Draft:Dos en Uno
Chilean confectionery company
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Industria de Alimentos Dos en Uno S.A., better known as Dos en Uno, is a Chilean food manufacturer specializing in confectionery and snack products. Since 1998, it has formed part of the Argentine group Grupo Arcor. English-language trade and market reports have described the company as one of Chile's main confectionery producers and, at different times, the leading firm in the country's chewing-gum market.[1][2][3][4]
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| Company type | Sociedad anónima |
|---|---|
| Industry | Confectionery and snack food |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Owner | Grupo Arcor |
| Website | arcor |
History
In late 1997, Argentine confectionery group Arcor confirmed its acquisition of Dos en Uno. Press reports published in January 1998 reported the transaction at about US$200 million, while Arcor's corporate chronology lists the acquisition under 1998.[5][6][7][8]
In 2011, Chilean and international trade publications reported that Dos en Uno planned a new confectionery plant in Santiago with an announced investment of US$40 million.[9][10]
In 2012, ConfectioneryNews reported that Barry Callebaut had signed a long-term outsourcing agreement to supply compound and chocolate products to Arcor-Dos en Uno, and that a new factory in Santiago was being built to serve that contract.[11] When the plant opened in 2014, the same publication reported that Arcor-Dos en Uno manufactured sugar confectionery, cookies and chocolate for the Chilean market and exported to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay.[12]
Market position
Reports published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the 2000s and 2010s consistently identified Arcor-Dos en Uno among the principal confectionery companies operating in Chile.[1][2][13][3][4]
In 2004, USDA reported that Arcor (Dos en Uno) held 15% of Chile's chocolate market, 16% of the cookie market and 27% of the candy market.[1] A 2006 USDA annual report listed Industria de Alimentos Dos en Uno as Chile's leading confectionery exporter by FOB value in 2005.[14] In 2011, USDA again listed Ind. Alimentos Dos en Uno S.A. as the leading exporter of confectionery products in Chile by FOB value for 2010.[13]
Other English-language market reports described Arcor-Dos en Uno as controlling around 85% of the Chilean chewing-gum market by value in both 2009 and 2016.[2][3] In a 2024 USDA product brief, Alimentos Dos en Uno S.A. was described as the leading company in Chile's chewing-gum category, with 62% of retail value sales.[4]
Brands and legacy
The company is especially associated in Chile with its Dos en Uno chewing-gum brand. In 2023, The Clinic reported on a retro-packaging campaign that reissued classic Dos en Uno products such as Sapito, Chubi, Nikolo, Oba-Oba and the Dos en Uno gum line, reflecting the brand's continuing nostalgic recognition among Chilean consumers.[15]