Barilla has ranked 9th overall in the 2026 Global RepTrak 100, a jump of 16 positions from 25th in 2025, and has now led the food sector in the annual ranking for three consecutive years. The study, conducted by RepTrak across 14 countries since 1999, scores companies on performance, innovation, governance, sustainability, and long-term trust generation. The result lands in a difficult environment for food companies. RepTrak’s EMEA Vice President Sara Fargion noted that the sector is absorbing sustained inflationary pressure and heightened media scrutiny, making upward movement in reputation metrics genuinely rare.