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Heinz MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-08
Military Score 0.00 /10 D Heinz - BDS-1000 329
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Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Heinz is a brand within The Kraft Heinz Company’s consolidated corporate group, whose operating subsidiary Kraft Heinz Foods Company was formerly H. J. Heinz Company 1.

No public evidence identified.

Targeted reviews did not identify a Heinz/Kraft Heinz contract, tender award, framework agreement, or memorandum with the Israeli Ministry of Defense, IDF, Israel Prison Service, Israel Police, or Border Police 2, 3, 4.

The IDF states that its Food Array procures food items and operates storage and kitchens across military sites, but its public page does not name Heinz or Kraft Heinz as a supplier 4.

The current evidence base does not establish whether Heinz products could reach military consumers through unaffiliated resale or downstream retail channels 2.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

No public evidence identified of Heinz/Kraft Heinz producing tactical, ruggedised, military-specification, or defence-grade product variants for Israeli military or security customers 2, 5.

The Israeli Competition Authority document describes Heinz’s Israeli product range as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, sauces, and beans, without identifying military specifications or security end users 5.

No public evidence identified of export licences, end-user certificates, or other documentation for Heinz/Kraft Heinz products supplied to Israeli military or security customers 2, 5.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

No public evidence identified of Heinz/Kraft Heinz equipment, vehicles, construction activity, or infrastructure contracts connected to settlements, the separation barrier, checkpoints, military installations, or demolitions 6, 7, 8.

The available evidence instead concerns food-brand distribution and corporate-group disclosures, not construction, engineering, or infrastructure operations 1, 2, 5.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

No public evidence identified of Heinz/Kraft Heinz supplying components, materials, manufacturing services, or jointly developing products with Elbit, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, IMI/Elbit Land, or another identified Israeli defence manufacturer 2, 5.

The source record supports a commercial distribution relationship with Diplomat Israel, but it does not identify defence-prime customers, military channels, or defence-manufacturing inputs 2.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Diplomat Israel’s current vendor page lists Kraft Heinz/Heinz as a vendor, establishing a current commercial distribution relationship in Israel 2.

The current vendor page identifies Diplomat’s Israeli office but does not identify IDF bases, Food Array contracts, military customers, or a military-product channel 2.

A July 2005 Globes report stated that Heinz Israel planned to sell Heinz Foodline Marketing Ltd., marketer of Heinz ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard, to Diplomat Cosmetics 3.

That historical report is evidence of a commercial-distribution lead rather than a defence contract, while the current Diplomat page separately supports an ongoing vendor relationship 2, 3.

No public evidence identified of a Heinz/Kraft Heinz contract for catering, transport, warehousing, freight, port handling, or other sustainment services for IDF or security installations 2, 3, 4.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified of Heinz/Kraft Heinz manufacturing or supplying weapons, munitions, precursor materials, strategic-platform components, or weapons-specific subsystems for Israeli forces 2, 5.

The reviewed Israeli product description concerns consumer food products and does not indicate weapons-related manufacture or supply 5.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

No public evidence identified of export-licence grants, denials, suspensions, sanctions enforcement, arms-embargo investigations, or litigation concerning Heinz/Kraft Heinz defence trade with Israel 2, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Kraft Heinz’s 2025 Form 10-K contains no text match for “Israel,” which establishes only the absence of that term from that filing and does not establish an absence of Israeli commercial activity or security-sector relationships 1.

A 2021 SEC subsidiary exhibit listed Heinz Israel Ltd., RINC Ltd., and TNCOR Ltd. as Israeli subsidiaries in the historical underlying entity list, while their current status remains unconfirmed by the reviewed sources 9.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

Document-scoped screening found no reference to Heinz or Kraft Heinz in the reviewed UN Special Rapporteur report, 2023 and 2025 OHCHR settlement-database updates, and the supplied BDS guide 6, 7, 8, 10.

AFSC Investigate’s publicly accessible “Occupations” company-list page returned no text match for “Kraft” or “Heinz” when checked on 30 August 2026, although that list-page result does not establish absence from every AFSC or Who Profits publication 11.

No public evidence identified in the reviewed materials of an NGO investigation, organised boycott or divestment campaign, institutional exclusion, or corporate response specifically alleging Heinz/Kraft Heinz defence-sector activity involving Israel 6, 7, 8, 11, 10.

Kraft Heinz’s 2025 proxy identified Berkshire Hathaway as holding approximately 27.3% of outstanding common stock as of 10 March 2025, and stated that Warren E. Buffett may be deemed to control Berkshire Hathaway 12.

No public evidence identified in the reviewed accountability materials of a Kraft Heinz director, executive, Berkshire Hathaway, or Buffett undertaking a defence-board role, Israeli-prime directorship, IDF/reservist-fund donation, or public co-belligerency statement attributable to Kraft Heinz 12, 6, 7, 8, 11.

The Berkshire Hathaway ownership relationship alone does not evidence a Heinz/Kraft Heinz defence-supply relationship 12.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745926000009/khc-20251227.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. https://www.diplomat.co.il/he/vendor/kraft-heinz/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13

  3. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-938663 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9A-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9F/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/legalinfo/9221/he/mergers_file_17032013b.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  6. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4088356/files/A_HRC_59_23-EN.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  7. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4061474?ln=en ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  8. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4091616/files/A_HRC_60_19-EN.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  9. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745921000009/exhibit211q42020.htm ↩

  10. https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott ↩ ↩2

  11. https://investigate.afsc.org/occupations ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  12. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000130817925000266/khc4368711-def14a.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3