Share of shipment value for the four and eight largest food processing companies, 1997 1/
Share of shipment value
4 largest
Industry Companies companies
Number -----Percent-----
Animal food 1,077 23.1
Dog and cat food 129 58.4
Other animal food 962 23.7
Grain and oilseed milling 534 45.3
Flour milling 254 48.4
Rice milling 56 51.8
Malt mfg 19 69.0
Wet corn milling 30 71.7
Soybean processing 43 79.6
Other oilseed processing 32 66.6
Fats and oils refining & blending 91 36.7
Breakfast cereal 48 82.9
Sugar & confectionery product mfg 1,556 41.9
Sugarcane mills 34 56.6
Cane sugar refining 12 98.7
Beet sugar 8 85.0
Chocolate-confectionery from cacao beans 152 79.5
Chocolate-confectionery from purchased chocolate 796 65.2
Nonchocolate confectionery mfg 578 40.7
Fruits & vegetable preserving 1,394 26.6
Frozen fruit, juice & vegetable 177 34.3
Frozen specialty food 363 40.2
Fruit & vegetable canning 661 24.9
Specialty canning 122 67.2
Dried & dehydrated food 125 30.3
Dairy product 1,329 16.5
Fluid milk 402 21.3
Creamery butter 32 52.4
Cheese 399 34.6
Dry, condensed, & evaporated dairy prod. 169 47.1
Ice cream & frozen dessert 409 32.3
Meat product mfg 2,794 35.0
Animal (except poultry) slaughtering 1,307 57.0
Meat processed from carcasses 1,163 20.4
Rendering & meat byproduct processing 137 37.4
Poultry processing 257 40.6
Seafood product preparation & packaging 731 12.4
Seafood canning 152 25.9
Fresh & frozen seafood processing 586 13.6
Bakeries & tortilla 10,437 28.6
Retail bakeries 6,906 2.5
Commercial bakeries 2,401 39.2
Frozen cakes, pies, & other pastries 223 38.2
Cookies & cracker 322 59.9
Flour mixes & dough mfg from purchased flour 206 43.7
Dry pasta 249 57.1
Tortilla 217 57.2
Other food 2,493 34.7
Roasted nuts & peanut butter 128 37.5
Other snack food 340 70.9
Coffee & tea 215 52.5
Flavoring syrup & concentrate 149 80.7
Mayonnaise, dressing, & other prepared sauce 293 40.3
Spice & extract 241 43.7
Perishable prepared food 415 24.3
All other miscellaneous food 785 23.5
Beverage 2,169 40.9
Soft drink 388 47.2
Bottled water 109 51.7
Ice mfg 514 24.4
Breweries 494 89.7
Wineries 637 43.2
Distilleries 44 59.8
1/ North American Industry Classification System, food (code 311) and beverage (code 3121).
Source: 1997 Economic Census-Manufacturing, Concentration Ratios in Manufacturing.
This table was formerly Appendix table 15 in The U.S. Food Marketing System, 2002.
Share of shipment value
8 largest
companies
-----Percent-----
34.7
80.2
36.3
59.1
62.5
75.3
94.5
90.3
94.5
81.9
63.0
93.5
56.4
71.4
99.9
100.0
92.5
75.3
60.1
35.6
47.4
56.9
38.0
83.5
51.1
26.0
31.0
73.2
50.9
58.6
48.7
47.5
70.8
30.3
54.1
54.0
20.9
42.5
22.9
40.1
3.9
51.3
49.8
71.9
58.2
74.3
64.2
42.7
57.6
76.5
65.6
87.9
56.5
53.5
35.6
34.6
52.1
55.6
64.4
31.3
93.4
59.2
77.0