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The TOP 50 tomato processing companies in 2024

24/03/2025

2024 Season
Sophie Colvine
Comercial Mercofood SpA
California,
Middle East
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According to data we have collected by contacting processing companies and experts in different countries, the fifty largest tomato processing companies, for which we have direct information or estimates, processed 30 million metric tonnes of tomato in 2024, which is two-thirds the total volume processed globally. 

The MORNING STAR COMPANY maintains the N°1 position with just over 4 million tonnes processed in its 3 factories in California, nearly twice the production of the N°2 COFCO in its 12 factories in China. The next three positions are held by the only 3 companies in the TOP50 managing factories on different continents: KAGOME, SUGAL and CONESA. These five companies, with the addition of XINJIANG CHALKIS in China, each process more than 1 million tonnes per year and together processed 11.9 million tonnes in 2024, more than a  quarter of the total volume of 45.8 million tonnes.

The TOP50 tomato processing companies ranked per volume processed in 2024 (in metric tonnes)  
  (*) Estimate as no information provided by the company or a trusted source
 
The next eleven companies processed between 500 000 tonnes and 1 million tonnes each for a total of 7.6 million tonnes, with the next 19 processing between 500 000 and 300 000 tonnes (total of 7.2 million tonnes). The last company in the TOP50 processed 210 000 tonnes in 2024, validating our initial assumption that 200 000 tonnes would be the cut-off level to feature in this table.

                                            

Eleven companies are new in our table, of which 4 in China and 2 in Brazil.
  
If we look at the individual countries, 11 of the TOP 50 are registered in the USA (10 of which in California), with 10 in China. Most of the other companies are in Europe, with 5 in South America (Brazil & Chile), 3 in North Africa (Tunisia & Egypt), and only one in Asia (Japan, where N°2 Kagome is headquartered, although most of its volume is processed on other continents). 
 

 
These fifty companies, headquartered in 14 different countries, operated 151 processing sites in 2024 in seventeen countries, with only 15 of the factories located in the Southern Hemisphere. Altogether, these have over 38 million tonnes of total processing capacity, far exceeding their annual production volume, even on a record year like 2024.

Notes from the Editor:

  • We contacted all the companies we believe should be listed in the table, but not all replied so we had to use some estimates. If your company is missing from the list or if the information published is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us so we can release an updated table in a few weeks.
  • Article amended on 25/04/2025 to amend the name of the company ranked 36 from "Tiancheng Tomato Products" to "Fengo Tomato"