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Table 1 Characteristics of the 19 selected companies

From: Assessment of the stated policies of prominent food companies related to obesity and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention in Thailand

ID code

Company

Food category/sector

Typea

Market share

(% of total in its food category/sector)

Packaged foods

 PK1

President Bakery PCL

Baked food

Thai

28.5

 PB1

JG Summit Holdings Inc

Biscuit and snack bar

Transnational

25.8

 PB2

Ezaki Glico Co Ltd

Biscuit and snack bar

Transnational

13.6

 PB3

Thai President Foods Public Co Ltd

Biscuit and snack bar

Thai

8.5

 PC1

Mondelez International Inc

Confectionery

Transnational

27.3

 PC2

Mars Inc

Confectionery

Transnational

9.8

 PC3

Perfetti Van Melle Group

Confectionery

Transnational

4.7

 PI1

Unilever Group

Ice cream and frozen dessert

Transnational

60.3

 PI2

Nestlé

Ice cream and frozen dessert

Transnational

13.4

 PR1

Charoen Pokphand Group

Ready meal

Thai

40.6

 PS1

PepsiCo Inc.b

Sweet and savory snack

Transnational

24.1

 PS2

BerliJucker Plc [BJC]

Sweet and savory snack

Thai

9.7

 PS3

TaoKaeNoi Food & Marketing Co Ltd

Sweet and savory snack

Thai

8.2

Non-alcoholic beverages

 B1

CocaCola Co

Soft drink

Transnational

28

 B2

Thai Beverage PCL

Soft drink

Thai

12.2

 B3

Boon Rawd Brewery Co Ltd

Soft drink

Thai

9.1

Fast food restaurants

 F1

Yum! Brands Inc

Fast food restaurant

Transnational

13.3

Food retailers

 R1

Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd

Food retailer

Transnational

8.3

 R2

Tesco Plc

Food retailer

Transnational

7

  1. a ‘Thai’ – a Thai-owned company that produces goods or services in Thailand and may also export them to other countries; ‘Transnational’ – a corporate company that is owned by a person or company from another country, which controls production of goods or services in two or more countries other than Thailand
  2. b PepsiCo is the owner of Lays Potato Chips, and other prominent brands of snacks