FACTBOX: Top 10 U.S. consumer products deals

(Reuters) - Mars Inc on Monday teamed with billionaire Warren Buffett to buy chewing gum manufacturer Wm Wrigley Jr Co WWY.N for $23 billion, creating the world's largest confectionery company.

The deal ranks as the fifth largest food and beverage deal in the consumer products industry, according to research firm Dealogic.

The following list ranks the 10 largest U.S. consumer deals, including some spinoffs, according to Dealogic. BUYER TARGET VALUE Existing shareholders Philip Morris Int'l $111.3 billion Procter & Gamble Co Gillette Co $60.8 billion Existing shareholders Kraft Foods (88.1 percent) $56.5 billion Unilever Bestfoods $24.21 billion Mars Inc William Wrigley Jr Co $22.6 billion Philip Morris Cos Inc Nabisco Holdings Inc $18.6 billion Pepsico Inc Quaker Oats Co $14.8 billion Nestle SA Ralston Purina Group $11.7 billion General Mills Inc Pillsbury Co $10.4 billion RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Nabisco Group Holdings $9.8 billion SOURCE: Dealogic (Compiling by Jessica Hall) (For more M&A news and our DealZone blog, go to here )