Swiss food and beverage brands: the 2026 numbers

Nespresso leads the food and drink ranking

CHF 120.8bn

combined annual revenue of the 10 brands in the ranking

9 of 10

are in the Swiss Lions 100, with 14.4% of its combined revenue

1907

median founding year, excluding brands formed by a merger or spin-off

Nestlé earns 68% of the revenue in the food and drink ranking. Its coffee brand Nespresso ranks first in the category and third in the Swiss Lions 100, helped by capsules made in Switzerland and a name known worldwide. Nine of the ten brands are in the 100.

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Score by brand. Food and Beverage ranking, Swiss Lions 100, 2026. Red: in the Swiss Lions 100. Source: Swiss Lions 100, 2026 edition.

Category rank	Brand	Overall rank	Score
1	Nespresso	No. 3	76.4
2	Nestlé	No. 4	76.1
3	Lindt & Sprüngli	No. 12	63.9
4	Barry Callebaut	No. 23	58.5
5	Ricola	No. 35	55.6
6	Bell Food Group	No. 51	52.2
7	Emmi	No. 54	51.7
8	Läderach	No. 75	45.8
9	Kambly	No. 87	43.2
10	Hero	Outside top 100	37.8

See the full food and drink ranking, with each brand's scores and sources.

Key facts

Largest by revenue

Nestlé, CHF 82.3bn

Smallest by revenue

Kambly, CHF 201m

Revenue estimates

2 of 10, where the company publishes no figure

Most visible

Nestlé, 90.6 out of 100

Average visibility

51.7 (Swiss Lions 100: 52.1)

Oldest

Lindt & Sprüngli, 1845

Youngest

Nespresso, 1986

Formed by merger, spin-off or renaming

Barry Callebaut (merger of Cacao Barry and Callebaut)

Family or founder control

4 of 10

Swiss made

4 of 10

Validated climate target

9 of 10 (6 net zero)

Most common location

Vaud and Zurich (2 brands each)

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Revenue and visibility by brand. Food and Beverage ranking, Swiss Lions 100, 2026. Source: Swiss Lions 100, 2026 edition.

Brand	Revenue (CHF m)	Estimate	Visibility score
Nestlé	82,299	no	90.6
Barry Callebaut	14,250	no	45
Nespresso	6481	no	81.2
Lindt & Sprüngli	5950	no	76.3
Bell Food Group	4885	no	26.7
Emmi	4800	no	39.1
Hero	1187	no	28.2
Ricola	400	yes	51.5
Läderach	310	yes	46.6
Kambly	201	no	31.6

The category also includes small Swiss-made specialists such as Ricola, Läderach and Kambly. Nine of the ten hold a climate target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, one of the strongest records in the dataset.