R&D expense · 2012–2025

Kraft Heinz R&D expense

$167M+11.3% · FY2025

Kraft Heinz (KHC) reported $167M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +11.3% year on year.

$143M2012$142M2013$58.0M2014$105M2015$120M2016$93.0M2017$109M2018$112M2019$119M2020$140M2021$127M2022$147M2023$150M2024$167M2025
Kraft Heinz — R&D expense, 2012–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-27$167M+11.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-28$150M+2.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-30$147M+15.7%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$127M−9.3%Open →
FY20212021-12-25$140M+17.6%Open →
FY20202020-12-26$119M+6.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-28$112M+2.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-29$109M+17.2%Open →
FY20172017-12-30$93.0M−22.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$120M+14.3%Open →
FY20152016-01-03$105M+81.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-28$58.0M−59.2%Open →
FY20132013-12-28$142M−0.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-29$143M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2012–2025 compound annual growth +1.2%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Kraft Heinz R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/kraft-heinz/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001637459-26-000009 · February 12, 2026

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