2014 Global Top 100: Candy Industry's exclusive list of the Top 100 confectionery companies in the world!
Find out which candy companies made the list and which were worthy of the Top 10 spots!
| 50. Toms Confectionery Group |
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Ballerup, Denmark Net Sales (Millions):: $360 Chief Officer Title: Jesper Moeller, CEO Number of Employees: 1,335 Number of Plants: 5 | |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded 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 | |
| 49. Solen Cikolata Gida San. Ve Tic |
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Gaziantep, Turkey Net Sales (Millions):: $360 Chief Officer Title: Elif Coban, CEO Number of Employees: 1,650 Number of Plants: 5 | |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded 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 and candies (i.e. cereal bars) | |
| 48. Mederer Süsswarenvertriebs GmbH |
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Furth, Germany Net Sales (Millions):: $364 Chief Officer Title: Herbert Mederer, pres. Number of Employees: 2,000 Number of Plants: 6 |
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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 | |
| 47. Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG |
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Hannover, Germany Net Sales (Millions):: $406 Chief Officer Title: Werner M. Bahlsen, CEO Number of Employees: 2,550 Number of Plants: 5 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); reduced-sugar confections | |
| 46. Chocolat Frey AG |
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Buchs, Switzerland Net Sales (Millions):: $440 Chief Officer Title: Hans-Ruedi Christen, CEO Number of Employees: 859 Number of Plants: 2 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded chocolate figures or shapes; panned chocolates; gum; reduced-sugar confections | |
| 45. Universal Robina Corp. |
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Pasig, Philippines Net Sales (Millions):: $450 Chief Officer Title: James L. Go, chairman Number of Employees: *9,117 Number of Plants: *20 |
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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; other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); energy bars and candies (i.e. cereal bars) | |
| 44. Fazer Bakeries & Confectionery, div. of Fazer Group |
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Helsinki, Finland Net Sales (Millions):: $456 Chief Officer Title: Christoph Vitzthum, pres. & CEO of Fazer Group Number of Employees: 7,874 Number of Plants: 3 |
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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; gum; reduced-sugar confections | |
| 43. Natra S.A |
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Madrid, Spain Net Sales (Millions):: $458 Chief Officer Title: Mikel Beitia Larranaga, CEO Number of Employees: 1,300 Number of Plants: 6 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded chocolate figures or shapes; toffee and/or caramel; other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); reduced-sugar confections | |
| 42. See's Candy Shops Inc. |
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S. San Francisco, Calif., USA Net Sales (Millions):: $472 Chief Officer Title: Brad Kinstler Number of Employees: 550² Number of Plants: 2 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded 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 | |
| 41. Katjes Fassin GmbH & Co. KG |
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Emmerich, Germany Net Sales (Millions):: $480 Chief Officer Title: Tobias Bachmüller & Bastian Fassin, managing partners Number of Employees: 1,200 Number of Plants: 6 |
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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 | |
| 40. Clif Bar & Co. |
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Emeryville, Calif., USA Net Sales (Millions):: $508 Chief Officer Title: Kevin Cleary, COO & pres. Number of Employees: 360 Number of Plants: N/A |
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Products Manufactured: energy bars and candies (i.e. cereal bars) | |
| 39. Petra Food Ltd. |
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Singapore Net Sales (Millions):: $512 Chief Officer Title: John Chuang, CEO Number of Employees: 6,000 Number of Plants: 2 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); moulded chocolate figures or shapes; panned chocolates; other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads) | |
| 38. Konti Group |
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Donetsk, Ukraine Net Sales (Millions):: $520 Chief Officer Title: Andrey Rodionov, director general Number of Employees: 10,000 Number of Plants: 5 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; 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) | |
| 37. Tootsie Roll Industries |
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Chicago, Ill., USA Net Sales (Millions): $527 Chief Officer Title: Melvin Gordon, chairman, & Ellen Gordon, pres. Number of Employees: 2,200 Number of Plants: 7 |
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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 | |
| 36. Grupo Nutresa S.A. |
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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 |
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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 and candies (i.e. cereal bars) | |
| 35. Pepsico Americas Foods, div. of Pepsico |
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Purchase, NY, USA Net Sales (Millions): $539 Chief Officer Title: Indra Nooyi, chairwoman Number of Employees: *285,000 Number of Plants: *700 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); gum; energy bars and candies (i.e. cereal bars) | |
| 34. Cémoi |
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Perpignan, France Net Sales (Millions): $540 Chief Officer Title: Patrick Poirrier, CEO Number of Employees: 3,200 Number of Plants: 14 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded chocolate figures or shapes; 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) | |
| 33. Henry Lambertz GmbH & Co. KG |
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Aachen, Germany Net Sales (Millions): $600 Chief Officer Title: Dr. Hermann Bühlbecker, owner Number of Employees: 3,500 Number of Plants: 7 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat | |
| 32. Russell Stover Candies Inc. |
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Kansas City, MO, USA Net Sales (Millions): $640 Chief Officer Title: Tom Ward & Scott Ward, copresidents Number of Employees: 3,000 Number of Plants: 4 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded 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; energy bars and candies (i.e. cereal bars) | |
| 31. Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG |
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Hannover, Germany Net Sales (Millions): $675 Chief Officer Title: Werner M. Bahlsen, CEO Number of Employees: 2,550 Number of Plants: 5 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers) | |
| 30. Barcel S.A., div. of Grupo Bimbo |
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Mexico City, Mexico Net Sales (Millions): $694 Chief Officer Title: Gabino Gomez, Barcel pres. Number of Employees: 3,000 Number of Plants: 3 |
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Products Manufactured: 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; 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 | |
| 29. Colombina S.A. |
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Cali, Colombia Net Sales (Millions): $700 Chief Officer Title: César Caicedo, pres Number of Employees: *8,000 Number of Plants: *6 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded 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 and candies (i.e. cereal bars) | |
| 28. Griesson de Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG |
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Polch, Germany Net Sales (Millions): $740 Chief Officer Title: Andreas Land, CEO Number of Employees: 2,200 Number of Plants: 5 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers) | |
| 27. Cloetta A.B. |
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Stockholm, Sweden Net Sales (Millions): $745 Chief Officer Title: Bengt Baron, pres. & CEO Number of Employees: 2,600 Number of Plants: 10 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded 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 | |
| 26. Baronie N.V. |
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Cologne, Germany and Brugge, Belgium Net Sales (Millions): $748 Chief Officer Title: Fons Walder, CEO Number of Employees: 1,850 Number of Plants: 9 |
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Products Manufactured: chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; moulded chocolate figures or shapes; panned chocolates; nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat | |
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