| Date | Sector | Buyer | Buyer Country | Seller | Seller Country | | Millions | | Comments |
| May |
| 11.05.2012 | Packaging | Denny Bros | United Kingdom | Ditac | United Kingdom | |
| | |
| 10.05.2012 | Food | General Mills | United States | Parampara | India | |
| | |
| 09.05.2012 | Ingredients | BASF | Germany | Equateq | United Kingdom | |
| | |
| 08.05.2012 | Ingredients | Wild | Germany | Cargill | United States | |
| | Juice business |
| 08.05.2012 | Soft drinks | Active Helath Foods | United States | Manos Beverages | United States | |
| | |
| 08.05.2012 | Soft drinks | Asahi | Japan | Ajinomoto | Japan | $ |
1,500
| | Calpis |
| 03.05.2012 | Cereal | Bright Food | China | Lion Capital | United Kingdom | £ |
720
| | 60% stake in Weetabix |
| 03.05.2012 | Hot drinks | Associated Brands | United States | North American Tea & Coffee | Canada | |
| | Merger |
| 03.05.2012 | Ingredients | DSM | Netherlands | Kensey Nash | United States | $ |
360
| | |
| 02.05.2012 | Ingredients | DuPont | United States | Bunge | United States | |
| | Remaining 28% of Solae joint venture |
| 02.05.2012 | Ingredients | Louis Dreyfus | Netherlands | Imperial Sugar Company | United States | $ |
203
| | |
| 02.05.2012 | Nutrition | First Milk | United Kingdom | CNP Professional | United Kingdom | |
| | |
| 01.05.2012 | Meat | Faccenda | United Kingdom | Cranberry Foods | United Kingdom | £ |
100
| sales | |
| April |
| 27.04.2012 | Beer | Mahou | Spain | Arian | India | |
| | 50% stake |
| 27.04.2012 | Soft drinks | Langholm (private equity) | United Kingdom | Purity | United Kingdom | |
| | Management buy in |
| 27.04.2012 | Wine | Broadstone | United States | Hess | United States | $ |
27.8
| | |
| 26.04.2012 | Equipment | Eurofins | France | Nihon Kankyo | Japan | € |
20
| sales | 52.6% stake |
| 26.04.2012 | Packaging | Bawtry | United Kingdom | Nicholl | United Kingdom | |
| | |
| 26.04.2012 | Spirits | VuQo | United States | El Coco | Philippines | |
| | |
| 25.04.2012 | Food | Apio | United States | GreenLine Foods | United States | |
| | |
| 23.04.2012 | Coffee | UCC | Japan | CapVest (private equity) | United States | € |
500
| | United Coffee in Europe |
| 23.04.2012 | Nutrition | Nestle | Switzerland | Pfizer | United States | $ |
11,850
| | Nutrition business unit |
| 23.04.2012 | Snacks | Verlinvest (private equity) | Belgium | TSG (private equity) | United States | |
| | Stake in Pop Chips in US |
| 23.04.2012 | Spirits | Beam | United States | White Rock Distilleries | United States | $ |
605
| | Pinnacle, Calico Jack brands |
| 23.04.2012 | Spirits | Russian Standard | Russia | CEDC | Poland | $ |
310
| | Stake increase from 9.9% to 28.0% |
| 20.04.2012 | Ingredients | Ardila Lulle | Colombia | Tate & Lyle | United Kingdom | $ |
31.5
| | 50% of Sucromiles in Colombia |
| 19.04.2012 | Soft drinks | Jamba | United States | Nestlé | Switzerland | |
| | Intellectual property |
| 18.04.2012 | Food | ConAgra | United States | Odom's Tennessee Pride | United States | $ |
190
| sales | Completed 15.5.12 |
| 18.04.2012 | Food | Greencore | Ireland | Marketfare Foods | United States | $ |
36
| | |
| 17.04.2012 | Ingredients | Orkla | Norway | Kobo | Poland | € |
4.4
| sales | |
|