Sugar Confectionery

Sugar confectionery registered good growth in value and volume terms during 2023. Pastilles, gums, jellies and chews continued to generate the largest proportion of value sales and experienced good value growth in 2023, contributing strongly to the…

In a category saturated with toffees, caramels and nougat, boiled sweets and mints in India, pastilles, gummies, jellies, and chews bring a novelty factor in terms of product format, healthier alternative perspective and interesting flavours. Falero,…

As consumers are having to adjust their budgets to deal with high inflation, some are having to decide to prioritise essential products over those perceived as expendable. Sugar confectionery is one of the non-essentials that has been suffering to…

Retail volume and retail current value sales of medicated confectionery have recovered after the decline seen in 2020, which can be attributed to the heightened focus on health and wellbeing during and after COVID-19. In Hong Kong, the outbreak of…

Sugar confectionery saw a flat performance in retail volume terms in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous year. However, this represented a significant improvement from 2020 and 2021, when the category saw a slump in demand, due to limited…

Strongly increased sugar prices and electricity outages in late 2022-2023 increased the cost of manufacturing and negatively impacted consumers’ ability to afford or justify the prices of sugar confectionery. As a result, consumers tended to reduce…

Healthy eating is taking a higher priority with consumers increasingly shunning sugar confectionery due to its high sugar content and limited value-added properties. As a result, retail volume sales are declining for the fourth consecutive year in…

In 2023, sugar confectionery faces further decline in retail volume sales, as consumers reduce consumption amid the growing focus on health and wellbeing. Consumers are opting for higher nutritional value snacks and less sugar in their diet, which…

Sugar confectionery saw retail volume and current value growth throughout the pandemic, and this trend is set to continue in 2023. Sugar spun in new and unique ways has caught the imagination of consumers of all ages with a sweet tooth. Viral trends…

Sugar confectionery is seeing retail volume sales decline as the war on sugar gains further momentum in Ireland. The pandemic intensified consumer’s focus on health and self-care with a growing awareness of nutrition and the negative health impacts…

Sugar confectionery is set to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, although it will continue to see current value growth due to price rises. The prices of raw materials have been rising. For instance, reduced local production of sugar cane,…

As opposed to other confectionery categories such as gum, sugar confectionery is a more diverse category. This allows the landscape to have robust growth opportunities, with innovations focused on reduced sugar variants and flavours and textures,…

Sugar confectionery is showing flat volume in 2023, which is expected to fall into small negative-figure declines over the coming years. Small positive value growth, on the other hand, is supported by increases in unit prices. However, overall, sugar…

After years of robust volume growth, even under challenging economic conditions, sugar confectionery in Nigeria saw a significant downturn in 2022 in a trend that has carried on into 2023 albeit at a substantially more tempered pace. The main factors…

In 2023, sugar confectionery is set to see strong performances in both retail volume and current value terms in Uzbekistan. After sales stagnated in 2020, and rebounded in 2021, there was slow expansion in 2022, and even stronger growth is expected…

Sugar confectionery continued to see a strong rebound in 2022 in volume terms, with further positive growth expected in 2023, when sales are expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels. Although a mandatory quarantine was not enforced during the…

Sugar confectionery is set to record high single-digit retail current value growth in 2023; however, rising unit prices are expected to drive down retail volume demand. Most categories are projected to see double-digit growth in unit prices as a…

The pandemic period was challenging for sales of sugar confectionery in Germany. Not all snacks benefited from larger shopping trips to supermarkets and discounters, while less mobility and children staying home from school, dampened overall retail…

Pastilles, gummies, jellies and chews recorded the highest retail volume and current value growth in 2023, due to robust sales performance of local and international brands. The Tunisian company Société Tunisienne de Chocolaterie et de Confiserie…

Demand for sugar confectionery was negatively impacted in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, which led to lockdowns and schools being closed. Limited mobility and on-the-go impulse purchases, especially amongst children, were major factors in the…