Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Food processing plants worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,616 food processing plants worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 474,211 professional contacts across them, including 92,751 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers food processing plants worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for food processing plants follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest food processing plants worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57,955 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cargill is a family company committed to nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 23,157 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We exist to make food the world loves.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 22,651 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 21,987 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1977, Almarai Company is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company and the largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company in MENA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 21,911 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re here to make food safe and available.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 15,562 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Presente há mais de 65 anos nos lares brasileiros, a Seara tem um dos portfólios mais diversificados do setor de alimentos - com opções que vão de proteína animal (frango e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 11,113 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We believe every consumer should have access to their favorite snack, everywhere.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 8,025 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Arcor fue fundada en 1951 en la ciudad de Arroyito, Córdoba (Argentina) con el objetivo de elaborar alimentos de calidad a un precio justo para consumidores de todo el mundo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 6,281 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Conagra has the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 4,112 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're now part of Greencore, combining best-in-class expertise to lead the way in convenience food and deliver for customers, colleagues, and shareholders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 3,547 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ofi is a global leader offering naturally good food & beverage ingredients and solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 3,447 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As one of the UK's largest food producers, we’re passionate about food and believe each and every day we have the opportunity to enrich life for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3,351 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Panco: uma história de sabor e qualidade!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3,115 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 100 years, Shamrock Foods Company has worked to ensure people come first – our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 2,947 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Estamos presentes na rotina de milhões de brasileiros com produtos que são sinônimo de momentos prazerosos, pois a nossa paixão é alimentar a sua vida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2,408 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Marel, we're driving the transformation of food processing in close collaboration with our customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2,052 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Manufacturing the world’s most iconic foods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2,047 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Molinos Río de la Plata S.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2,039 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A pioneer in circularity, Darling Ingredients Inc.(NYSE: DAR) takes materials from the animal agriculture and food industries, and transforms them into valuable ingredients that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,930 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pioneering the production of dairy and juice products for over three decades, Juhayna Food Industries is a leading Egypt-based manufacturer specialized in the production…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,921 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nuestro modelo de gestión basado en la Creación de Valor Compartido conecta la eficiencia de nuestras inversiones y rentabilidad económica, con el progreso de nuestra gente y sus…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,738 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Agthia Group PJSC (ADX: AGTHIA) is one of the region’s leading food and beverage companies headquartered in Abu Dhabi and part of ADQ, one of the largest holding companies in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1,681 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 40 years, the name Herfy has become synonymous with world-class Saudi quality, entrepreneurship and innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1,645 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than 140 years, the Del Monte® brand has lived in kitchens around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1,574 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Golden State Foods, we’re proud to be one of the largest diversified suppliers in the foodservice industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food processing plants. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names food processing plants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of food processing plants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name food processing plants. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Food processing plants worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food processing plants, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for food processing plants are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “food processing plants”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food processing plants), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food processing plants, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 92,751 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Food processing plants by location
22 lists · largest firstEvery Food processing plants list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Food processing plants based in the United States736
- Food processing plants based in India535
- Food processing plants based in Brazil508
- Food processing plants based in Italy411
- Food processing plants based in the United Kingdom241
- Food processing plants based in France211
- Food processing plants based in Spain204
- Food processing plants based in Türkiye172
- Food processing plants based in Canada113
- Food processing plants based in Germany105
- Food processing plants based in the Netherlands100
- Food processing plants based in Mexico88
- Food processing plants based in Australia77
- Food processing plants based in Egypt68
- Food processing plants based in Argentina66
- Food processing plants based in Colombia54
- Food processing plants based in Saudi Arabia53
- Food processing plants based in the United Arab Emirates50
- Food processing plants based in Belgium47
- Food processing plants based in Chile33
- Food processing plants based in Poland29
- Food processing plants based in South Africa27
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food processing plants, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many food processing plants are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,616 food processing plants worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Cargill, headquartered in Wayzata, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most food processing plants?
The United States leads with 736 companies, followed by India (535) and Brazil (508). Every food processing plants list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most food processing plants?
Sao Paulo leads with 49 headquartered companies, followed by Istanbul (39) and London (36).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 92,751 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,616 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.