What Soill does

Soill is a privately held South African food manufacturer founded in 1993 and headquartered in Cape Town. The firm manufactures and supplies canola oils and related products to customers in the retail and foodservice channels, operating with a workforce of 251–500 employees — consistent with a mid-sized industrial edible-oil processor running multi-shift operations across crushing, refining, and packaging.

The company's core activity is canola oil production, a commodity-category edible oil used in cooking, baking, and food preparation. Soill's stated offering extends from bulk and packaged canola oils to "related products" (specific SKUs, formulations, certifications, and pack sizes are not disclosed in the available data). The customer base is segmented across two end markets — retail (grocery, private-label and/or branded packs) and foodservice (restaurants, catering, industrial kitchens) — implying a dual-channel go-to-market rather than a single-channel dependency. No pricing model, contract structure, distribution footprint, or licensing arrangement is disclosed.

Available disclosures contain no financial figures, no product certifications (e.g., HACCP, ISO 22000, Halal, Kosher, SANS), no manufacturing-capacity data, no disclosed customer logos, no funding or capital-structure history, and no proprietary technology. Soill's primary web property (soill.co.za) resolved to a loading/verification page at the time of data collection, indicating a thin public information footprint. Leadership disclosed is limited to Deon Coetzee in the role of General Manager (Head of Department). Consequently, any assessment of unit economics, customer concentration, or competitive positioning rests almost entirely on this high-level firmographic profile and is subject to a material information gap.

Name

Soill

Website

https://soill.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Soill is a privately held Cape Town-based South African canola oil manufacturer founded in 1993 that produces and supplies canola oils and related products to retail and foodservice customers, operating with a 251–500-employee workforce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Soill manufactures and supplies canola oils and related edible-oil products. The company serves both the retail consumer market and the foodservice industry, producing cooking oil and related products from its base in Cape Town, South Africa. Operations are anchored in physical oil manufacturing rather than technology or service delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Canola Oils Manufactured canola oil products sold to retail and foodservice customers in South Africa. Used by households for everyday cooking and by commercial kitchens for bulk food preparation.
• Related Edible Oil Products Additional canola-based and related edible oil products supplied alongside the core canola oil line to retail and foodservice buyers.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Privately held global food and agriculture major with substantial oilseed crushing operations and edible oil refining across multiple continents. Comparable to Soill as a canola/oilseed processor and edible oil supplier, though far larger and more diversified across protein, grain trading, and food ingredients.
• Bunge Limited: Global agribusiness and one of the world's largest oilseed processors (soy, canola, sunflower). Directly comparable to Soill as a canola/oilseed processor, but operating at vastly greater scale with vertically integrated global supply chains, branded oils, and multi-region distribution.
• Wilmar International: Asia-based global agribusiness and the world's largest edible oils refiner (though more palm-oil weighted). Comparable to Soill in edible oil refining and B2B distribution; serves foodservice and consumer channels at massive scale.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global leader in oilseed processing and edible oils production, with significant canola crushing capacity. Comparable to Soill on the core canola-processing activity, but ADM operates a far broader portfolio including animal nutrition, corn processing, and specialty ingredients.
• Louis Dreyfus Company: Global merchant and processor of agricultural commodities, with significant oilseed crushing operations including canola. Comparable to Soill in canola origination and processing activities, though LDC operates globally with integrated logistics, trading, and downstream value-added businesses.

Direct peers

• AAK: Sweden-based specialty oils and fats company serving foodservice and food manufacturing customers globally. Directly comparable to Soill in business model — refining vegetable oils into customer-specific blends for B2B foodservice applications — though with global reach versus Soill's South African focus.

Regional players

• Astral Foods: South African integrated poultry producer that is a major buyer of oilseed meal (including canola meal) for animal feed. Comparable to Soill as a domestic South African food/agriculture counterpart sharing the local operating environment; serves as a potential downstream customer for Soill's oilseed meal byproduct.
• Clover Industries: South African dairy and consumer foods company with deep retail and foodservice distribution across the country. Comparable to Soill as a domestic peer serving overlapping South African retail and foodservice customers, though Clover's portfolio centers on dairy rather than oils.
• Tiger Brands: One of South Africa's largest branded food manufacturers, with extensive retail and foodservice distribution across the country. Comparable to Soill as a peer South African food manufacturer with overlapping retail/foodservice customer relationships, though Tiger Brands operates across many categories (bakery, snacks, groceries) rather than specializing in oils.
• RFG Holdings: South African food manufacturer producing packaged and convenience foods for retail and foodservice channels. Comparable to Soill as a mid-sized South African peer in the broader branded food manufacturing space, sharing similar customer channels and regional market dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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