2015 Global Top 100 (75-51)
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 75 through 51.
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75. Neuhaus Holdings
Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Net Sales (Millions):: $199
Chief Officer Title: Jos Linkens, ceo
Number of Employees: 685
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; 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)
74. Dulces De la
Rosa
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Net Sales (Millions):: $210
Chief Officer Title:Armando Crespo, man. dir.
Number of Employees: 6,500
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); 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
73. Hearthside Food
Solutions
Downers Grove, Ill., USA
Net Sales (Millions):: $215
Chief Officer Title: Richard Scalise, chairman & ceo
Number of Employees: 1,023
Number of Plants: 6
Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)
72. Zertuz GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
Net Sales (Millions):: $217
Chief Officer Title:Jorn Riemer, ceo
Number of Employees: 2,000
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; 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)
71. Sunrise Confections, div.
of Mount Franklin Foods,
LLC
El Paso, Texas
Net Sales (Millions):: $220
Chief Officer Title:Gary Ricco, pres. & ceo
Number of Employees: 3,000
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: 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); Reduced-sugar confections
71. Elvan Group
Istanbul, Turkey
Net Sales (Millions):: $220
Chief Officer Title:Mustafa Kadiroglu, chairman
Number of Employees: 1,800
Number of Plants: 9
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; 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
70. Rubezahl Schokoladen
GmbH
Dettingen/Teck, Germany
Net Sales (Millions): $223
Chief Officer Title:Claus Cersovsky, man. dir. & ceo
Number of Employees: 600
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; 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)
69. Sanchez Cano-
Fini Sweets
Murcia, Spain
Net Sales (Millions):$230
Chief Officer Title:Antonio Sanchez Bernal, pres.; Alberto Garcia, managing dir.
Number of Employees: 1,200
Number of Plants: 2
Products Manufactured: 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
68. Just Born
Bethlehem, Pa., USA
Net Sales (Millions): $231
Chief Officer Title:Ross Born & David Shaffer, co-ceos
Number of Employees: 600
Number of Plants: 2
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)
67. Dori Alimentos
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Net Sales (Millions):$235
Chief Officer Title:Carlos Barion, chairman
Number of Employees: 2,300
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: 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
66. Elah-Dufour
Spa
Novi Ligure, Italy
Net Sales (Millions):$237
Chief Officer Title:Guido Repetto, ceo
Number of Employees: 190
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled 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
65. Josef Manner & Co.
KG
Vienna, Austria
Net Sales (Millions):$256
Chief Officer Title:Carl Manner, chairman
Number of Employees: 700
Number of Plants: 3
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; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Reduced-sugar confections
64. US Nutrition Inc.
, a div. of NBTY Inc.
Boizenberg, Germany
Net Sales (Millions):$259
Chief Officer Title: Steve Cahillane, ceo
Number of Employees: *13,500
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)
63. Colian Holding SA
Opatowek, Poland
Net Sales (Millions):$260
Chief Officer Title:Jan Kolanski, pres. & ceo
Number of Employees: 2,400
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
62. Strauss Group
Petach Tikva, Israe
Net Sales (Millions):$266
Chief Officer Title:Gadi Lesin, pres. & ceo
Number of Employees: 600
Number of Plants: 2
Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled 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)
61. Empresas Carozzi
SA
Santiago, Chile
Net Sales (Millions): $270
Chief Officer Title: Gonzalo Bofill Velarde, pres. & Jose Juan Llugany, ceo
Number of Employees: *7,276
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; 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); Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)
60. AVK Confectionery
Kyiv, Ukraine
Net Sales (Millions):$275
Chief Officer Title: Vladimir Avramenko, man. dir.
Number of Employees: 9,500
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; Nut and/or seed candies, bars and brittles, marzipan and nougat; Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)
59. A. Loacker
AG/SpA
South Tyrol, Italy
Net Sales (Millions): $282
Chief Officer Title: Ulrich Zuenelli, chairman
Number of Employees: 630
Number of Plants: 2
Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); Truffles, pralines and other filled chocolates; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads); Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)
58. Tangerine
Confectionery
Blackpool, UK
Net Sales (Millions): $283
Chief Officer Title: Benoit Testard, ceo
Number of Employees: 1,500
Number of Plants: 8
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
57. Abbott Nutrition
div. of Abbott Laboratories
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Net Sales (Millions):$290
Chief Officer Title: John Landgraf, exec. VP, Nutritional Products
Number of Employees: *70,000
Number of Plants: *100
Products Manufactured: Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)
56. Canel's SA de CV
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Net Sales (Millions):$292
Chief Officer Title: Robert Garcia Navarro, pres.
Number of Employees: 2,300
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: Toffee and/or caramel; Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Gum; Reduced-sugar confections
55. Promotion in
Motion Cos., Inc.
Allendale, N.J., USA
Net Sales (Millions):$300
Chief Officer Title: Michael G. Rosenberg, pres. & ceo
Number of Employees: 550
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: Chocolate bars (solid and enrobed bars/biscuits/wafers); 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); Reduced-sugar confections
54. Natra SA
Madrid, Spain
Net Sales (Millions): ²$313
Chief Officer Title: Juan Egana, chairman
Number of Employees: 1,008
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; 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); Reduced-sugar confections; Energy bars & candies (i.e. cereal bars)
53. Ricola Ltd.
Laufen, Switzerland
Net Sales (Millions):$320
Chief Officer Title: Felix Richterich, ceo & chairman
Number of Employees: 400
Number of Plants: 2
Products Manufactured: Hard candies (also lollipops, mints, lozenges and cough drops); Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Reduced-sugar confections
52. Embare
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Net Sales (Millions):$330
Chief Officer Title: Hamilton Attunes, ceo
Number of Employees: 1,340
Number of Plants: 1
Products Manufactured: Toffee and/or caramel; Gummies, jellies, jelly beans, licorice, chews, and fruit snacks; Other candies (including yogurt-covered, novelties, marshmallow products, powders and spreads)
51. PT. Mayora
Indah, Tbk
Jakarta, Indonesia
Net Sales (Millions):: $350
Chief Officer Title: Jogi Hendra Atmadja, co-ceo; Andre Atmadja, co-ceo
Number of Employees: N/A
Number of Plants: 5
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); Reduced-sugar confections
51. PT. Mayora
Indah, Tbk
Jakarta, Indonesia
Net Sales (Millions):: $350
Chief Officer Title: Jogi Hendra Atmadja, co-ceo; Andre Atmadja, co-ceo
Number of Employees: N/A
Number of Plants: 5
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); Reduced-sugar confections
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.