5 Biggest Chewing Gum Companies in the World

4. Yıldız Holding

Annual Revenue: $12 billion

Yıldız Holding is a Turkish food conglomerate that manufactures chewing gums and other confectioneries mostly through its British subsidiary Pladis Global. Its prominent chewing gum includes Ülker Oneo which sells around the world, especially across Europe. The conglomerate also manufactures Yıldız “stick” chewing gums through its daughter company Ülker. These come in flavors like strawberry and spearmint. 

Yıldız Holding employs over 63000 people as of 2022 and operates 68 factories worldwide, 45 of which are based in Turkey. As of 2018, the company owned 164 different food production companies and had a consolidated revenue of $12 billion.

It also operates Eight Research & Development centers around the world, five of which are in Turkey. In terms of chewing gums, Pladis remains its most important holding.