Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC
Sri Lanka's iconic single-origin Ceylon tea brand, garden-to-cup since 1988.
Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company is the world's first producer-owned tea brand and one of the few fully vertically integrated tea companies globally, owning plantations, factories, printing, and packaging. The company exports to over 100 countries and ranks among the top 10 tea brands worldwide, with wholesale and HoReCa programs for distributors, airlines, and hotels. Their B2B division offers branded, private-label, and bulk formats across black, green, white, and herbal tea categories.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Peliyagoda, Sri Lanka
- Founded
- 1988
- Website
- dilmahtea.com
- Categories
- Beverages, Specialty & Gourmet Food
- Markets
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Verified facts
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-08 Domain registry record
- lei-lapsed (amber), checked 2026-08-23 GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- facility-registered (green), checked 2026-08-19 BPOM (Indonesian Food and Drug Authority), public register of manufacturing facilities behind product registrations (Sarana)
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-08 OpenSanctions
- web-presence-since (green), checked 2026-08-08 Internet Archive (Wayback)
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-08-08 Mail server of the company domain
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-08 OpenSanctions
Claimed certifications
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- Fairtrade FLOCERT customer search
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA