2013 Top 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 Bernard Pacyniak would love to hear from you! Just shoot him note at pacyniakb@bnpmedia.com.
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1. Mars Inc., McLean, VA., USA.
Net Sales (in millions): $16,800
Number of plants: 51
Number of employess: 32,000
Chief officer title: Paul Michaels,
pres. & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies
2.
2. Mondeléz International Inc., Deerfield, Ill.
Net Sales (in millions): $15,480
Number of plants: *223
Number of employess: *100,000
Chief officer title: Irene
Rosenfeld, chairwoman & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies
3.
3. Barcel S.A., division of Grupo Bimbo, Mexico City, Mexico
Net Sales (in millions): $14,095
Number of plants: 3
Number of employess: 3,000
Chief officer title: Gabino
Gomez, Barcel pres.
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
4.
4. Nestlé SA, Vevey, Switzerland
Net Sales (in millions): $12,808
Number of plants: *443
Number of employess: *281,000
Chief officer title: Paul
Bulcke, CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies
5.
5. Hershey Foods Corp., Hershey, Pa., USA
Net Sales (in millions): $6,460
Number of plants: 8
Number of employess: 14,000
Chief officer title: John
Bilbrey, pres. & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies
6.
6. Ferrero Group, Alba, Italy
Net Sales (in millions): $5,627
Number of plants: 18
Number of employess: 21,913
Chief officer title: Giovanni
Ferrero, CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate BarsTruffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Hard Candies
Other Candies
Reduced-sugar confections
7.
7. Meiji Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Net Sales (in millions): $3,415
Number of plants: *29
Number of employess: *15,338
Chief officer title: Kazuo
Kawamura, pres.
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Gum
8.
8. Perfetti Van Melle SpA, Lainate, Italy & Breda, Netherlands
Net Sales (in millions): $3,288
Number of plants: 31
Number of employess: 19,000
Chief officer
title: Ubaldo Traldi, pres. & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Toffee & CaramelHard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
9.
9. Haribo GmbH & Co., Bonn, Germany
Net Sales (in millions): $3,029
Number of plants: 15
Number of employess: 6,000 +
Chief officer title: Hans Reigel,
managing director
Products Manufactured:
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
10.
10. Chocoladenfabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, Kilchberg, Switzerland
Net Sales (in millions): $2,791
Number of plants: 8
Number of employess: 7,779
Chief officer title: Ernst
Tanner, chairman & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Other Candies
Energy Bars and candies
11.
11. August Storck KG, Berlin, Germany
Net Sales (in millions): $2,272
Number of plants: 5
Number of employess: 4,500
Chief officer title: Axel
Oberwelland, CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Reduced-sugar confections
12.
12. Yildiz Holding, Istanbul, Turkey
Net Sales (in millions): $2,200
Number of plants: *54
Number of employess: *24,400
Chief officer title: Murat
Ülker, chairman
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
13.
13. Orion Corp., Seoul, Korea
Net Sales (in millions): $1,819
Number of plants: *12
Number of employess: *1,758
Chief officer title: Cheol Gon
Dahm & Won Ki Kang, co-CEOs
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Energy Bars and candies
14.
14. Arcor, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Net Sales (in millions): $1,716
Number of plants: *40
Number of employess: *20,000
Chief officer title: Luis Pagani,
pres. & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies
15.
15. General Mills Inc, Minneapolis, Minn.
Net Sales (in millions): $1,400
Number of plants: *50
Number of employess: *35,000
Chief officer title: Ken Powell,
chairman & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Energy Bars and candies
16.
16. United Confectioners, Moscow, Russia
Net Sales (in millions): $1,333
Number of plants: 18
Number of employess: 17,000
Chief officer title: Sergey
Nosenko, chairman
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
17.
17. Bourbon Corp., Niigata, Japan
Net Sales (in millions): $1,290
Number of plants: *8
Number of employess: *5,000
Chief officer title: Yasushi
Yoshida, chairman
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Hard Candies
Other Candies
Gum
18.
18. Roshen Confectionery, Kiev, Ukraine
Net Sales (in millions): $1,276
Number of plants: 7
Number of employess: 10,000
Chief officer title: Vyacheslav
Moskalevskiy, managing director
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
19.
19. Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea
Net Sales (in millions): $1,147
Number of plants: 9
Number of employess: 4,305
Chief officer title: Kim Sang-
hoo, CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies
20.
20. Morinaga & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Net Sales (in millions): $1,070
Number of plants: *8
Number of employess: *1,704
Chief officer title: Masayuki
Yada, pres. & Gota Morinaga, chairman
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Energy Bars and candies
21.
21. Ferrara Candy Co., Chicago, Ill., USA
Net Sales (in millions): $1,000
Number of plants: 9
Number of employess: 800
Chief officer title: Salvatore
Ferrara II, chairman & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
22.
22. Ezaki Glico Co., Osaka, Japan
Net Sales (in millions): $968
Number of plants: *6
Number of employess: *1,059
Chief officer title: Katsuhisa
Ezaki, pres. & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Gum
23.
23. Crown Confectionery Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea
Net Sales (in millions): $877
Number of plants: 5
Number of employess: 1,500
Chief officer title: Young Dal
Yoon, CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
24.
24. Cloetta AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Net Sales (in millions): ***$840
Number of plants: 11
Number of employess: 2,600
Chief officer title: Bengt
Baron, president & CEO
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
25.
25. CRM Group
Net Sales (in millions): $590
Number of plants: 1
Number of employess: 1,200
Chief officer title: Celso
Ricardo de Moraes
Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly
Beans
Reduced-sugar confections
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Editor’s Note: As always, the Global Top 100 is a “work in progress,” one that often involves making estimates when companies refuse to share specific data. If there are any oversights or incorrect estimates, please fill free to contact Candy Industry Editor Bernie Pacyniak at pacyniakb@bnpmedia.com so we can adjust the listing for next year.
*this includes production of non-confectionery items
**company wouldn't disclose
***merger w/Leaf (Sept. 1, 2011 to Aug. 31, 2012)