Category: Candy
Candy market research reports by Euromonitor International
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New Zealand Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in New Zealand Despite a marginal retail volume decline in early 2024, sugar confectionery in New Zealand demonstrates remarkable resilience. This category is driven by various consumer occasions, offering affordable indulgences that serve as everyday escapism. Whether for giftin ... Read More
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New Zealand Chocolate Confectionery
Chocolate Confectionery in New Zealand Chocolate confectionery in New Zealand is grappling with significant challenges driven by record-high cocoa prices, which have surged by 250% over the past year. This dramatic price increase is largely due to reduced cocoa production in West Africa, which accou ... Read More
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Confectionery Packaging in Saudi Arabia
Confectionery Packaging in Saudi Arabia Total confectionery packaging volumes in Saudi Arabia continued to rise in 2023, although were still unable to return to anywhere near the pre-pandemic level. In Saudi Arabia, growth in packaging volumes for chocolate confectionery improved strongly in 2023 de ... Read More
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New Zealand Gum
Gum in New Zealand Current retail value sales of gum in New Zealand continue to grow, driven by further price increases. Despite falling retail volumes, some local consumers are inclined to incorporate breath-freshening products into their routines. This trend is bolstered by the resurgence of socia ... Read More
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Portugal Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in Portugal Sugar confectionery remains in a negative-figure volume slump in Portugal in 2024, while value is better supported by price hikes. Sugar confectionery is not a particularly popular snacks category in the country, thus inflationary-led price increases are more inclined ... Read More
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Colombia Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in Colombia Sugar confectionery in Colombia is affected by unit prices rises amid increasing production costs and still relatively high inflation in the market. While limiting consumption increases, rising unit prices exert upward movement in retail current value sales of sugar c ... Read More
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Portugal Gum
Gum in Portugal Gum just about manages to achieve marginally positive volume sales in 2024, while value is better supported by price hikes caused by inflationary pressures. However, we should also note that prices increases have been relatively mild in gum – unlike those seen in many other snacks ca ... Read More
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Romania Gum
Gum in Romania Gum is achieving positive volume and robust value sales in Romania in 2024. This is primarily attributed to consumers’ post-pandemic return to busy, out-of-home lifestyles, therefore reviving the role of gum as a breath freshener. Added to which, the VAT hikes in relation to high-suga ... Read More
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Egypt Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in Egypt The market for sugar confectionery in Egypt is expected to witness a slight decline in sales in retail volume terms in 2024. This is due to significant hikes in the prices of imported raw materials, such as sugar, thanks to multiple currency devaluations, rising energy c ... Read More
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Romania Chocolate Confectionery
Chocolate Confectionery in Romania Chocolate confectionery is maintaining its strong penetration across households in Romania in 2024, thanks to such products’ indulgent qualities and the sense of wellbeing which eating chocolate can bring. However, chocolate confectionery is also facing challenges ... Read More
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Switzerland Gum
Gum in Switzerland Gum is set to post a decline in volumes while value sales rise in current terms in Switzerland in 2024. Both the fall in volumes and the rise in value can be attributed largely to rising prices. In the context of the rising cost of living pushing consumers to focus their reduced p ... Read More
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Azerbaijan Gum
Gum in Azerbaijan Retail volume and current value growth rates for gum in Azerbaijan in 2024 are set to be weaker than those recorded in 2023. The slowdown is mainly explained by ongoing inflationary pressures, which are driving up unit prices and making consumers more inclined to curb non-essential ... Read More
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Colombia Chocolate Confectionery
Chocolate Confectionery in Colombia Chocolate confectionery in Colombia is projected to see further strong, if slower, growth in retail current value sales over 2024. Retail current value sales are being spiked by a still relatively high inflation rate, as retail volume sales decline. Nonetheless, t ... Read More
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The United Arab Emirates Gum
Gum in the United Arab Emirates Demand for gum in the United Arab Emirates continues to rise, primarily driven by chewing gum. In the United Arab Emirates, where a diverse expatriate population coexists amid a bustling social landscape filled with numerous events and gatherings, maintaining optimal ... Read More
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Argentina Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in Argentina In 2023, sugar confectionery in Argentina registered a healthy increase in retail volume sales to record the most dynamic growth performance within confectionery. However, over 2024, sugar confectionery is expected to post a contraction in retail volume sales, albeit ... Read More
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Canada Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in Canada Sugar confectionery in Canada is experiencing a deceleration in value growth during 2024. This slowdown can be attributed to two key factors. Firstly, a significant rise in sugar confectionery prices has led consumers to seek alternative sweet treats, such as chocolate ... Read More
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Peru Chocolate Confectionery
Chocolate Confectionery in Peru In Peru, chocolate confectionery continues to be impacted by high temperatures in 2024, thanks to climate conditions persisting from 2023, when there was barely any winter. 2024 began with El Niño and has seen high-temperature records in several regions, prompting a g ... Read More
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Azerbaijan Chocolate Confectionery
Chocolate Confectionery in Azerbaijan While chocolate confectionery in Azerbaijan is poised to record a moderately improved result in current value growth terms in 2024, this is mainly attributable to price hikes imposed to offset elevated inflation linked to the global recovery from the pandemic an ... Read More
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Sweden Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in Sweden Sugar confectionery is set to see current value growth in Sweden in 2024. The competition in sugar confectionery is intense, forcing players to be innovative and responsive to ongoing consumer trends. One interesting value-added sugar confectionery introduction towards ... Read More
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Romania Sugar Confectionery
Sugar Confectionery in Romania Sugar confectionery is seeing a negative-digit volume slump in 2024, whilst value is supported by price hikes. Notably, sugar confectionery falls under the shadow of the VAT increase, starting 1 January 2024, from 9% to 19% for food products with added sugar (for which ... Read More
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Canada Gum
Gum in Canada Despite the initial growth spurt in 2024, the gum category experienced a significant slowdown in sales later in the year in Canada. This shift can be attributed to a decline in consumer interest, as preferences veer towards healthier snacking options. Even functional gums that boast or ... Read More
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Egypt Gum
Gum in Egypt Demand for gum in Egypt is expected to grow slightly in 2024, despite a significant increase in unit prices. The latter was initiated in response to the rising costs of raw materials such as sugar, which were passed onto end consumers. At the same time, supply chain disruptions, exacerb ... Read More
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The United Arab Emirates Chocolate Confectionery
Chocolate Confectionery in the United Arab Emirates Demand for chocolate confectionery in the United Arab Emirates continues to rise. In the local market, a rising number of health-conscious consumers are driving increasing demand for healthy snacks, significantly transforming perceptions around die ... Read More
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Canada Chocolate Confectionery
Chocolate Confectionery in Canada Chocolate confectionery maintains its healthy growth in Canada in 2024, bolstered primarily by escalating commodity prices and a strong consumer desire for indulgence. Cocoa prices experienced significant increases in the first half of the year, culminating in new r ... Read More
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Colombia Gum
Gum in Colombia Gum in Colombia continued to be affected by its status as a mature and consolidated snacks category with little room for dynamic activity at the end of the review period. According to trade sources, consumers’ oral care concerns and a desire to reduce their sugar consumption underpin ... Read More
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