Top 10 Food Processing Industries in the world

As per data available on the companies websites and financial reports released by companies, top 10 companies on the basis of net sales are as follows,

10. ConAgra Foods Inc.

ConAgra Foods Inc. is the manufacturer behind a host of well-known brands with household names, from Chef Boyardee and Rosarita canned goods to licensed frozen products from P.F. Chang’s and Marie Callender’s. Combined, these products brought ConAgra net sales of $13.3 billion in 2012.

9. Kellogg Company

In its 2012 fiscal year Kellogg Company saw net sales of $14.2 billion, its highest in more than five years, an achievement the company attributes in no small part to joint ventures in China as well as its acquisition of Pringles.

8. General Mills

General Mills was able to increase its net sales substantially over its 2012 fiscal year, for a total of $16.7 billion. While $10.5 billion of that was in U.S. domestic sales, with the brand’s Big G Cereals sector accounting for 23%, General Mills is also strengthening its market share overseas in Europe and Asia.

7. Kraft Foods Group

It has been an interesting year for Kraft Foods Group – it’s been less than a year since the division spun off as a primarily North American business with a focus on convenience deli and snack brands like Velveeta, Oscar Mayer, and its iconic eponymous Kraft Singles and Macaroni and Cheese. Despite the tumult, Kraft Foods Group still saw net revenue of $18.3 billion in 2012.

6. Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods holds some enviable titles in the food manufacturing world – Meat and Poultry gave it the top slot on its Top 100 of 2013, and it’s not hard to see why. Between its numerous assets including its own branded consumer products and its clout as the exclusive chicken supplier to franchise operations like Yum! Brands and McDonald’s, Tyson Foods brought in revenue of $33.2 billion last year.

5. Mondelēz International

It’s been a huge year for Mondelēz International, the newly minted global snack company formed after Kraft Foods split into two different entities. With its global reach and brands like Oreo and Cadbury, Mondelēz was able to pull ahead of Kraft Foods Group with 2012’s net revenue at $35 billion.

4. JBS SA

Around the world, JBS is synonymous with beef. The Sao Paulo-based food processing company is the largest of its kind with plants in Brazil, Argentina, Australia and the United States to produce fresh and frozen beef, chicken, and pork products for the retail and foodservice sectors. The multinational brand reported revenue of R$ 76 billion (USD $38.5 billion) in the 2012 fiscal year.

3. PepsiCo

PepsiCo is a lot more than just soda: the company is also home to a wealth of global main brands including Quaker Foods, Walker’s Crisps, and everything under the Frito-Lay corn and potato chip empire from Fritos to, well, Lay’s. By the end of its 2012 fiscal year, PepsiCo announced net revenue of $65.5 billion.

2. Nestlé SA

As everyone ought to know by now, Switzerland-based Nestlé SA is a whole lot more than just chocolate bars. From Nescafé and Nespresso coffee brands to dairy products like Dreyer’s Ice Cream and Haagen-Dazs to its proprietary bottled water brands, it’s Nestlé’s formidable stable of brand names that helped it reach $96.8 billion in net revenue for 2012.  

1. CARGILL INC.

Consumers might not go into a grocery store and buy a Cargill-branded product, but the odds are good that something in their grocery basket got its start in a Cargill factory. From malts for the brewing industry to oils and shortenings and value-added meat products for the foodservice industry to hydrocolloids and salts and starches to keep convenience foods fresh, the sheer amount of products manufactured by Cargill for a worldwide market is almost staggering. Cargill also keeps its supply chain close by managing its own transport and shipping arm, and cyclically supports its own suppliers by offering a range of livestock feed for every type of farm from beef cattle to dairy cattle to aquaculture. Just having a hand in so many sectors would be explanation enough for Cargill winning a spot on this Top Ten, but the company has also had a banner year – in the press release for its 2012 year-end report, Cargill chairman and CEO Greg Page noted that its food ingredients group saw its third year in a row of record earnings and was by far the largest contributor to the year’s earnings. In total, Cargill Inc. recorded consolidated revenues of $133.9 billion in 2012. 

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