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Home » 2019 Global Top 100 Candy Companies: Part 4 | Candy Industry

2019 Global Top 100 Candy Companies: Part 4 | Candy Industry

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100 Candy Companies

Each year Candy Industry compiles a list of the Top 100 candy companies in the world. Below, you’ll not only find out where candy company ranks, but also their estimated net sales, how many employees they have and which products they make. Have feedback? Editor-in-chief Crystal Lindell would love to hear from you! Just shoot her a note at lindellc@bnpmedia.com.

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 76 through 100.

| 1-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100 |


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76

Zertuz GmbH

Zertuz GmbH

Hamburg, Germany

Last Year's Ranking: 75

Net Sales (Millions): $217 

Chief Officer Title: Jorn Riemer, CEO

Number of Employees: 2,000

Number of Plants: 11

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Panned Nuts Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Gum Sugar Free Energy Bars

77

Ruebezahl Schokoladen GmbH 

Ruebezahl Schokoladen GmbH 

Dettingen/Teck, Germany

Last Year's Ranking: 77

Net Sales (Millions): $204 

Chief Officer Title: Claus Cersovsky, managing director

Number of Employees: 900

Number of Plants: 4

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Panned Nuts Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows

78

Santa Cruz Nutritionals 

Santa Cruz Nutritionals 

Santa Cruz, Calif., USA

Last Year's Ranking: 78

Net Sales (Millions): $200 

Chief Officer Title: Carlyn Solomon, CEO

Number of Employees: 550

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Licorice / Jelly Beans

79

Jelly Belly Candy Co.

Jelly Belly Candy Co.

Fairfield, Calif., USA

Last Year's Ranking: 80

Net Sales (Millions): $195

Chief Officer Title: Lisa Brasher, pres. & CEO

Number of Employees: 720

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured:

Panned Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Sugar Free

80

Dori Alimentos 

Dori Alimentos

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Last Year's Ranking: 82

Net Sales (Millions): $185

Chief Officer Title: Vitor Barion, chair

Number of Employees: 2,200

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured:

Panned Caramel Nuts Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans

81

Hlebprom 

Hlebprom

Moscow

Last Year's Ranking: 83

Net Sales (Millions): $184

Chief Officer Title: Yaroslav Shadyrya, CEO

Number of Employees: 4,200

Number of Plants: 4

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Energy Bars

82

Kambly SA

Kambly SA

Trubschachen, Switzerland 

Last Year's Ranking: 89

Net Sales (Millions): $180

Chief Officer Title: Hans-Martin Wahlen, CEO

Number of Employees: 870

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate

83

Wawel SA

Wawel SA

Krakow, Poland

Last Year's Ranking: 95

Net Sales (Millions): $179

Chief Officer Title: Dariusz Orlowski, CEO

Number of Employees: 700

Number of Plants: 1

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Caramel Nuts Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Sugar Free

84

Neuhaus Holdings  

Neuhaus Holdings  

Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Last Year's Ranking: 87

Net Sales (Millions): $177

Chief Officer Title: Joe Linkens, CEO

Number of Employees: 685

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Caramel Nuts Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows

85

R.M. Palmer Candy Co.

R.M. Palmer Candy Co.

West Reading, Pa., USA

Last Year's Ranking: 84

Net Sales (Millions): $175

Chief Officer Title: Richard Palmer Jr., pres., and Mark Schlott, COO

Number of Employees: 850

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Caramel Nuts Marshmallows

86

Tiger Brands Ltd. 

Tiger Brands Ltd. 

Bryanston, S. Africa

Last Year's Ranking: 85

Net Sales (Millions): $167 

Chief Officer Title: Lawrence MacDougall, CEO

Number of Employees: 1,500

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Panned Caramel Nuts Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Gum Energy Bars

87

Kras Food Industry Plc.

Kras Food Industry Plc.

Zagreb, Croatia

Last Year's Ranking: 90

Net Sales (Millions): $162

Chief Officer Title: Damir Bulic, pres. of board

Number of Employees: 2,557

Number of Plants: 5

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Panned Caramel Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Sugar Free

88

ICAM SpA 

ICAM SpA 

Lecco & Orsenigo, Italy

Last Year's Ranking: 91

Net Sales (Millions): $161

Chief Officer Title: Angelo Agostoni, pres.

Number of Employees: 300

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Panned Nuts Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Sugar Free

89

World's Finest Chocolate 

World's Finest Chocolate

Chicago, Ill., USA

Last Year's Ranking: 92

Net Sales (Millions): $160

Chief Officer Title: Eddie Opler, chair & CEO

Number of Employees: 285

Number of Plants: 1

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Moulds Panned Nuts Marshmallows Sugar Free

90

Vidal Golosinas  

Vidal Golosinas

Molina de Segura, Spain

Last Year's Ranking: 96

Net Sales (Millions): $160

Chief Officer Title: Joaquin Vigueras Miralles, managing director

Number of Employees: 1,000

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Caramel Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Gum Sugar Free

91

Ragolds GmbH

Ragolds GmbH

Boizenberg, Germany

Last Year's Ranking: 94

Net Sales (Millions): $158

Chief Officer Title: Oliver Schindler, owner; & Jorg Viader, owner & CEO

Number of Employees: 540

Number of Plants: 4

Products Manufactured:

Caramel Hard Candy Licorice / Jelly Beans Gum Sugar Free

92

Georgia Nut Co. 

Georgia Nut Co.

Skokie, Ill.

Last Year's Ranking: 97

Net Sales (Millions): $150 

Chief Officer Title: Dave Drehobl, CEO, and Rick Drehobl, pres.

Number of Employees: 400

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Panned Caramel Nuts Marshmallows Sugar Free Energy Bars

93

Nellson LLC 

Nellson LLC

Anaheim, Calif., USA

Last Year's Ranking: new

Net Sales (Millions): $144 

Chief Officer Title: Jamie Better, chair & CEO

Number of Employees: 1,400

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Marshmallows Energy Bars

94

Valor Chocolates  

Valor Chocolates

Villajoyosa, Spain

Last Year's Ranking: 99

Net Sales (Millions): $144

Chief Officer Title: Pedro Lopez Lopez, CEO & general manager

Number of Employees: 338

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Marshmallows Sugar Free

95

Hawaiian Host

Hawaiian Host

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Last Year's Ranking: 98

Net Sales (Millions): $141 

Chief Officer Title: Keith Sakamoto, pres. & CEO

Number of Employees: 300+

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured:

Truffles Panned Caramel Nuts Sugar Free

96

American Licorice Co. 

American Licorice Co. 

La Porte, Ind., USA

Last Year's Ranking: 101

Net Sales (Millions): $140 

Chief Officer Title: John Kretchmer, CEO

Number of Employees: 500

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Licorice / Jelly Beans Sugar Free

97

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Durango, Colo.

Last Year's Ranking: n/a

Net Sales (Millions): $138 

Chief Officer Title: Franklin Crail, chair & CEO

Number of Employees: 225

Number of Plants: 1

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Caramel Nuts Licorice / Jelly Beans Marshmallows Sugar Free

98

Chocolats Halba  

Chocolats Halba  

Wallisellen, Switzerland

Last Year's Ranking: n/a

Net Sales (Millions): $134 

Chief Officer Title: Anton von Weissenfluh, managing director

Number of Employees: 278

Number of Plants: 1

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Sugar Free

99

Ion S.A.   

Ion S.A.   

Piraeus, Greece

Last Year's Ranking: n/a

Net Sales (Millions): $133 

Chief Officer Title: Ioannis Kotsiopoulos, pres.

Number of Employees: 927

Number of Plants: 3

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Truffles Moulds Panned Caramel Hard Candy Marshmallows Gum Sugar Free

100

Doumak Inc. 

Doumak Inc. 

Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Last Year's Ranking: 100

Net Sales (Millions): $125 

Chief Officer Title: Don Muff, pres. & CEO

Number of Employees: 195

Number of Plants: 2

Products Manufactured:

Marshmallows
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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 2018. In some cases, the previous year’s sales were used with a correction for growth from the current year’s reports. For most private companies, sales are estimated for calendar year 2018. Currencies have been converted based on the average exchange rate from January-October 2018, and are highlighted in red. Wherever data was lacking, information is noted as N/A (not available).

* Includes non-confectionery items
1 Includes part-time or temporary workers
2 See’s Candies has 1,500 year-round employees; 6,000 seasonally
3 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has 2,000 year-round employees; 8,000 seasonally
4 This only includes consumer goods. Natra also has sales of $139 million in industrial goods.
5 Clif Bar doesn’t disclose sales figures but experts believe the numbers could be near $1 billion.

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