Driving reform
The confectionery and bakery sectors in India are struggling to raise standards in order to consolidate export sales. Raghavendra Verma reports.
Global snack market
Virginia Garavaglia, global brand footprint director, Kantar Worldpanel, provides an update on the market for snack products around the world.
Healthy snacks for Asia
SnackHealthy has announced plans to introduce healthy snacks from Balance Foods to the Asian market. The range of healthy snacks to be launched in Asia includes Kettle Classics potato chips, Risi Papas Caseras kettle chips, Baked Classics popped potato and multigrain crisps in a variety of flavours, Poptillas popped tortilla chips and California Classics cheese […]
Freeze-dried vegetable snacks
The Premium Snack Company is launching a range of snacks containing freeze-dried vegetables. The freeze-drying process retains the flavour of the vegetables, with no added salt, sugar, fat or preservatives. The Nothing But range comes in three varieties: sliced beetroot and parsnip, pea and sweetcorn, and mange tout and red pepper. A single packet represents […]
Emerging economies drive gum sales
Global retail value sales of gum totalled $26.4 billion (€19.5bn) in 2012, up two per cent on 2011 (constant 2012 prices/fixed 2012 exchange rates).
Lindt & Sprüngli continues Asian growth
DKSH has recently expanded its partnership with Lindt & Sprüngli to Singapore. DKSH will provide marketing, sales, merchandising, distribution, logistics and back office services to support Lindt’s continued growth in this strategically important market in Asia. DKSH’s collaboration with Lindt & Sprüngli started in Hong Kong more than five decades ago and was over the […]
Gum revival
Compared to other confectionery, the gum sector significantly lacks innovation. Growth of gum has definitely stagnated in the US and Western Europe, whereas Asia and Latin America are still experiencing growth. In order to see an increase in sales we need a gum manufacturer to come up with something new, something different from the standard […]
“We now produce 36 flavour varieties ranging from passion fruit to Pina Colada”
In 1998 my father and I identified a niche in the European confectionery market for a gourmet jelly bean brand that would bring a premium product to the sugar confectionery market.
Lollipops lose sales
Confectionery consumers worldwide are moving away from the traditional, sugary lollipop to other sweets, driven by health concerns and greater spending power.
Business, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Functional & Free-from, Savoury Snacks
Hot from the oven and smelling fresh
Health and indulgence are the two contrasting threads affecting consumer choice in biscuits.
Nestle highlights the potential of Asian markets
Nestle has reported 7.2% growth for the first three months of 2012. The Americas achieved organic growth of 6.8%, Europe delivered 3.4% and Asia, Oceania and Africa 12.2%. The business grew 13.0% in emerging markets and 3.1% in developed markets. The company reported strong chocolate growth in Latin America, particularly in Brazil and Mexico, contributing […]
Chocolate trends
International sales of sugared sweets and chocolate continue to rise at a steady pace as the demand for confectionery in developing regions such as the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East rises.
ISM innovations
The trade fair was a resounding success for the 1,412 suppliers who exhibited at the 42nd International Sweets and Biscuits Fair (ISM) in Cologne from 29th January to 1st February 2012.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Seasonal
Stagnant sales for the European confectionery market over the past four years
There seems there is little sweet news for the European confectionery market at the moment.