2016 Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies
Food Engineering’s annual report on the world’s top 100 food and beverage companies recorded significant changes from some of the industry’s biggest players as global volatility in both socioeconomic and political terms, shifting demographics and an explosion in e-commerce created an increasingly challenging backdrop to activities during the past year.
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1. Nestlé
Currency: SwF
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 88,785
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 77,297
Total Sales ($ millions): 93,225
Food Sales ($ millions): 81,160
2. PepsiCo, Inc.
Currency: $
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 63,056
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 63,056
Total Sales ($ millions): 63,056
Food Sales ($ millions): 63,056
3. JBS
Currency: R$
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 162,915
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 152,768
Total Sales ($ millions): 65,165
Food Sales ($ millions): 61,110
4. The Coca-Cola Company
Currency: $
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 44,294
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 44,294
Total Sales ($ millions): 44,294
Food Sales ($ millions): 44,294
5. Anheuser-Busch InBev
Currency: $
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 43,604
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 43,604
Total Sales ($ millions): 43,604
Food Sales ($ millions): 43,604
6. Tyson Foods
Currency: $
Year End: Mar-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 41,373
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 41,373
Total Sales ($ millions): 41,373
Food Sales ($ millions): 41,373
7. Archer Daniels Midland Company
Currency: $
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 67,702
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 37,619
Total Sales ($ millions): 67,702
Food Sales ($ millions): 37,619
8. Mars
Currency: $
Year End: Dec-14
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 33,000
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 33,000
Total Sales ($ millions): 33,000
Food Sales ($ millions): 33,000
9. Mondelēz International
Currency: $
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 29,636
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 29,636
Total Sales ($ millions): 29,636
Food Sales ($ millions): 29,636
10. Cargill
Currency: $
Year End: May-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 120,393
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 28,900
Total Sales ($ millions): 120,393
Food Sales ($ millions): 28,900
11. Kraft Heinz Company
Currency: $
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 27,447
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 27,447
Total Sales ($ millions): 27,447
Food Sales ($ millions): 27,447
12. Unilever
Currency: Euros
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 53,272
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 23,039
Total Sales ($ millions): 58,600
Food Sales ($ millions): 25,345
13. Danone
Currency: Euros
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 22,412
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 22,412
Total Sales ($ millions): 24,655
Food Sales ($ millions): 24,655
14. SABMiller
Currency: $
Year End: Mar-16
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 24,149
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 24,149
Total Sales ($ millions): 24,149
Food Sales ($ millions): 24,149
15. Diageo
Currency: £
Year End: Jun-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 15,966
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 15,966
Total Sales ($ millions): 23,150
Food Sales ($ millions): 23,150
16. Heineken
Currency: Euros
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 20,511
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 20,511
Total Sales ($ millions): 22,565
Food Sales ($ millions): 22,565
17. Suntory
Currency: Yen
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 2,686,765
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 2,397,518
Total Sales ($ millions): 24,425
Food Sales ($ millions): 21,795
18. CHS Inc.
Currency: $
Year End: Aug-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 34,582
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 18,800
Total Sales ($ millions): 34,582
Food Sales ($ millions): 18,800
19. Lactalis
Currency: Euros
Year End: Dec-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 17,000
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 17,000
Total Sales ($ millions): 18,700
Food Sales ($ millions): 18,700
20. General Mills Inc.
Currency: $
Year End: May-15
Total Sales (local currency, millions): 17,630
Food Sales (local currency, millions): 17,630
Total Sales ($ millions): 17,630
Food Sales ($ millions): 17,630