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

  • Gum in Argentina

    ... in gum sales, several trends that emerged during the pandemic and are here to stay are having a negative impact on the gum market. Many companies have adopted a home-office mode, allowing employees to work ... Read More

  • Gum in Sweden

    ... solution diminished. As a result, gum sales struggled to recover and are expected to experience negative volume growth in 2023. The lack of new product development has also contributed to the industry's challenges in revitalising ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Pakistan

    ... unit costs. Many have shifted towards smaller pack formats and are using lower quality material in their packaging. Current value sales have escalated from price increases reaching some 32% growth. Euromonitor International's Chocolate Confectionery in ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Sweden

    ... other snacks categories, particularly chocolate confectionery, remains fierce. However, within the sugar confectionery segment, the pick and mix format is making a recovery after being negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Swedes are once again ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Serbia

    ... consumption. Despite inflationary pressures, which encouraged consumers to be more sensitive, chocolate confectionery benefitted from its perception as an affordable indulgence, as consumers sought to treat themselves, while eschewing larger purchases. In addition, while man... ... Read More

  • Diabetic Food Market Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2023-2030 - By Product, Technology, Grade, Application, End-user, Region: (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East and Africa)

    ... The global prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing, with over 530 million adults affected in 2021. This alarming trend has prompted government authorities, healthcare organizations, and the public to focus on adopting a healthy ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Argentina

    ... workplaces post-pandemic are supporting the growth in volume and current value terms. However, import restrictions on final products, packaging, flavours, and essential production ingredients have hindered the potential growth of sugar confectionery sales. Medicated confectionery, ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Bulgaria

    ... set to be down slightly from 2022 and remain considerably slower than growth in current value sales. The lollipops category has experienced the steepest price hikes, as it is more exposed to high inflation due ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Pakistan

    ... In 2023, with inflation rising year-on-year and reaching high double-digits not seen since 1964, affordability has dropped further with many consumers forced to trade down to cheaper sugar confectionery. Nonetheless, demand for sugar confectionery continues ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Serbia

    ... busy, pre-pandemic lifestyles, which led to an increase in impulse purchasing occasions. Despite rising levels of health awareness, Serbians continued to take comfort in their favourite sweets, which are seen as affordable luxuries during times ... Read More

  • Gum in Kazakhstan

    ... population has returned to a more normal lifestyle. In this context, with much higher levels of social contact and the wearing of face masks no longer necessary, consumers are placing a significantly greater emphasis on ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Hungary

    ... favour of their best-selling lines, as they could not afford to be left with excess stock. This had a detrimental effect on underperforming products, such as boiled sweets, lollipops and liquorice, while power mints, medicated ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Greece

    ... diversifying its product range and offering an innovative oat-infused chocolate product. This initiative marks the introduction of the first-ever oat chocolate in the Greek market. Euromonitor International's Chocolate Confectionery in Greece report offers in-depth knowledge ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Latvia

    ... growth, mints are expected to be the strongest performer. Mints are perceived as healthier than other sugar confectionery and are also used as a breath freshener and this is driving volume growth. Manufacturers of mints, ... Read More

  • Gum in Bulgaria

    ... this respect. This is mainly explained by the fact that consumption is still recovering from the negative impact of COVID-19, with demand picking up as more people return to the office and start regularly socialising ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Bulgaria

    ... European countries where living standards are much higher. Unit prices have continued to rise in 2023 due to inflationary pressures fuelled by the global recovery from COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hence the category ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Sweden

    ... costs had an impact on the development of unit prices in both 2022 and 2023. Despite these challenges, chocolate confectionery has shown resilience as it is an impulse category that tends to withstand hardships. In ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Hungary

    ... hikes were inevitable, there was some variation according to product type, with chocolate tablets, for example, seeing lower than average increases, due to intense manufacturer competition. Shrinkification was also a common trend in 2023, with ... Read More

  • Gum in Serbia

    ... as well as recording the stronger performance. Sugar-free gum was the most widely available product type, with products with tooth-whitening and breath freshening properties being especially valued by consumers. Retail sales of bubble gum, on ... Read More

  • Global Confectionery and Chocolate Equipment Market Growth (Status and Outlook) 2023-2029

    ... growing demand in downstream market and recovery from influence of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War, the Confectionery and Chocolate Equipment is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ million by 2029 with a CAGR of ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Croatia

    ... Euromonitor International's Chocolate Confectionery in Croatia report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding unavailable elsewhere. In addition to the latest retail sales data 2018-2022, it identifies ... Read More

  • Gum in Greece

    ... remains an accessible purchase for local consumers, regardless of macroeconomic conditions. This affordability, coupled with the often impulsive nature of gum purchases, supports sales as individuals continue to indulge in this category as per their ... Read More

  • Sugar Confectionery in Greece

    ... staple in the Greek diet. This shift can be largely attributed to its nutritious profile, offering a convenient and healthy alternative for consumers seeking out nutritious snacking options. Euromonitor International's Sugar Confectionery in Greece report ... Read More

  • Chocolate Confectionery in Kazakhstan

    ... was problems with the supply of products, as well as raw materials for local companies to use in production since Russia limited the supply of flour and sugar to the territory of Kazakhstan. Local producers ... Read More

  • Gum in Hungary

    ... more Hungarians working from home, at least on a hybrid basis, they lacked the usual opportunities to purchase these products. Customers are also increasingly distracted by their mobile phones at checkouts and are therefore less ... Read More

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