Food companies established in 1872

Janat is a French Tea Company established in 1872 and based in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. Founded by Janat Dores, it currently produces and sells tea.

The Pillsbury Company is a US-based company that was one of the world's largest cake manufacturers and producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought by General Mills in 2001. Antitrust law required General Mills to sell off some of the products, so the company kept the rights to refrigerated and frozen Pillsbury branded products, while dry baking products and frosting were sold to the Orrville, Ohio–based Smucker company under license. Brynwood Partners agreed to purchase Pillsbury's dry baking and frosting assets from Smuckers for $375 million in July 2018. In September 2018, the sale was completed along with other brands including Martha White and Hungry Jack.

Jean Trogneux is a chocolatier based in Place Notre Dame, in the centre of Amiens, France and run by five generations of the Trogneux family. They are best known for their macarons, of which they manufacture two million every year. As well as seven outlets in Amiens, they have shops in other cities in Picardy and the north of France – Lille, Arras and Saint-Quentin.

Radeberger started in 1872 when the brewery was founded as Zum Bergkeller, in Radeberg, a town in the vicinity of Dresden. Radeberger ranks No. 9 among Germany's best selling beers.

G. Schneider & Sohn is a weissbier brewing company in Bavaria, Germany.

Adnams is a regional brewery founded in 1872 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, by George and Ernest Adnams. It produces cask ale and bottled beers. Annual production is around 85,000 barrels.

Hasseröder is a brewery in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Matusalem & Company is a manufacturer of premium Caribbean rum. Founded in Santiago de Cuba, it is now produced in the Dominican Republic.

Saratoga Water, also known as Saratoga Spring Water and Saratoga, is a bottled-water company founded in 1872 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Saratoga Spring Water is sold in sparkling and still versions in a cobalt-blue bottle. Saratoga Water is a brand of BlueTriton Brands.