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The five largest food and beverage companies in the U.S. and Canada remain PepsiCo., Tyson Foods, JBS USA, Nestle and Kraft Heinz. That's according to our annual reporting of the top food & beverage companies in North America.
Food Processing's 48th annual Top 100© list (as of August 2023) ranks food and beverage processors based on their sales of value-added, consumer-ready goods that were processed in U.S. and Canadian facilities. Most of the sales figures are from calendar 2022, although a few companies have different fiscal years. In addition to the numbers below, click on a company's name and you'll get a profile of that processor, with address and contact info, key executives, brands owned and, in most cases, plant locations.
Learn more about the Food Processing Top 100© list as well as read our analysis by visitingTop 100 Food and Beverage Companies for 2023: Rich Company, Poor Company.
For an alphabetic list of all the companies, click here.
Footnotes in the Chart:A = Adjustments were made to figures supplied by the company | C = We converted foreign currency to U.S. dollars at the end of the company’s fiscal year | D = Figure is for the parent company | E = Estimate | P = Pet food only| R = Figure is restated from what we carried last year| NA = Not available | NR = Not ranked previously
| This Year | Last Year | Company | 2022 Food Sales | 2021 Food Sales | 2022 Total Company Sales | 2022 Net Income* (-Loss) | 2021 Net Income* (-Loss) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. | 52,664 | 47,635 | 86,392 | 8,910 | 7,618 | |
| 2 | 2 | Tyson Foods Inc. (10/2/22) | 50,927 | 45,059 | 53,282 | 3,249 | 3,060 | |
| 3 | 3 | Nestle (U.S. & Canada) | 35,729 C | 25,885 C | 102,208 D | 10,390 CD | 18,787CD | |
| 4 | 4 | JBS USA | 30,222 | 29,070R | 70,882C | 2,931C,D | 3,678C,D | |
| 5 | 5 | Kraft Heinz Co. | 20,340 | 20,351 | 26,485 | 2,368 | 1,024 | |
| 6 | 8 | General Mills Inc. (5/28/23) | 17,324 | 15,677 | 20,094 | 2,594 | 2,707 | |
| 7 | 6 | Anheuser-Busch InBev | 16,566 | 16,257 | 57,786 D | 5,969 | 4,670 | |
| 8 | 7 | Smithfield Foods Inc. | 15,675 | 14,184 | 33,781 | 1,015 | 949 | |
| 9 | 9 | Coca-Cola Co. | 15,674 | 13,190 | 43,004 | 9,542 | 9,771 | |
| 10 | 13 | Cargill Inc. (5/31/23) | 15,000 E | 14,000 E | 177,000 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 11 | 10 | Mars Inc. | 13,000 E | 12,500 E | 45,000 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 12 | 12 | Hormel Foods Corp. (10/30/22) | 12,459 | 11,386 | 12,459 | 1,000 | 909 | |
| 13 | 11 | Conagra Brands Inc. (5/30/23) | 12,277 | 11,536 | 12,277 | 684 | 882 R | |
| 14 | 14 | Pilgrim’s Pride | 10,748 | 9,114 | 17,468 | 747 | 31 | |
| 15 | 16 | Bimbo Bakeries USA (U.S. & Canada) | 10,524 | 8,598 | 20,700 | 1,615 | 1,664 | |
| 16 | 20 | Mondelez International | 9,680 | 8,302 | 31,496 | 2,726 | 4,300 | |
| 17 | 19 | Saputo Inc. (3/31/23) | 9,624 C | 8,565 C | 13,174 C | 459 C | 220 C | |
| 18 | 21 | Hershey Co. | 9,566 | 8,238 | 10,419 | 1,645 | 1,478 | |
| 19 | 15 | National Beef Packing Co. | 9,400 E | 9,300 E | 9,400 E | NA | NA | |
| 20 | 22 | Kellogg Co. | 8,958 | 8,174 | 15,315 | 960 | 1,488 | |
| 21 | NR | Wayne-Sanderson Farms (3/31/23) | 8,800 | NA | 8,800 | NA | NA | |
| 22 | 17 | Molson Coors Co. | 8,712 | 8,485 | 10,701 | (-187) | 1,009 | |
| 23 | 18 | Campbell Soup Co. (7/31/22) | 8,562 | 8,476 | 8,562 | 757 | 1,002 | |
| 24 | 23 | J.M. Smucker Co. (4/30/23) | 8,529 | 7,999 | 8,529 | (-91) | 632 | |
| 25 | 24 | Keurig Dr Pepper | 8,332 | 7,368 | 14,057 | 1,436 | 2,146 | |
| 26 | 25 | Lactalis American Group | 7,100 E | 6,045 E | 17,800 | NA | NA | |
| 27 | 29 | Dairy Farmers of America | 6,900 | 5,434 | 24,500 | 108 | 199 | |
| 28 | 28 | Agropur Cooperative (10/31/22) | 6,246 C | 5,873 C | 6,246 C | 384 C | 374 C | |
| 29 | 26 | Danone North America | 6,000 E | 6,000 E | 6,000 E | NA | NA | |
| 30 | 31 | Perdue Farms Inc. (4/30/23) | 5,900 | 4,800 | 11,000 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 31 | 33 | Land O'Lakes Inc. | 5,405 | 4,552 | 19,000 | 248 | 295 | |
| 32 | 27 | Post Holdings Inc. (9/30/22) | 5,374 | 5,749 | 5,851 | 523 | 167 | |
| 33 | 35 | Flowers Foods Inc. | 4,806 | 4,331 | 4,806 | 228 | 206 | |
| 34 | 34 | Constellation Brands (2/28/23) | 4,727 E | 4,412E | 9,453 | (-71) | (-40R) | |
| 35 | 32 | Golden State Foods | 4,700 | 5,000R | 5,180 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 41 | Koch Foods Inc. | 4,700 E | 3,900 E | 4,700 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 37 | 37 | Unilever U.S. | 4,693 C | 4,244 C | 64,156C | 8,860 C | 7,498C | |
| 38 | 38 | E&J Gallo Winery | 4,300 E | 4,200 E | 5,300 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 39 | 39 | Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. (9/30/22) | 4,200 E | 3,600 E | 4,200 | NA | NA | |
| 40 | 44 | Grupo Lala | 4,040 | 3,158 | 4,040 | NA | (-17) | |
| 41 | 48 | Hearthside Food Solutions LLC | 4,000 A | 3,050 A | 4,240 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| NR | Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. | 4,000 A | 3,570A | 4,099 | 201 | 318 | ||
| 43 | 45 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 3,713 P | 3,111 P | 17,967 | 850 P | 901P | |
| 44 | 51 | Ferrara USA (8/31/22) | 3,600 E | 2,600 E | 3,600 E | NA | NA | |
| 45 | 70 | Grassland Dairy | 3,500 E | 1,815 | 3,500 E | NA | NA | |
| 42 | Great Lakes Cheese Co. | 3,500 E | 3,400 E | 3,500 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 47 | 40 | Maple Leaf Foods | 3,491 C | 3,560 C | 3,491 C,G | (-230) | 81 | |
| 48 | 36 | TreeHouse Foods Inc. | 3,454 | 2,946 R | 3,454 | (-146) | (-13) | |
| 49 | 43 | Beam Suntory Inc. (U.S.) | 3,327 | 3,308 | 18,744 | 1,329 | 1,031C | |
| 50 | 72 | Cal-Maine Foods (5/29/23) | 3,146 | 1,777 | 3,146 | 757 | 133 | |
| 51 | 46 | California Dairies Inc. | 3,100 E | 3,100 E | 4,100 E | NA | NA | |
| 46 | McCain Foods (6/30/2022) | 3,100 E | 3,100 E | 8,120 C | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 53 | 51 | Rich Products Corp. | 3,000 E | 2,600E | 5,800 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 54 | 59 | Premium Brands Holdings Corp. | 2,754 C | 2,337C | 4,451C | 118C | 104C | |
| 55 | 55 | Foster Farms LLC | 2,700 E | 2,400 E | 2,700 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 49 | H.P. Hood Inc. | 2,700 E | 2,700 E | 2,700 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 57 | 49 | McCormick & Co. Inc. (11/30/22) | 2,670 | 2,700A | 6,351 | 684 | 824R | |
| 58 | 64 | Seaboard Corp. | 2,605 | 2,481 H | 8,979 | 580 | 570 | |
| 59 | 65 | Schwan’s Co. | 2,600 E | 2,100E | 2,600E | NA | NA | |
| 60 | 53 | Trident Seafoods Corp. | 2,500 E | 2,500E | 3,000E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 54 | Wonderful Co. | 2,500 E | 2500E | 5,000 | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 62 | 55 | American Foods Group LLC (9/30/22) | 2,400 E | 2,400 E | 3,500 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 55 | Mountaire Farms | 2,400 E | 2,400 E | 2,400E | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 64 | 61 | Hilmar Cheese Co. | 2,209 E | 2,209 E | 2,800 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 65 | 69 | Lindt & Sprungli | 2,198 C | 1852C | 5381C | 617C | 536C | |
| 66 | 63 | B&G Foods | 2,163 | 2,056 | 2,163 | (-11) | 67 | |
| 67 | 62 | Boston Beer Co. | 2,090 | 2,058 | 2,090 | 67 | 15 | |
| 68 | 65 | OSI Group | 2,000 E | 2,000 E | 6,100 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 69 | 58 | Schreiber Foods Inc. | 1,997 E | 2,397 E | 6,000 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 70 | 68 | Brown-Forman Corp. (4/30/23) | 1,968 | 1,917 | 4,228 | 783 | 838 | |
| 71 | 77 | Associated Milk Producers | 1,800 E | 1,600 E | 1,800 E | NA | NA | |
| 71 | J. R. Simplot Co. (8/31/22) | 1,800 E | 1,800 E | 9,700 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 73 | 74 | Leprino Foods Co. | 1,750 E | 1,750 E | 3,500 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 74 | 76 | Del Monte Pacific Ltd. (4/30/23) | 1,716 | 1,650 | 2,400 | 72 | 100 | |
| 75 | 82 | Lancaster Colony Corp. (6/30/22) | 1,676 | 1,467 | 1,676 | 90 | 142 | |
| 76 | 65 | Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream | 1,639 A,C | 2,000 E | 1,639 A,C | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 77 | 75 | Triumph Foods | 1,600 E | 1,600 E | 1,600 E | NA | NA | |
| 78 | 84 | Seneca Foods Inc. (3/31/23) | 1,509 | 1,385 | 1,509 | 106 | 85 | |
| 79 | 79 | McKee Foods Corp. | 1,500 E | 1,500 E | 1,500 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 80 | 86 | Sargento Foods Inc. (6/30/22) | 1,440 E | 1,200 E | 1,800 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 81 | 78 | Bonduelle N.A.(6/30/22) | 1,420 | 1,522 | 3,087 | 38C | 68C | |
| 82 | 88 | Utz Brands | 1,408 | 1,181 | 1,408 | (-14) | 8 | |
| 83 | 85 | Reser's Fine Foods | 1,400 E | 1,300 E | 1,400 E | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 84 | 89 | J&J Snack Foods (9/30/22) | 1,381 | 1,145 | 1,381 | 62 | 71 | |
| 85 | 90 | Hostess Brands Inc. | 1,358 | 1,142 | 1,358 | 164 | 119 | |
| 86 | NR | Monogram Foods | 1,302 | 1,030 | 1,302 | (-53) | 16 | |
| 87 | NR | Case Foods Inc. | 1,289 | 1,022 | 1,289 | NA-Private | NA-Private | |
| 88 | 79 | American Crystal Sugar Co. (8/31/22) | 1,200 E | 1,200 E | 1, 500 E | NA | NA | |
| 83 | Borden Dairy Co. | 1,200 E | 1,400 E | 1,200 E | NA | NA | ||
| 86 | CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley | 1,200 E | 1,200 E | 1,200 E | NA | NA | ||
| 91 | 91 | National Beverage Corp. (4/29/23) | 1,173 | 1,138 | 1,173 | 142 | 159 | |
| 92 | 73 | Hain Celestial Group (6/30/22) | 1,163 | 1,104R | 1,892 | 94 | 115 | |
| 93 | 96 | Foremost Farms USA | 1,114 | 902 | 2,100 | NA | NA | |
| 94 | 92 | Darigold (3/31/23) | 1,094 | 1,049 | 2,400 | NA | NA | |
| 95 | 93 | Agri-Mark | 1,000 E | 1,012 | 1,000 E | NA | NA | |
| 94 | Ocean Spray | 1,000 E | 1,000 R | 2,000 E | NA | NA | ||
| 97 | 97 | SunOpta Inc. | 935 | 813 | 935 | (-8) | (-5) | |
| 98 | NR | Glanbia USA | 900 E | 600 E | 3,000 D | NA | NA | |
| NR | John Soules Foods | 900 E | 700E | 900E | NA-Private | NA-Private | ||
| 100 | 79 | Chobani Inc. | 880 E | 900 E | 900 E | NA-Private | NA-Private |
