Kantar Worldpanel’s fourth annual Brand Footprint report launchef in late May, revealed the top ten fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) brand owners and the top 10 brands in Health & Beauty, Homecare, Food and Beverages bought by the most consumers, and the most often in Urban 4 Cities (Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi, Da Nang and Can Tho) and Rural Vietnam.

According to the report, Vinamilk is ranked the Number 1 brand by country in three categories: FMCG, beverage and food.

This is the fourth time Kantar World Panel released this report since the first in 2013 through global research for prominent brands in the FMCG sector, including 15,000 brands in 44 categories over five continents.

In Asia, there are three milk companies with the three leading brands in the three countries of Thailand (Dutch Mill), China (Yili) and Vietnam (Vinamilk). This suggests that the nutritional needs of the people here are very focused at using milk, showing that the dairy industry in the region still has many opportunities for growth.

Kantar World Panel’s Brand Footprint 2016:

- Unilever, Vinamilk and Masan - Top 3 brand owners in both Urban 4 cities and Rural Vietnam kept their positions for the fourth consecutive year

- Milo and 3 Mien were the fastest growing within the Beverage and Food ranking respectively, both climbing four places

- In Food sector, Omachi is the greatest recruiter in Urban 4 cities while Chinsu added the most shoppers to its portfolio in Rural Vietnam

- Unilever brand Sunsilk is the top riser in Health & Beauty sector, growing by 21% CRPs* in Urban 4 cities

Unilever, Vinamilk and Masan – Top 3 brand owners in both Urban 4 cities and Rural Vietnam preserve their positions during four years running. Unilever continues leading the ranking of the most chosen brand owners in Rural areas while Vinamilk leads the ranking in Urban 4 cities. Masan holds its 2nd place in Rural and 3rd place in Urban 4 cities. All three players achieve high penetration, by entering into almost 100% of Vietnamese households.

Two in the Top 3 brand owners are local players - Vinamilk and Masan dominate Food and Beverage sector while Unilever - the global giant FMCG manufacturer - owns the top brands in both Health & Beauty and Home Care sector.

Nestle takes 4th position in the Urban ranking and registers its name in the Rural ranking for the first time. Its products were chosen more than 25 million times by 90% of Urban households and nearly 70 million times by 60% of Rural households last year.

Climbing five places and growing by 27% in CRPs, Uniben Foods is a newcomer to the Top 10 Rural ranking. Its products were purchased nearly 84 million times in Rural, mainly thanks to the outstanding performance of 3 Mien.

The top 10 brand owners in Urban 4 Cities and Rural Vietnam revealed by Kantar World Panel’s Brand Footprint 2016 are:

Kantar World Panel’s Brand Footprint Ranking reveals the strength of brands in 44 countries around the world, across the Food, Beverage, Health and Beauty and Home Care sectors.

 It uses an insightful metric called Consumer Reach Points which measures how many households around the world are buying a brand (its penetration) and how often (the number of times shoppers acquire the brand).

The data for this year’s rankings was collected over the 52 week period between October 2014 and October 2015. All data relates to purchases that are brought into the home.