Nestlé’s confectionery sales rose despite steep price hikes, but falling volume suggests chocolate may be nearing peak price.

Explore this week’s standout confectionery NPDs, from caffeinated gummies to pistachio biscuits, as brands blend innovation with consumer trends.

In 2024 and 2025, cocoa bean prices have soared to historic levels. If chocolate is central to your product lineup, you’re ...

Soaring cocoa prices and the cost-of-living crisis are pushing confectioners to rethink pricing, pack sizes, and innovation. Discover how brands are adapting to the new confectionery economy.

Global confectionery producers face rising costs and trade disruption as new US tariffs hit chocolate, candy, and gum exports from Europe, Switzerland, and Canada.

Approximately 80-90 million Easter eggs are consumed by British consumers every year, and with health and wellbeing a priority in the fight against COVID-19, we take a fun look at the main ways ...

Discover how US confectionery sales hit $54 billion in 2024, with consumers prioritizing value, seasonal treats, and indulgence despite cost pressures.

Cocoa production in Ghana has been falling off the cliff since posting a record 1.047 million metric tonnes (MT) at the close of the 2020-21 season. A multiplicity of factors account for the downward ...

Adding probiotics, protein and fibre and removing sugar and animal ingredients mean 2024 is set to be the year of better-for-you confectionery. Here are the functional features disrupting the industry ...

Research from Kantar Media has unearthed the countries that consume more chewing gum than anywhere else worldwide, which could help manufacturers choose their geographic focus.