Confectionery Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis

The term “confectionery” typically encompasses products such as chocolate and non-chocolate candy; gum; ice cream and frozen desserts; cookies, cakes, and pastries; and other sweet goods such as jams, jellies, and preserves. Non-chocolate candy can be a wide-ranging term classification, particularly at the international level. Marzipan, fruit-paste candies, jelly beans, marshmallows, nut brittles, toffees, and mints all are classified as non-chocolate candies.

Confectionery is sold through one of the broadest spectrums of retail channels of any food product. These channels include supermarkets, grocery stores, mass merchandisers, drugstores, convenience stores, gourmet/specialty stores (including chocolate stores, bulk candy stores, specialty food stores, kitchenware stores, and chains owned by companies that both manufacture and retail chocolate), department stores, health and natural food stores, warehouse clubs, bakeries, coffeehouses and cafés, ethnic markets, movie theaters, kiosks and tobacco stores, card and gift shops, toy stores, office supply stores, florists, transportation terminals, mail-order catalogs, online stores on the Internet, and many others, as well as vending machines and street vendors.

Confectionary sales typically peak at holidays, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Halloween, and confections are historically welcome as gifts and popular as self-indulgences. As a result,

MarketResearch.com’s catalog of reports focusing on confectionery also includes research on the burgeoning food gifting industry, which is expected to see healthy gains through 2016 and beyond.

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Confectionery Industry Research & Market Reports

  • Peru Sugar Confectionery

    ... innovation in boiled sweets compared to lollipops. The latter has seen new versions introduced, featuring light and tongue-colouring, which captivates consumers' attention. Euromonitor International's Sugar Confectionery in Peru report offers in-depth knowledge of the market ... Read More

  • Argentina Gum

    ... should be seen against the backdrop of the slump in demand in 2020 as consumers worked and studied at home and travel and socialisation were heavily restricted. Over 2024, a sharp decrease in retail volume ... Read More

  • Argentina Chocolate Confectionery

    ... fell much more slowly than for other types of confectionery in 2020 in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic years. The market size remained higher than in 2019 in a country blighted by an ... Read More

  • Sweden Gum

    ... must pay attention to delivering value-added benefits. It is noteworthy that chewing gum in Sweden is seeing innovation and advancing health claims, as manufacturers seek to capture consumer interest. Players also tend to offer different ... Read More

  • The United Arab Emirates Sugar Confectionery

    ... with confectionery that offers moments of enjoyment and satisfaction. In addition, the growing influence of global confectionery trends, combined with the proliferation of social media and digital platforms, has heightened awareness and demand for innovative ... Read More

  • Israel Sugar Confectionery

    ... as one of the main ingredients in products in the category is sugar. The increase in prices has undermined demand in an already budget conscious environment, in which consumers were increasingly focusing on essentials. As ... Read More

  • Chile Sugar Confectionery

    ... the practice of reducing the size or quantity of a product while maintaining its price, effectively passing on the cost burden to consumers in a subtle manner. Amid rising production costs, including raw materials, transportation, ... Read More

  • Nigeria Sugar Confectionery

    ... power and are thus prioritising core and essential products when grocery shopping. With the local currency depreciating, unit prices have risen substantially in response to higher import and raw material costs. These conditions are also ... Read More

  • Chile Chocolate Confectionery

    ... directly impact production costs for chocolate manufacturers. When the cost of cocoa rises, chocolate producers in Chile are compelled to adjust their pricing strategies to maintain profitability, which often translates to higher retail prices for ... Read More

  • Mexico Sugar Confectionery

    ... of sweets and chocolate in Latin America. Local consumers’ love of confectionery has not changed, but the amount of sugar they consume daily has seen a decrease. This development responds to mass government efforts directed ... Read More

  • Nigeria Chocolate Confectionery

    ... prices. Current value sales are climbing high as unit prices rise steeply, driven by depreciation of the local currency as well as other local factors contributing to high inflation in 2024. The category’s weak performance ... Read More

  • Mexico Gum

    ... overall performance is heavily influenced by that of the dominant category, chewing gum, which is set to post slightly higher than average increases in retail volume and current value growth. Meanwhile, bubble gum is expected ... Read More

  • Norway Sugar Confectionery

    ... of the mature segments within the overall category. The general perception of sugar confectionery limits growth, and there is likely to be continued moderate decline in terms of retail volume sales during the forecast period. ... Read More

  • Mexico Chocolate Confectionery

    ... significant and continues to affect manufacturer, retailer and consumer responses and choices. High inflation increases the costs of raw materials like cocoa and prices of products. This is set to see retail current value sales ... Read More

  • Israel Chocolate Confectionery

    ... confectionery market. In May 2023, Diplomat increased the prices of many of its products by up to 25%, including Milka. In August 2023, Strauss raised the prices of its chocolate tablet brand, Splendid, by up ... Read More

  • Israel Gum

    ... the prices of its products, including Orbit gum, by up to 7% in May 2023. Strauss increased the prices of its products by up to 25% in 2024. Euromonitor International's Gum in Israel report offers ... Read More

  • Nigeria Gum

    ... unit prices, impacting on consumer demand - with reduced incomes there is reduced demand for products considered non-essential. To make matters worse, gum suffers from growing competition other sugar confectionery products. Euromonitor International's Gum in ... Read More

  • Chile Gum

    ... gum experiences fluctuations, influenced by factors such as economic conditions, consumer preferences, and health trends, manufacturers and retailers often resort to adjusting prices to maintain profitability and sustain revenue streams. Unit price growth becomes particularly ... Read More

  • Norway Chocolate Confectionery

    ... rising production and raw materials costs. This is supporting sales in chocolate confectionery amid inflation and widespread price hikes elsewhere. Euromonitor International's Chocolate Confectionery in Norway report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a ... Read More

  • Norway Gum

    ... mature and Mars has not launched anything new. Value share between the top players is so far largely unchanged in 2024, as it has been for most of the review period. Euromonitor International's Gum in ... Read More

  • Spain Chocolate Confectionery

    ... growth with manufacturers being forced to raise their prices as the cost of basic ingredients has risen. In volume terms sales have been supported by a solid performance from countlines, driven by the increasing demand ... Read More

  • The Netherlands Sugar Confectionery

    ... unit price hikes. The exception is power mints, which is only showing marginal volume growth. Not only are consumers buying less because of higher prices, but many of the category’s major players anticipated higher costs ... Read More

  • Morocco Gum

    ... Foods & Goods (with the latter the local distributor for GBO Perfetti Van Melle) are leading the way with the launch of several new sugar-free variants for Trident and Mentos Pure Fresh, for example. Increasingly ... Read More

  • The Netherlands Gum

    ... gum less frequently, resulting in further volume sales declines and an only modest increase in current value sales. Euromonitor International's Gum in Netherlands report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing ... Read More

  • The United Kingdom Chocolate Confectionery

    ... across the supply chain, including transportation, energy, labour and raw materials such as sugar, milk and cocoa beans, resulted in prices further soaring, and, combined with the general cost-of-living crisis, translated into another year of ... Read More

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