2018 Global Top 100 Candy Companies: Part 3 | Candy Industry
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.
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 50 through 26.
| 100-76 | 75-51 | 50 -26 | 25-1 |
50
Embare
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Net Sales (Millions): $401
Chief Officer Title: Hamilton Antunes, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: *1,600
Number of Plants: *1
Products Manufactured: Toffee & Caramel; Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads);
49
Chocolat Frey AB
Buchs, Switerland
Net Sales (Millions): $421
Chief Officer Title: Hans-Ruedi Christen, CEO
Number of Employees: 1,391
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Gum; Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections
48
Delfi Limited
Singapore
Net Sales (Millions): $422
Chief Officer Title: Pedro Mata, chairman, & John Chuang, CEO
Number of Employees: 4,000
Number of Plants: 2
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads);
47
See's Candies
S. San Francisco, Calif., USA
Net Sales (Millions): $430
Chief Officer Title: Brad Kinstler, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: 21,500
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections;
46
PT. Mayora Indah, Tbk
Jakarta, Indonesia
Net Sales (Millions): $450
Chief Officer Title: Andre Atmadja, CEO
Number of Employees: 9,000
Number of Plants: 6
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections;
45
Universal Robina Corp.
Pasig, Philippines
Net Sales (Millions): $455
Chief Officer Title: James L. Go, chairman, & Lance Gokongwei, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: *9,117
Number of Plants: *22
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Panned Confections; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
44
Katjes Fassin Group
Emmerich, Germany
Net Sales (Millions): $470
Chief Officer Title: Tobias Bachmuller & Bastian Fassin, man. directors
Number of Employees: 1,500
Number of Plants: 8
Products Manufactured: Panned Confections; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections;
43
Konti Group
Donetsk, Ukraine
Net Sales (Millions): $473
Chief Officer Title: Mishalov Sergey, CEO
Number of Employees: 8,097
Number of Plants: 5
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads);
42
Empresas Carozzi SA
Santiago, Chile
Net Sales (Millions): $475
Chief Officer Title: Gonzalo Bofi ll Velarde, pres., & Sebastian Garcia Tagle, CEO
Number of Employees: 5,060
Number of Plants: 5
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
41
Compania Nacional de Chocolates, subsidiary of Grupo Nutresa S.A.
Medellin, Colombia
Net Sales (Millions): $483
Chief Officer Title: Jorge Eusebio Arango, CEO
Number of Employees: 3,792
Number of Plants: 5
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Gum; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
40
Hearthside Food Solutions6
Downers Grove, Ill., USA
Net Sales (Millions): $487
Chief Officer Title: Richard Scalise, CEO & chairman
Number of Employees: 1,694
Number of Plants: 12
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
39
Tootsie Roll Industries
Chicago, Ill., USA
Net Sales (Millions): $507
Chief Officer Title: Ellen Gordon, CEO & chairwoman
Number of Employees: 2,200
Number of Plants: 7
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Gum;
38
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Waldenbuch, Germany
Net Sales (Millions): $526
Chief Officer Title: Andreas Ronken, CEO & chairman
Number of Employees: 1,450
Number of Plants: 1
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads);
37
Kruger GmbH & Co. KG
Gladbach, Germany
Net Sales (Millions): $560
Chief Officer Title: Marc Krueger, CEO
Number of Employees: 1,000
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads);
36
PepsiCo Americas Foods
Purchase, NY, USA
Net Sales (Millions): $575
Chief Officer Title: Indra Nooyi, CEO & chairwoman
Number of Employees: *274,000
Number of Plants: *700
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
35
Griesson de Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG
Polch, Germany
Net Sales (Millions): $576
Chief Officer Title: Andreas Land, chair
Number of Employees: 2,100
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers;
34
Colombina S.A.
Cali, Colombia
Net Sales (Millions): $578
Chief Officer Title: Cesar Caicedo, pres.
Number of Employees: 5,133
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers, Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates, Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes, Panned Confections, Toffee & Caramel, Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan, Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops), Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans, Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads), Gum, Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections, Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
33
1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc.
Carle Place, N.Y., USA
Net Sales (Millions): $600
Chief Officer Title: Chris McMann, CEO
Number of Employees: 32,000
Number of Plants: 4
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections;
32
Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG
Hannover, Germany
Net Sales (Millions): $618
Chief Officer Title: Werner Michael Bahlsen, owner & chairman
Number of Employees: 2,704
Number of Plants: 6
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
31
Baronie N.V.
Hamburg, Germany, & Brugge, Belgium
Net Sales (Millions): $636
Chief Officer Title: Fons Walder, CEO
Number of Employees: 1,490
Number of Plants: 10
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan;
30
Henry Lambertz GmbH & Co. KG
Aachen, Germany
Net Sales (Millions): $694
Chief Officer Title: Dr. Hermann Buhlbecker, owner
Number of Employees: 3,500
Number of Plants: 9
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan;
29
Barcel S.A., div. of Grupo Bimbo
Mexico City, Mexico
Net Sales (Millions): $700
Chief Officer Title: Ricardo Padilla Anguiano, pres. of Barcel
Number of Employees: 3,000
Number of Plants: 3
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Gum; Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
28
Cloetta A.B
Stockholm, Sweden
Net Sales (Millions): $715
Chief Officer Title: Henri de Sauvage-Nolting, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: 2,600
Number of Plants: 8
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Gum; Sugar-Free & Reduced Sugar Confections; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
27
KIND
NY, NY
Net Sales (Millions): $719
Chief Officer Title: Daniel Lubetzky, founder & CEO
Number of Employees: 1600
Number of Plants: n/a
Products Manufactured: Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
26
Orkla, Confectionery & Snacks Div.
Oslo, Norway
Net Sales (Millions): $750
Chief Officer Title: Peter Ruzicka, pres. & CEO
Number of Employees: 3,142
Number of Plants: 15
Products Manufactured: Chocolate Bars, Biscuits & Wafers; Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates; Panned Confections; Toffee & Caramel; Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan; Hard Candies (includes Lollipops, Mints, Lozenges & Cough Drops); Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans; Other (including Marshmallows, Yogurt-covered, Interactive Novelty, Powders & Spreads); Gum; Energy/Nutrition Bars & Candies
* 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
$124 million in industrial goods.
5
This doesn't reflect merger with Ferrero taking place during the
fourth quarter.
6
Hearthside acquired snack bar division of Standard Functional
Foods in late 2017. Sales reflect the companies being
separate.
7
Clif Bar doesn’t disclose sales figures but experts believe the
numbers could be near $1 billion.
8
Three additional entries were included to accommodate
companies that had the exact same revenues in the Global
Top 100 listing.
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 fi scal 2017 based on 2016 sales and growth reported in the most recent 2016 statements, if available. For most private companies, sales are estimated for calendar year 2017. Currencies have been converted based on the average exchange rate from January - October 2017, and are highlighted in red. Wherever data was lacking, information is noted as N/A (not available).
Editor’s Note: As always, the Global Top 100 remains a “work in progress,” given that many companies refuse to share their financials or break them out to include only confectionery sales. If there are any oversights or incorrect estimates, please feel free to contact Candy Industry’s Editor-in-Chief Bernard Pacyniak at pacyniakb@bnpmedia.com