What Dori Alimentos does

Dori Alimentos S.A. is a Brazilian confectionery and snack manufacturer founded over 60 years ago and headquartered in Marília, São Paulo, with an additional manufacturing facility in Rolândia, Paraná. The company produces a diversified portfolio of gummy and licorice candies (Gomets, Dori Regaliz, Dori Gelatina, Jubes, Deliket), chocolate confections (Disqueti), hard and chewy candies and lollipops (Yogurte100, Bolete, Lua Cheia, Facepop), savory peanut snacks (Pettiz, Dori Snacks Salgados, Dori Boteco), and baking decorations (Chococandy, Dori Culinários, Confeitarte). Products are sold in pack sizes ranging from single-serve (~11–48g) to bulk formats up to 1kg across Brazilian retail, supermarkets, and convenience stores, with marketing organized around consumption occasions such as children's parties, Halloween, happy hour, gourmet baking, and home snacking.

Since 2023, Dori has operated as part of Ferrara Candy Company, the leading U.S. candy and gum company (brands include NERDS, Brach's, Jelly Belly, SweeTARTS, Laffy Taffy, and Trolli), which has combined with Carambar & Co in France to form a global confectionery platform of more than 9,000 employees and 30+ manufacturing units. Dori itself reports 3,000+ employees, operates under legal form DORI Alimentos S.A. (Brazilian public limited company), and has faced one disclosed regulatory incident in 2024 — a voluntary product recall of items manufactured at the Rolândia/PR facility between 21/06/24 and 10/07/24 due to potential Salmonella Muenchen contamination.

The business model is a classic B2C packaged-goods model: Dori manufactures finished SKUs and distributes through Brazilian retail channels, monetizing via unit sales at standard CPG price points (no enterprise contract or SaaS pricing disclosed). Revenue, ARR, and pricing are not publicly disclosed in the input. Leadership currently includes CEO Pedro Lobo and CFO Ronald Domingues, and the company had prior institutional investment from ACON Investment (2016) prior to the Ferrara acquisition.

Name

Dori Alimentos

Legal name

DORI Alimentos S.A.

Website

https://dori.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Dori Alimentos is a 60+ year-old Brazilian confectionery manufacturer, acquired by Ferrara Candy Company in 2023, producing gummies, chocolates, candies, lollipops, peanut snacks, and baking decorations under iconic brands like Gomets, Yogurte100, Disqueti, and Pettiz for Brazilian retail consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Confectionery & Snacks

NAICS

Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing (3113), Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate (311352), Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing (311340), Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers (42445)

SIC

Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Chocolate & Candy Snacks Manufacturing (AFAKAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fruit Snacks & Dried Fruit (CRADABAJ), Nuts, Seeds & Trail Mix Snacks (CRADABAF), Confectionery, Snacks & Specialty Sweets Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAAAM)

Keywords

• Confectionery manufacturing
• Sweet snacks
• Candy products
• Peanut snacks
• Baking decorations

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Confectionery and Snack Products: Manufacturing and selling a diverse portfolio of confectionery products including gummies, chocolates, candy, peanuts, and culinary decorations. Products sold through retail distribution channels across Brazil.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Dori Alimentos S.A. manufactures and sells a diversified portfolio of confectionery and snack products in Brazil, including gummy candies, chocolate confections, licorice, gelatin candies, lollipops, jelly beans, baking sprinkles, and savory peanut snacks. The company operates under multiple iconic brands such as Gomets, Yogurte100, Disqueti, Bolete, Jubes, Lua Cheia, Facepop, Pettiz, Deliket, and Chococandy, selling in single-serve to bulk packages (up to 1kg).

Product overview

Dori Alimentos S.A. is a Brazilian confectionery and snack company producing a diversified portfolio of sweet snacks, chocolate confections, gummy candies, licorice, and savory peanut snacks. The company operates as part of Ferrara Candy Company since 2023 and has over 60 years of history with more than 3,000 collaborators. The product portfolio is organized under multiple brands including: Dori Snacks Doces/Dori Indulgências (sweet snacks), Disqueti (chocolate confections), Yogurte100/Bolete/Lua Cheia/Facepop (candy and lollipops), Jubes (fruit snacks), Gomets/Dori Regaliz/Dori Gelatina (gummy and licorice candies), Pettiz/Dori Snacks Salgados (savory peanut snacks), Chococandy/Dori Culinários/Confeitarte (baking decorations and sprinkles), and Deliket (jelly beans). Products are sold in various sizes from single-serve to bulk packages (up to 1kg) and distributed nationally in Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gomets: Iconic candy brand
• Yogurte 100
• Pettiz
• Disqueti
• Bolete
• Jubes
• Lua Cheia
• Facepop
• Dori Regaliz
• Dori Gelatina
• Chococandy
• Deliket
• Dori Culinários
• Confeitarte
• Dori Snacks Doces
• Dori Indulgências
• Dori Snacks Salgados
• Dori Boteco
• Gomets

Products and services

• Disqueti Chocolate confectionery brand offering chocolate-coated candy pastilles in multiple variants (milk chocolate, white chocolate, Vice Versa two-tone, and peanut). Marketed as practical snacks for movies, series, friends, and desserts. Available in pack sizes from 11g single-serve to 1kg sharing format. Target: general Brazilian consumers.
• Yogurte100 Yogurt-flavored candy and lollipop brand positioned around the taste of childhood and good moments. Includes the 600g Original candy pack, yogurt lollipops, and yogurt-flavored fruit snacks. Target: families and individual consumers.
• Bolete

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mondelez Brasil: Mondelez operates Lacta, Bis, Trident, and other major confectionery brands in Brazil, directly competing for the same chocolate and candy shelf space and Brazilian retail customers as Dori.
• Arcor: Argentina-based Arcor is a major Latin American confectionery and snack manufacturer producing candies, chocolates, and gummies, directly comparable as a regional CPG peer with deep Brazil presence.
• Bauducco: Bauducco is a leading Brazilian CPG manufacturer of biscuits, panettones, wafers, and confectionery, competing for the same celebration-occasion consumer and supermarket shelf space as Dori.
• Perfetti Van Melle: Global confectionery manufacturer behind Mentos, Chupa Chups, and Fruittella. Overlaps with Dori in the hard candy, lollipop, and fruit-flavored confections categories in Brazilian retail.
• Haribo: Global gummy bear and licorice confectionery leader; competes directly with Dori's Gomets, Jubes, and Dori Regaliz gummy and licorice lines for Brazilian consumers.

Broad incumbents

• Nestlé Brasil: Nestlé operates KitKat, Galak, Prestígio, and other chocolate/confectionery lines in Brazil and globally, with far broader portfolio and scale; comparable as a confectionery manufacturer serving Brazilian retailers.
• Mars Wrigley Brasil: Mars Wrigley manufactures M&M's, Snickers, Twix, Skittles, and Extra gum in Brazil, a direct multinational confectionery competitor with overlapping channels and consumer occasions.
• Hershey's Brasil: Hershey operates chocolate and confectionery brands in Brazil and globally (Hershey's, Kisses, Reese's), representing a multinational confectionery benchmark comparable to Dori's chocolate business.

Others

• Ferrara Candy Company: Parent company of Dori since 2023; produces Nerds, Trolli, Brach's, Jelly Belly, SweeTARTS, and Laffy Taffy. Closely related through ownership and central to Dori's expansion thesis.
• Carambar & Co: French confectionery group brought together with Dori under Ferrara Candy Company; produces Carambar, Haribo, and other brands. Sister company under shared ownership with comparable confectionery manufacturing model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DoriAlimentos

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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