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... cargill, südzucker and tate & lyle are ranked as the three leading global food ingredient companies, according to a listing based on annual turnover ... a recent report from uk-based leatherhead food research profiles 33 companies in a variety of food additive sectors and ranks them on annual sales recorded between 2008-2010 ... the 4th edition of key players in the global additives industry identifies us-based cargill as the overall global leader even though only a relatively small proportion ($30bn) of its $116 ... 6bn sales are products for the food industry ... however, in many of these cases, food ingredients and additives account for a relatively small share of the companies’ total sales ... sector leaders “if turnover is limited solely to food additives and ingredients, cargill still represents the sector leader,” writes leatherhead ... “some of its closest rivals (prior to the recent merger and acquisition activity which took place during the early summer of 2010) include südzucker and tate & lyle, for whom food ingredients and additives make up almost their entire turnover ... ” “at the other end of the ranking, companies such as cp kelco, t hasegawa and gelita have annual revenues worth well under $1bn per annum
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