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Home » 2015 Global Top 100 (50-26)

2015 Global Top 100 (50-26)

 
 
Welcome to our exclusive list of the Top 100 Confectionery Companies in the World! Click through the pages to find out which companies made the cut, and which candymakers were in the Top 10.
 
Below is the top 50 through 26.
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Solen Cikolata Gida Sa. Ve Tic
50. Solen Cikolata
Gida Sa. Ve Tic

Gaziantep, Turkey

Net Sales (Millions):: $360

Chief Officer Title:Elif Coban, ceo

Number of Employees: 1,650

Number of Plants: 6

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Gum; Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Toms Confectionery Group
50. Toms Confectionery
Group

Ballerup, Denmark

Net Sales (Millions):: $360

Chief Officer Title: Carsten Thomsen, ceo

Number of Employees: 1,200

Number of Plants: 5

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Reduced-sugar confections


Thorntons PLC
49. Thorntons PLC

Derbyshire, Uk

Net Sales (Millions):: $370

Chief Officer Title:Jonathan Hart, ceo

Number of Employees: 973

Number of Plants: 1

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Toffee and/or caramel; Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Reduced-sugar confections


Mederer Susswarenvertriebs GmbH
48. Mederer
Susswarenvertriebs GmbH

Furth, Germany

Net Sales (Millions):: $384

Chief Officer Title:Herbert Mederer, pres. & ceo

Number of Employees: 2,000

Number of Plants: 6

Products Manufactured: Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Reduced-sugar confections


Slavyanka
47. Slavyanka

Stary Oskol, Russia

Net Sales (Millions): $400

Chief Officer Title:N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Panned chocolates; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops)


Universal Robina Corp.
46. Universal
Robina Corp.

Pasig, Philippines

Net Sales (Millions):: $450

Chief Officer Title:James L. Go, chairman

Number of Employees: *9,117

Number of Plants: *20

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Panned chocolates; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Fazer Bakeries & Confectionery
45. Fazer Bakeries
& Confectionery

Helsinki, Finland

Net Sales (Millions):: $463

Chief Officer Title:Peter Fazer, pres

Number of Employees: 6,300

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Gum


Chocolat Frey AB
44. Chocolat Frey AB

Buchs, Switerland

Net Sales (Millions): $465

Chief Officer Title: Hans-Ruedi Christen, ceo

Number of Employees: 1,236

Number of Plants: 4

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Gum; Reduced-sugar confections


See's Candy Shops Inc.
43. See's Candy
Shops Inc.

S. San Francisco, Calif.

Net Sales (Millions):$472

Chief Officer Title: Brad Kinstler, pres. & ceo

Number of Employees: ³550

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Reduced-sugar confections


Konti Group
42. Konti Group

Donetsk, Ukraine

Net Sales (Millions): $473

Chief Officer Title:Andrey Rodionov, director general

Number of Employees: 8,097

Number of Plants: 5

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads)


Petra Foods Ltd.
41. Petra Foods
Ltd.

Singapore

Net Sales (Millions):$501

Chief Officer Title:John Chuang, ceo

Number of Employees: 4,000

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads)


Clif Bar & Co
40. Clif Bar & Co

Emeryville, Calif.

Net Sales (Millions):$508

Chief Officer Title: Kevin Cleary, ceo

Number of Employees: 373

Number of Plants: N/A

Products Manufactured: Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Tiger Brands  Ltd.
39. Tiger Brands
Ltd.

Sandton, S. Africa

Net Sales (Millions):$510

Chief Officer Title:Peter Matlare, ceo

Number of Employees: *11,000

Number of Plants: N/A

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Toffee and/or caramel; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. K.G.
38. Alfred Ritter
GmbH & Co. K.G.

Waldenbuch, Germany

Net Sales (Millions):$516

Chief Officer Title:Alfred Theodor Ritter, chairman

Number of Employees: 1,200

Number of Plants: 1

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers)


Grupo Nutresa S.A.
37. Grupo Nutresa
S.A.

Medellin, Colombia

Net Sales (Millions):$531

Chief Officer Title: Carlos Ignacio Gallego, pres. Of chocolate div.

Number of Employees: *4,155

Number of Plants: *5

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Gum; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Tootsie Roll Industries
36. Tootsie Roll
Industries

Chicago, Ill., USA

Net Sales (Millions):$537

Chief Officer Title:Melvin Gordon, chairman, & Ellen Gordon, pres.

Number of Employees: 2,200

Number of Plants: 7

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Gum


PepsiCo Americas Foods
35. PepsiCo Americas
Foods

Purchase, NY, USA

Net Sales (Millions):$539

Chief Officer Title: Indra Nooyi, chairwoman & ceo

Number of Employees: 8274,000

Number of Plants: *700

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Katjes Fassin Group
34. Katjes Fassin
Group

Emmerich, Germany

Net Sales (Millions):$560

Chief Officer Title: Tobias Bachmüller & Bastian Fassin, managing partners

Number of Employees: 1,600

Number of Plants: 6

Products Manufactured: Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Reduced-sugar confections


Henry Lambertz GmbH & Co. KG
33. Henry Lambertz
GmbH & Co. KG

Aachen, Germany

Net Sales (Millions):$600

Chief Officer Title: Dr. Hermann Buhlbecker, owner

Number of Employees: 3,500

Number of Plants: 7

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat


Raisio Plc
32. Raisio Plc

Raisio, Finland

Net Sales (Millions):$662

Chief Officer Title: Matti Rihko, ceo

Number of Employees: 1,900

Number of Plants: 8

Products Manufactured: Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Gum; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Barcel S.A div. of Grupo Bimbo
31. Barcel S.A
div. of Grupo Bimbo

Mexico City, Mexico

Net Sales (Millions):$694

Chief Officer Title: Gabino Gomez, pres. of Barcel

Number of Employees: 3,000

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Gum; Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Colombina
30. Colombina S.A.

Cali, Colombia

Net Sales (Millions):$700

Chief Officer Title: Cesar Caicedo, pres.

Number of Employees: *8,000

Number of Plants: *6

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Gum; Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Morinaga & Co. Ltd.
29. Morinaga & Co. Ltd.

Tokyo, Japan

Net Sales (Millions):$705

Chief Officer Title: Toru Arai, pres.

Number of Employees: 1,511

Number of Plants: 8

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Toffee and/or caramel; Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars);


Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG
28. Bahlsen GmbH
& Co. KG

Hannover, Germany

Net Sales (Millions):$709

Chief Officer Title: Werner Michael Bahlsen, chairman

Number of Employees: 2,500

Number of Plants: 5

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)


Griesson de Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG
27. Griesson de
Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG

Polch, Germany

Net Sales (Millions):$735

Chief Officer Title: Andreas Land, ceo, & Heinz Gries, chairman

Number of Employees: 2,200

Number of Plants: 5

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers)


Baronie N.V.
26. Baronie N.V.

Cologne, Germany, & Brugge, Belgium

Net Sales (Millions):$744

Chief Officer Title: Fons Walder, ceo

Number of Employees: 1,850

Number of Plants: 10

Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Molded chocolate figures or shapes; Panned chocolates; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat


Note on methodology: All sales, plant and employee estimates are for confectionery operations only, unless otherwise noted. In addition, Candy Industry has attempted to factor out industrial chocolate sales and plants. All estimates come from a combination of manufacturer surveys, annual reports, media reports, private and published research, and analyst interviews. For most public companies, projections were made for fiscal 2014 based on 2013 sales and growth reported in the most recent 2014 statements, if available. For most private companies, sales are estimated for calendar year 2014. Currencies have been converted based on the average exchange rate from January-October 2014, and are highlighted in red. Wherever data was lacking, information is noted as N/A (not available).

* Includes non-confectionery items
¹ Includes temporary workers
² Consumer goods only. We project Natra to do another $150 million from industrial goods.
³ See’s Candies has 550-year-round employees and 1,200 seasonal.
4 The number of plants, employees, and sales for Sunrise Confections, div. of Mount Franklin Food, doesn’t include its Azar Nut division.

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