 2009 and was the first Food company to be certified ISO 22000:2005 in October 2008.

Health News

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Approved heart healthy by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of South Africa.

The Factory
Oprationnelle depuis 1967, Margarine Industries Limited propose une riche gamme de margarines de
table, margarines industrielles, beurre et ghee. Dans la catgorie margarine de table, on y trouve des
marques comme Tara, Fleur dOr et Mil, le beurre Butterfly, le ghee vgtal Vita Vanaspati et le ghee
base de lait de vache connu comme le Vita Ghee. Les produits rpondent aux exigences de diffrentes
cuisines dont les ptisseries et aux besoins du rseau htelier et des particuliers.

Central Distributors

Central Distributors Ltd is the sister company of Margarine Industries Ltd. Central Distributors was
incorporated in 1998.
This company imports and distributes dry foodstuffs namely concentrated juice, fruit juice, canned foods,
rice, biscuits, syrup, UHT milk, chocolate spread, yeast, cereals and honey.
Central Distributors Ltd is located on the premises of Margarine Industries. Being sister companies,
Central Distributors Ltd benefits from the fleet of vehicles and infrastructure that MIL already has. As
such, the products distributed by Central Distributors Ltd have an island-wide coverage

Our Contact Details

Address : New Trunk Road, Trianon, Mauritius

Telephone : (230) 454 9073
Fax : (230) 4542345
BRN : C06001524