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2013 Top 100 Candy Companies

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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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51.

Clif Bar

51. Clif Bar & Co., Emeryville, Calif.

Net Sales (in millions): $273
Number of plants: N/A
Number of employess: 311
Chief officer title:  Kevin Cleary, COO & pres.

Products Manufactured:

Energy Bars and candies

 


52.

Tangerine

52. Tangerine Confectionery Ltd., Blackpool, UK

Net Sales (in millions): $270
Number of plants: 7
Number of employess: 1,300
Chief officer title: Chris Marshall, managing director

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum

 


53.

empresas

53. Empresas Carozzi SA, Santiago, Chile

Net Sales (in millions): $270
Number of plants: 4
Number of employess: *8,601
Chief officer title: Gonzalo Bofill Velarde, pres. & Jose Juan Llugany, CEO

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Sugar-Free & Reduced-Sugar Confections
Energy Bars and candies

 


54.

alfred

54. Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, Waldenbuch, Germany

Net Sales (in millions): $257
Number of plants: 1
Number of employess: 900
Chief officer title: Alfred Theodor Ritter, chairman

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
 

 


55.

strauss

55. Strauss Group Ltd., Petach Tikva, Israel

Net Sales (in millions): $257
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 600
Chief officer title: Gadi Lesin, pres. & CEO

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Energy Bars and candies

 


56.

us nutrition

56. US Nutrition Inc., a division of NBTY Inc., Ronkonkoma, N.Y.

Net Sales (in millions): $252
Number of plants: *18
Number of employess: *14,400
Chief officer title: Jeffrey Nagel, CEO, NBTY

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Other Candies
Energy Bars and candies

 


57.

Elah

57. Elah-Dufour SpA, Novi Ligure, Italy

Net Sales (in millions): $242
Number of plants: 3
Number of employess: 250
Chief officer title: Flavio Repetto, chairman & pres.

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Other Candies
 

 


58.

Toms

58. Toms Confectionery Group, Ballerup, Denmark

Net Sales (in millions): $241
Number of plants: 5
Number of employess: 1,335
Chief officer title: Jesper, Moeller, 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

 


59.

A. Loacker

59. A. Loacker AG/SpA, South Tyrol, Italy

Net Sales (in millions): $239
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 570
Chief officer title: Ulrich Zuenelli, chairman

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies

 


60.

Canels

60. Canel's SA de CV, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Net Sales (in millions): $225
Number of plants: 3
Number of employess: 2,000
Chief officer title: Robert Garcia Navarro, pres.

Products Manufactured:

Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
 

 


61.

Promotion

61. The Promotion in Motion Cos., Inc., Allendale, N.J.

Net Sales (in millions): $225
Number of plants: 3
Number of employess: 500
Chief officer title: Michael G. Rosenberg, founder & CEO

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum

 


62.

Dulce

62. Dulces De la Rosa, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Net Sales (in millions): $210
Number of plants: 3
Number of employess: 2,323
Chief officer title: Enrique Michel Velasco, pres. & CEO

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Reduced-sugar confections
 

 


63.

Zetar

63. Zetar plc, London, England

Net Sales (in millions): $207
Number of plants: 4
Number of employess: *1,340
Chief officer title: Ian Blackburn, 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

 


64.

Just Born

64. Just Born Inc., Bethlehem, Pa., USA

Net Sales (in millions): $205
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 600
Chief officer title: Ross Born & David Shaffer, co-CEOs

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Panned Confections
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies

 


65.

Rübezahl Schokoladen GmbH

65. Rübezahl Schokoladen GmbH, Dettingen/Teck, Germany

Net Sales (in millions): $195
Number of plants: 4
Number of employess: 600
Chief officer title: Claus Cersovsky, managing director & 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

 


66.

Jelly Belly

66. Jelly Belly Candy Co., Fairfield, Calif.

Net Sales (in millions): $190
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 800
Chief officer title: Herman G. Rowland Sr., chairman & CEO


Products Manufactured:

Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Reduced-sugar confections

 


67.

Sánchez Cano S.A.

67. Sánchez Cano S.A., Murcia, Spain

Net Sales (in millions): $190
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 1,050
Chief officer title: Antonio A. Sanchez Bernal, pres. & Alberto Garcia, managing director

Products Manufactured:

Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans

 


68.

Colian

68. Colian SA, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Net Sales (in millions): $186
Number of plants: 6
Number of employess: 2,000
Chief officer title: Jan Kola?ski, pres.

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Reduced-sugar confections
 

 


69.

Neuhaus

69. Neuhaus Holdings, a subsidiary of Compagnie du Bois Sauvage S.A., Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Net Sales (in millions): $185
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 685
Chief officer title: Jos Linkens, CEO

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies

 


70.

Wawi

70. Wawi-Schokolade AG, Pirmasens, Germany

Net Sales (in millions): $182
Number of plants: 8
Number of employess: 600
Chief officer title: Walter Mueller, Alexandra Serret & Andreas Nickenig, managing directors

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Other Candies

 


71.

Kambly

71. Kambly SA, Trubschachen, Switzerland

Net Sales (in millions): $170
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 420
Chief officer title: Hans-Martin Wahlen, CEO

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Toffee & Caramel
Other Candies

 


72.

Kras

72. Kras Food Industry Inc., Zagreb, Croatia

Net Sales (in millions): $163
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: N/A
Chief officer title: Damir Bulic, CEO

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Toffee & Caramel

 


73.

R.M. Palmer

73. R.M.  Palmer Candy Co., West Reading, Pa., USA

Net Sales (in millions): $163
Number of plants: 4
Number of employess: 900
Chief officer title: Richard Palmer Jr., pres. &  Mark Schlott, COO

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
Reduced-sugar confections

 


74.

Vonpar

74. Vonpar Bebidas, division of Vonpar S.A., Brazil

Net Sales (in millions): $155
Number of plants: 3
Number of employess: 1,200
Chief officer title: Sérgio Copetti, president

Products Manufactured:

Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Reduced-sugar confections
 

 


75.

ICAM

75. ICAM SpA, Lecco, Italy

Net Sales (in millions): $154
Number of plants: 2
Number of employess: 350
Chief officer title: Angelo Agostoni, chairman & pres.

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
 

 


 

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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)


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