The Kraft Heinz Company

FY2024 revenue

~$25.8B Reported, verify vs. current 10-K

TRI facility leads

7 2024 U.S. match, unresolved

TRI nitrate quantity

1.41M lb 2024, aggregate parent match

2015 merger

Kraft + Heinz Corporate-history fact, SEC

Announced 2026 split

2 companies Reported, forward-looking

Public evidence, arranged around the physical system rather than the corporate org chart. Kraft Heinz’s defining structural fact: it was formed in 2015 when Kraft Foods Group merged with H.J. Heinz Company, and in 2025 the company announced its own intent to split again into two independent public companies, targeted for completion in 2026. This brief covers The Kraft Heinz Company as it stands today, ahead of that planned separation.

01 · MATERIALS IN

Tomatoes, dairy, meat, packaging resins and metals

Tomatoes and other agricultural inputs feed the Heinz condiment lines, dairy feeds the Philadelphia and Kraft cheese lines, meat inputs feed Oscar Mayer, and packaging resins, metals, and paperboard wrap the finished portfolio.

02 · MAKE

North American grocery and condiment manufacturing

Kraft Heinz describes a manufacturing network built from the combined Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz plant bases; exact current global plant count is not itemized in this source set.

03 · PRODUCTS OUT

Condiments, cheese, packaged meat, packaged grocery

Heinz (ketchup, condiments), Kraft (macaroni and cheese, dressings), Oscar Mayer (packaged meats), Philadelphia (cream cheese), Planters (nuts), Capri Sun, and Lunchables.

04 · WASTE OUT

Facility-level nitrate compound releases

A 2024 TRI match found seven facility leads under the parent string “THE KRAFT HEINZ CO” reporting nitrate compounds, aggregating 1,411,807 lb. Ownership and operating control require validation for each; nitrate compounds are reportable only when water dissociable and in aqueous solution, consistent with food-processing wastewater streams, not a food-safety signal on their own.

What is public now

Corporate origin Formed in 2015 when Kraft Foods Group merged with H.J. Heinz Company; Kraft Foods Group itself was the North American grocery half of the 2012 Kraft Foods Inc. split, with the global snacks half becoming Mondelez International, a separate company covered in its own Material Transition brief

Reporting structure Category and brand detail here is drawn from public brand and product disclosures; segment-level revenue by category is not itemized in this source set

Public plant signal 7 U.S. TRI facility leads under a parent-name match to “THE KRAFT HEINZ CO”; ownership and operating control not yet independently verified for any of the seven

Material question A named plant, product line, or commodity is the workable starting point. The parent brand alone is too broad to act on at this scale, and it is about to become two brands

What the public record tells us

Procurement signal: Tomatoes and agricultural inputs dominate the Heinz condiment lines, dairy is the primary input for Philadelphia and Kraft cheese products, and meat inputs feed Oscar Mayer. That is a broader, more agriculturally diverse commodity mix than a single-category packaged-food peer.

Corporate signal: Kraft Heinz is mid-transition. It was built from a 2015 merger and, as of a 2025 announcement, intends to split again into two independent public companies by 2026. Any plant, brand, or supply-chain fact stated here should be checked against which side of the planned split it will land on once the separation is final.

Waste signal: Matched 2024 TRI records show seven facility leads reporting nitrate compounds. This is a single-chemical-family, U.S.-only, parent-name-match view. It says nothing about total global manufacturing or packaging waste, which is far larger. Nitrate compounds in this context are consistent with agricultural-processing and wastewater treatment at large-scale food plants.

Regulatory and certification signals

Regulatory watchlist FDA food-safety and food-contact rules, U.S. state EPR packaging laws, EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation, TRI, RCRA

Certification families FSC (paperboard), ISO 14001

How to use this view Connect each requirement to the specific plant, brand packaging format, and commodity before treating it as applicable, and note which planned post-split entity it will belong to

Innovation and recovery signals

Material innovation Packaging-resin reduction and recycled-content trials, condiment bottle light-weighting, paperboard sourcing for Lunchables and Kraft macaroni and cheese cartons

Recovery pathways Rigid plastic bottle recovery (ketchup, dressings) is comparatively mature; multi-material trays and pouches (Lunchables, Capri Sun) are harder to recover

Scope of the material question Match certification scope, food-contact requirements, and delivered economics per plant and category, and confirm which post-split entity each plant will sit under before committing to a multi-year program

Kraft Heinz’s current shape is the product of one split, one merger, and now a second announced split. Reading the sequence in order explains why the company owns the brands it owns today, and why that portfolio is expected to change again by 2026.

The sequence, in order

2012 Kraft Foods Inc. splits in two. Mondelez International takes the global snacks business (chocolate, biscuits, gum & candy), a separate public company covered in its own Material Transition brief and not part of Kraft Heinz’s current structure. Kraft Foods Group keeps the North American grocery and food business, including brands such as Kraft macaroni and cheese, Oscar Mayer, and Philadelphia

2013 H.J. Heinz Company is taken private by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital, ahead of its later re-merger into public markets

2015 Kraft Foods Group merges with H.J. Heinz Company to form The Kraft Heinz Company, the entity this brief covers. Mondelez International is not a party to this merger and remains a fully separate company

2025 Kraft Heinz publicly announces its intent to split again into two independent public companies: one focused on faster-growing sauces, spreads, and condiments (built around brands such as Heinz ketchup and Philadelphia cream cheese), and one focused on slower-growing North American grocery staples (built around brands such as Oscar Mayer and Kraft macaroni and cheese). Completion is targeted for 2026

Why this matters for a materials and sourcing view

Mondelez is not part of this story going forward. The 2012 split sent global snacks (chocolate, biscuits, gum & candy) to Mondelez International permanently. Kraft Heinz’s 2015 merger and 2025-announced split both concern only the North American grocery and condiment business that stayed behind in 2012, plus H.J. Heinz’s legacy condiment business. Any reference to Mondelez’s cocoa, wheat, or biscuit-packaging exposure belongs in Mondelez’s own brief, not here.

The 2026 split is forward-looking and not yet final. The announced structure (a sauces-and-condiments company anchored by Heinz and Philadelphia, and a North American grocery-staples company anchored by Oscar Mayer and Kraft macaroni and cheese) is a Reported, company-announced plan as of 2025. Final legal structure, exact brand allocation between the two resulting companies, and the completion date should be verified against Kraft Heinz’s own most current investor disclosure before being treated as final.

Plant and TRI facility implications: the seven 2024 TRI facility leads identified in this brief were reported under the single parent company as it existed in 2024, before any 2026 separation. Once the split is completed, each facility will need to be re-mapped to whichever of the two resulting public companies actually owns and operates it.

Corporate lineage at a glance

Names and brand allocations for the two post-2026 companies are Kraft Heinz’s own reported plan as of the 2025 announcement. Verify final entity names, brand assignments, and timing against the company’s current investor-relations disclosures before treating any detail here as settled.

Publicly described product categories and brand examples define Kraft Heinz’s outward material flow as the company stands today, ahead of the planned 2026 split.

Heinz

Ketchup and other condiments, one of the company’s most globally recognized brands and a named anchor of the planned sauces-and-condiments split entity.

Source: Kraft Heinz brand directory and product pages

Kraft

Macaroni and cheese and dressings, a named anchor of the planned North American grocery-staples split entity.

Company-described category and brand list

Oscar Mayer

Packaged meats, a named anchor of the planned North American grocery-staples split entity.

Company-described category and brand list

Philadelphia

Cream cheese, a named anchor of the planned sauces-and-condiments split entity.

Company-described category and brand list

Planters

Nuts and nut-based snack products.

Company-described category and brand list

Capri Sun

Packaged juice drink products.

Company-described category and brand list

Lunchables

Packaged multi-component meal and snack kits.

Company-described category and brand list

Product and application signal

Public brand and product pages identify the current portfolio. Category-level revenue split and unit volumes are not itemized in this source set. As of the 2025-announced 2026 split, Heinz and Philadelphia are named as anchors of the sauces-and-condiments entity, and Oscar Mayer and Kraft macaroni and cheese are named as anchors of the grocery-staples entity; Planters, Capri Sun, and Lunchables’ eventual assignment between the two resulting companies is not specified in this source set and should be confirmed against the company’s current separation disclosures.

Tomatoes and agricultural inputs anchor the Heinz condiment lines, dairy anchors Philadelphia and Kraft cheese products, meat inputs anchor Oscar Mayer, and packaging resins and metals wrap the finished portfolio.

Financial scale context

Kraft Heinz’s FY2024 revenue is reported at roughly $25.8 billion; this figure should be verified against the company’s current 10-K filing before being cited as final. The cited public sources used for this brief does not carry a current, usable revenue figure: a cost-of-revenue value of $16,529,000,000 is present but dated December 30, 2017 and flagged missing or stale, a decade old, and is excluded here as a current commodity-spend figure. A separate R&D-type figure of $167,000,000 for the period ended December 27, 2025 is flagged as more current but is not a materials-spend measure.

Material transition focus

Kraft Heinz’s public product mix spans four distinct upstream commodity systems in one company today: agricultural tomato inputs, dairy, meat, and packaging materials. Each carries different supplier networks, climate exposure, and regulatory regimes, and each is expected to be reassigned between two separate public companies once the announced 2026 split is complete.

2024 TRI facility-level nitrate compound data for matched U.S. parent records is the only granular residual-stream data available in this source set; it is a single-chemical-family, seven-facility view, not a total waste picture.

2024 TRI facility leads: nitrate compounds

What determines a viable interpretation: all three named leads above, and the four additional unnamed leads that complete the seven-facility, 1,411,807 lb aggregate under the parent string “THE KRAFT HEINZ CO,” are candidate facility leads only, excluded from any owned/operated count until ownership and operating control are verified. Nitrate compounds are reportable only when water dissociable and in aqueous solution, consistent with food-processing wastewater discharge, not a food-safety indicator on their own.

Category breakdown, as recorded: the source data carries a six-category disposition breakdown for the aggregate 1,411,807 lb: two categories blank, then 1,298,369 / blank / 46,083 / 782,570 / 0. These figures do not reconcile against the 1,411,807 lb aggregate as extracted and are presented here exactly as recorded; per-category assignment (fugitive air, stack air, water, underground injection, land, off-site transfer) requires EPA-schema verification before being cited as a disposition breakdown.

Climate & sustainability commitments

Kraft Heinz publishes climate and sustainability commitments through its own company-reported sustainability disclosures. Specific current emissions targets, base years, and progress percentages are company reported and are not independently evidenced in this source set. Verify the current figures in the latest sustainability or ESG report before citing a specific target.

Evidence gap: we have the 2024 TRI nitrate-compound aggregate as a verified public data point, but no verified current-year emissions, water-use, or agricultural-sourcing percentage to cite here.

Food-safety and food-contact rules govern the core product lines; packaging format faces a growing but uneven set of jurisdiction-specific rules, and the announced 2026 split adds its own disclosure timeline.

Regulatory watchlist

FDA food-safety & food-contact rules Governs ingredient safety, labeling, and packaging food-contact status across the Heinz, Kraft, Oscar Mayer, and Philadelphia lines

EPR packaging laws U.S. state extended-producer-responsibility rules affecting rigid bottle, tray, and paperboard formats

EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation Relevant to any EU-market packaging formats; scope and timeline should be verified for current applicability

Other TRI, RCRA (U.S. facility-level chemical and waste management)

Certification families & innovation signals

Paperboard certification FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), relevant to Lunchables and Kraft macaroni and cheese carton formats

Management-system certification ISO 14001

Innovation signals Rigid-bottle light-weighting and recycled-content trials across the condiment lines; packaging-format redesign work ahead of the announced 2026 split

How to use this view Connect each requirement to the specific plant, brand packaging format, and commodity before treating it as applicable, and track which post-split entity will inherit each obligation

Each hypothesis connects a public sourcing, waste, or corporate-structure signal to a specific transition pathway. Every hypothesis requires a named plant or platform before it is qualified.

Nitrate-compound wastewater treatment upgrade

Verify ownership and operating control at the three highest-volume candidate TRI leads (Mason City, IA; Springfield, MO; Lowville, NY), then evaluate wastewater treatment or nitrate-recovery upgrades at whichever are confirmed owned and operated facilities.

• Ownership and operating-control verification per facility
• Wastewater discharge permit and treatment-capacity review
• EPA-schema reconciliation of the category breakdown before citing a disposition figure

Condiment bottle light-weighting and recycled content

Qualify recycled-content or light-weighted rigid packaging for a named Heinz condiment bottle format, ahead of that brand’s expected placement in the announced sauces-and-condiments split entity.

• Named plant and bottle-format identification
• Food-contact and shelf-life qualification
• Post-split entity confirmation before multi-year commitment

Split-transition packaging and supplier continuity mapping

Map which named plants, packaging formats, and supplier contracts move to each of the two post-2026 companies, reducing transition risk on active sustainability or sourcing programs.

• Plant-by-plant brand and entity assignment
• Supplier contract continuity review
• Verification against Kraft Heinz’s current investor disclosures

FSC-certified paperboard for grocery-staples cartons

Extend FSC-certified or recycled paperboard sourcing for Lunchables and Kraft macaroni and cheese cartons, both named anchors of the planned grocery-staples split entity.

• Named plant and carton-format identification
• FSC chain-of-custody verification
• Cost and print-quality parity

Priority opportunity

Start with verified ownership at the top three TRI leads, not the parent brand. Mason City, Springfield, and Lowville carry the largest nitrate-compound volumes in the 2024 match and the clearest path to a concrete wastewater or sourcing engagement, once ownership and operating control are confirmed. The 2026 split makes the parent brand itself a moving target; a named, verified plant is the more durable starting point.

This brief separates the disclosed record from the evidence still needed. Bring the relevant specification, facility or product-family evidence into the review.