Meiji Holdings

Meiji Holdings is a food and pharmaceuticals group that made 86.7% of its sales in Japan in the year to March 2025. Ranked 87 in Food Engineering's 2026 Top 100.

No. 87 Food Engineering's 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage CompaniesOfficial website Claim this profile

Rank: No. 87No. 87 in 2025
Food sales: US$ 6,015myear end Mar 2026
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About the company

Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. runs two businesses, food and pharmaceuticals. Its global website lists food products including Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt, Meiji Probio Yogurt, Meiji Milk Chocolate, Meltykiss, Hello PANDA, Yan Yan and SAVAS, with food pages for markets in Asia and the United States. For the year ended March 2025 the company reported food business net sales of 925.5 billion yen, 80.1% of the total, and pharmaceutical net sales of 229.6 billion yen. Japan accounted for 1,002.0 billion yen of net sales and overseas markets for 153.1 billion yen. Katsunari Matsuda is President and Representative Director and CEO.

Food Engineering ranks Meiji Holdings 87th in its 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies, with food sales of US$6,015 million (942,879 million yen) for the year to March 2026, out of total revenue of 1,173,688 million yen.

What it makes

Yogurt, milk and cheese
Chocolate and confectionery
Frozen confections
Infant and growing-up formula
Nutritional and protein products
Pharmaceuticals

As the company describes its business. See sources.

Brands

Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt
Meiji Probio Yogurt R-1
Meiji Probio Yogurt LG21
Meiji Oishii Gyunyu
Meiji Milk Chocolate
Meiji The Cacao
Meltykiss
Kinoko no Yama (Chocorooms)
Hello PANDA
Yan Yan
SAVAS
Meiji Essel Super Cup

Named on the company’s own website. Not a full list.

Questions readers ask

What does Meiji Holdings make?

Food, including yogurt, milk, cheese, chocolate, frozen confections, infant formula and protein products, and pharmaceuticals. Food made up 80.1% of net sales in the year ended March 2025.

Who leads Meiji Holdings?

Katsunari Matsuda is President and Representative Director and CEO.

Does Meiji sell its food products in India or the UK?

Neither India nor the UK is among the markets listed on the food pages of Meiji's global website.

Sources

The rank and food sales are Food Engineering's, as published. Other facts are taken from the company's own pages listed below. Anything we could not confirm is left out. Profile last checked 17 October 2026.

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Company details

Rank: No. 87 of 100
Food sales: US$ 6,015m
Year end: Mar 2026
Chief executive: Katsunari Matsuda, President and Representative Director, CEO
Food business net sales: 925.5 billion yen, FYE 3/2025 (80.1% of total)
Pharmaceutical business net sales: 229.6 billion yen, FYE 3/2025 (19.9% of total)
Overseas net sales: 153.1 billion yen, FYE 3/2025 (13.3% of total)
Food markets on global website: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Vietnam

Checked 17 October 2026.