Around the world, which brands are most often purchased by the most consumer households? Kantar Worldpanel studied this question and came up with a list of 50 top consumer brands, ranked by global popularity and regional popularity.
At the top of the global brand list (see left): Coca-Cola, which is purchased 5.3 billion times each year. According to Kantar, 44% of households buy Coke.
Below Coke are: Colgate, Nescafe (from Nestle), Pepsi, Lifebuoy (from Unilever), Maggi (from Nestle), Pantene (P&G), Knorr (Unilever), Lays (PepsiCo) and Dove (Unilever).
Looking only at Europe, the top 10 brands are: Coke, Heinz, Lu (Mondelez), Activia (Danone), Herta (Nestle), President (Lactalis), Nescafe (Nestle), Knorr (Unilever), Pepsi and Flora (Unilever).
The top 10 brands in UK households are: Warburtons, Heinz, Walkers, Hovis, McVities, Kingsmill, Birds Eye, Muller, Coca-Cola and Cadbury's Dairy Milk.