A huge range of products and brands on the shelves of shops and supermarkets create the illusion of a wide selection. In fact, there are 9 major companies, which control the entire FMCG business at the global level.

DANONE

This French company is a manufacturer and supplier of most of the known dairy products, among them - Activia, Actimel, Fantasia, Danissimo. In addition, it also produces bottled water and some types of confectionery. All supermarkets and grocery stores have an organized system of the wholesale food supply of this brand. The company's annual revenue is about $25 billion.

MARS

Brand Mars specializes in chocolate products manufacturing and wholesale - all your favorite Snickers, M & M, Bounty and many others. In addition, the company also owns the production of chewing gum Orbit and some cereals. Mars every year earns more than 33 billion dollars on the export of sweets to most of the world.

COCA-COLA

Everyone knows this brand from childhood, and no wonder: Coca-Cola produces and exports carbonated beverages in a huge amount, the most famous of which - Sprite and Fanta. It also owns Nestea iced tea and several brands of power engineers.

UNILEVER

The company manufactures a very wide range of products that fall within the FMCG sector, ranging from cosmetics ending with food. Unilever brings together more than 100 well-known brands including Lipton, Calve, Domestos, and many others. The corporation, in its turn, is a part of a larger - The Procter & Gamble Company. The company's annual revenue is near $60 billion.

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

This giant corporation owns about 20 brands with a worldwide reputation, as well as 20 local image companies. Almost all household products belong to this company - Fairy, Tide, Ariel, Old Spice, Olay, Hugo Boss, Gillette, Venus, and Duracell batteries, Braun household appliances and more. No wonder that every year the company The Procter & Gamble earns about $76 billion.

PEPSICO

Contrary to popular belief, the brand put a hand not only to the creation of Coca-Cola main competitor. Mountain Dew, Lay's, Cheetos, Mirinda, SoBe, Tropicana, Lay's - all these food products belong to it. PepsiCo. Inc. is a food supplier in many countries and has a direct relation to the worldwide network of fast-food chain KFC.

INBEV

The corporation specializes in the production of beer products. It owns about 200 brands, including Stella Artois, Beck's, Leffe, Staropramen, Tennents, and Hoegaarden. InBev owns 123 plants around the globe, and the income of the company amounts to little more than 55 billion dollars a year.

NESTLE

The world's largest food company - Nestlé - also owns and cosmetic brands. Favorite sweets - KitKat, Nescafe, NESQUIK, cosmetics - L'Oréal, Garnier, Maybelline, perfume brands - Boss and Lacoste, - all this belongs to a gigantic corporation. Nestle earns nearly $90 billion a year.

Thus, it turns out, that only 9 corporations in the world share the food sales markets and the main profit in the food and other FMCG products business.