The 10 companies that control global daily consumption

How many brands of different companies do we use in our day to day? Consumption is the main reference in the world economy, and when making the purchase we choose those that we like the most, those that we have been using forever or the cheapest on the market. The truth and the most curious thing is that despite choosing between one and the other brands, many of them may belong to the same company that has absorbed them.

Without going any further, the ten companies that we detail below distribute and produce more than two thousand products of daily consumption in dozens of countries around the world and bill more than a billion dollars a day with these sales. Perishable products, textiles, hygiene, food, etc ... even many of the famous supermarket brands are actually manufactured by some of these large companies.

The ten companies that control global daily consumption are the following:

1. Unilever: British-Dutch multinational company that has more than 400 brands including Frigo, Maizena, Signal, Williams, Timotei, Hellman's, Flora, Ax, Mimosín, Ligeresa, Rexona or Tulipán among others.
2. CokeAlthough we think that Coca-Cola is just a brand, this company sells more than 450 worldwide. In 2012 it was the most valuable brand in the world, only surpassed this year by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),.
3. Pepsico: American multinational beverage and snack company created in 1890. It currently has 22 brands, although it distributes products in association with other companies.
4. Mars- Global manufacturer of food, pet food and other food products. Some of its most famous brands are Royal Canin, Whiskas, Pedigree, M & M's or Milky Way.
5. Johnson & Johnson- American manufacturer of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, perfumes and baby products. It has more than one hundred brands and sells in more than 175 countries.
6. Procter & Gamble: multinational consumer goods company with a presence in more than 160 countries and with more than 300 brands. Among its best known brands are Gillette, Duracell, Ariel or Tampax among others.
7. kraft: American company that produces consumer foods and has more than 150 brands. Some of them are Trident, Milka, Fontaneda, Oscar Mayer, Lu, Oreo, Philadelphia, Halls, Mikado, Príncipe or El Caserío.
8. Nestlé: based in Switzerland, it is the largest agri-food company in the world. It has 31 brands under which it distributes 146 products.
9. General Mills: US corporation related to food products. It has more than a hundred brands, among which are Yoplait, Haagen-Dazs, Chex, Cheerios and Old El Paso among others.
10. Kellogg's: American multinational agri-food company that has more than 65 brands.

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