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Rank	Company	Food Sales ($ millions)	Year Ending	Rank	Company	Food Sales ($ millions)	Year Ending
1	Nestlé	87,977	Dec. 12	51	Morinaga Milk Industry	7,245	Mar. 12
2	PepsiCo, Inc.	65,492	Dec. 12	52	Saputo	7,000	Mar. 12
3	The Coca-Cola Company	48,017	Dec. 12	53	Parmalat	6,743	Dec. 12
4	Archer Daniels Midland Company	46,829	June 12	54	Oetker Group	6,702	Dec. 12
5	Anheuser-Busch InBev	39,758	Dec. 12	55	The Hershey Company	6,644	Dec. 12
6	JBS	38,675	Dec. 12	56	Nissui	6,590	Mar. 13
7	Mondelez International	35,015	Dec. 12	57	Ingredion Inc.	6,532	Dec. 12
8	SABMiller	34,487	Mar. 13	58	McCain Foods Ltd.	6,455	June 12
9	Tyson Foods	33,278	Sep. 12	59	Red Bull	6,360	Dec. 12
10	Cargill	32,500	May 13	60	DMK Deutsches Milchkontor	6,255	Dec. 11
11	Unilever	31,180	Dec. 12	61	Dr. Pepper Snapple Group	5,995	Dec. 12
12	Mars	30,000	Dec. 12	62	Yili Group	5,800	Dec. 11
13	Danone	26,920	Dec. 12	63	Sodiaal	5,675	Dec. 12
14	Heineken	23,715	Dec. 12	64	China Mengiu Dairy Company	5,638	Dec. 12
15	Kirin Brewing Co.	22,130	Dec. 12	65	Bacardi	5,600	Mar. 12
16	Lactalis	20,255	Dec. 12	66	Sapporo Holdings	5,548	Dec. 12
17	Suntory	19,370	Dec. 12	67	The JM Smucker Company	5,526	Apr. 12
18	Kraft Foods Group	18,339	Dec. 12	68	Itoham Foods	5,498	Mar. 13
19	Asahi Breweries	18,850	Dec. 12	69	LVMH	5,338	Dec. 12
20	Diageo	17,005	June 12	70	Bongrain	5,270	Dec. 12
21	General Mills Inc.	16,658	May 12	71	Nisshin Seifun Group	5,265	Mar. 12
22	Brf Brasil Foods	14,928	Dec. 12	72	Barry Callebaut	5,218	Aug. 12
23	Kellogg Company	14,197	Dec. 12	73	Barilla	5,155	Dec. 12
24	Ajinomoto	14,037	Dec. 12	74	Tate & Lyle	4,940	Mar. 12
25	Fonterra	14,020	July 12	75	QP Corporation	4,800	Nov. 12
26	Carlsberg	13,388	Dec. 12	76	Nissin Food Products	4,775	Mar. 12
27	Royal FrieslandCampina	13,300	Dec. 12	77	Maple Leaf Foods	4,760	Dec. 12
28	ConAgra Foods Inc.	13,263	May 12	78	Ralcorp Holdings	4,741	Sep. 11
29	Vion	13,190	Dec. 11	79	Ito En	4,630	Apr. 12
30	Grupo Bimbo	13,164	Dec. 12	80	Maxingvest/Tchibo	4,605	Dec. 12
31	Smithfield Foods Inc.	13,094	Apr. 12	81	Japan Tobacco International	4,505	Mar. 13
32	Marfrig Group	12,825	Dec. 12	82	Coca-cola Amatil	4,250	Dec. 12
33	Nippon Meat Packers	12,815	Mar. 13	83	Dole Food Co., Inc.	4,247	Dec. 12
34	Arla Foods	12, 575	Dec. 12	84	Land O' Lakes Inc.	4,156	Dec. 12
35	Meiji Holdings	12,548	Mar. 13	85	Muller Group	4,125	Dec. 11
36	CHS Inc.	12,500	Aug. 12	86	Hillshire Brands	4,039	June 12
37	Associated British Foods	11,825	Sep. 12	87	McCormick Corporation	4,014	Nov. 12
38	HJ Heinz Company	11,649	Apr. 12	88	J R Simplot	4,000	Aug. 12
39	Dean Foods Company	11,462	Dec. 12	89	Glanbia	3,920	Dec. 12
40	Femsa	11,395	Dec. 12	90	Molson Coors Brewing Company	3,917	Dec. 12
41	Bunge	11,305	Dec. 12	91	Agropur Cooperative	3,805	Dec. 12
42	Yamazaki Baking	10,970	Dec. 12	92	Schreiber Foods	3,680	Sep. 12
43	Pernod Ricard	10,598	June 12	93	Del Monte Foods Co.	3,676	Apr. 12
44	Danish Crown	10,310	Sep. 12	94	Brown-Forman Corp.	3,614	Apr. 12
45	Sudzucker	10,165	Feb. 13	95	DE Master Blenders 1753	3,605	Dec. 12
46	Ferrero	10,055	Aug. 12	96	Tine Group	3,463	Dec. 11
47	Maruha Nichiro Holdings	9,955	Mar. 13	97	Groupe Bel	3,420	Dec. 12
48	Hormel Foods Corporation	8,231	Oct. 12	98	E & J Gallo Winery	3,400	Dec. 11
49	Campbell Soup Company	7,707	Aug. 12	99	HK Scan	3,285	Dec. 12
50	Grupo Modelo (Mexico)	7,550	Dec. 12	100	Perfetti Van Melle	3,210	Dec. 12

**Correction: Coca-Cola Hellenic was omitted from the World’s Top 100 Food & Beverage Company list in Food Engineering’s September 2013 edition. Coca-Cola Hellenic’s 2012 year-end sales were $9, 407 million, putting it at number 48 on the list. In addition, its 2011 sales were $8, 958 million, giving the company a ranking of 46 for the year ending 2011.