The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)
Packaged foods maker, 62% in production. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 27, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 26 of the 31 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
13%
End of 2028
21%
Employees, annual report
35,000
Leading staffing pattern
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now13%
- End of 202719%
- End of 202821%
- End of 203022%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 77%
- Becomes checking a model's work 18%
- Handed over with lighter checks 4%
The filing states approximately 35,000 employees in 40 countries, 16,000 in the United States and 62% in production, with no count by category, so the patterns follow the eight product categories' shares of sales (c).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 13% now, 19% at the end of 2027, 21% at the end of 2028, 22% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 22% desk work, 8% people work and 70% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 77% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 18% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
35,000 employees as of December 27, 2025 (stated). Approximately 16,000 of 35,000 employees are in the United States.
The filing: “As of December 27, 2025, Kraft Heinz had approximately 35,000 employees globally based in 40 countries, of whom approximately 16,000 were employed in the United States.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing | 63% | Taste Elevation (condiments, sauces and dressings, 45% of sales) and Easy Ready Meals (16%), specialty foods (NAICS 3114, the SIC 2030 business); the filing counts no employees by category, so by revenue (c). |
| Other Food Manufacturing | 22% | Hydration drink mixes (8%), Substantial Snacking (6%), Desserts, toppings and baking (5%) and Coffee (3%), other food products (NAICS 3119); by revenue (c). |
| Animal Slaughtering and Processing | 8% | Meats, 8% of sales, processed meat products (NAICS 3116); by revenue (c). |
| Dairy Product Manufacturing | 7% | Cheese and dairy, 7% of sales (NAICS 3115); by revenue (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 35,000 employees in 40 countries, 16,000 in the United States; about 62% dedicated to the production of its products; party to numerous collective bargaining agreements.
What the filing says about AI
4 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it fosters accountability through strategic AI adoption and launched KHAI, an internal AI assistant for everyday tasks and employee questions, and Nadia, an AI-powered leadership coach, in 2025; it also names AI among competitors' technological advances it must respond to.
- “We foster accountability through a streamlined corporate structure, disciplined cost management, the use of agile pods, and strategic AI adoption.”
- “In 2025 we launched KHAI, our first internal AI assistant at Kraft Heinz, to streamline everyday tasks, answer questions about employee programs, and support skill development, and Nadia, an AI-powered leadership coach designed to support growth and development.”
- “We must also be able to respond successfully to technological advances by our competitors (including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality, which may become critical in interpreting consumer preferences in the future), and failure to do so could compromise our competitive position and impact our product sales, financial condition, and operating results.”
- “Geopolitical tensions or conflicts, and the rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies may further heighten the risk of cybersecurity attacks.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20211median 0
- Fiscal 20221median 0
- Fiscal 20232median 1
- Fiscal 20242median 4
- Fiscal 20254median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-27 | 35,000 | 2026-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-28 | 36,000 | 2025-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-30 | 36,000 | 2024-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 37,000 | 2023-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-25 | 36,000 | 2022-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-26 | 38,000 | 2021-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-28 | 37,000 | 2020-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-29 | 38,000 | 2019-06-07 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-30 | 39,000 | 2018-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 41,000 | 2017-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2016-01-03 | 42,000 | 2016-03-03 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Shares by product category revenue (c), each category read at the food manufacturing group nearest its products; the filing counts no employees by category.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001637459-26-000009, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of The Kraft Heinz Company's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 13% now and 21% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce The Kraft Heinz Company's own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does The Kraft Heinz Company employ?
- 35,000 as of December 27, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 27, 2025 states. About 46% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up The Kraft Heinz Company's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 4 industry staffing patterns, the largest Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 22% desk work, 8% people work and 70% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does The Kraft Heinz Company's annual report say about AI?
- 4 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 1, 1, 2, 2 and 4 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 2, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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