Candy Industry Trends

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To some candy lovers, a sugar-free label can cause a grimace.

Sometimes it’s the smaller, more elegant competitors that rise to the top in turmoil.

The thing about novelty candy is that there is no such thing as resting on your laurels.

As some snacks become healthier, or at least attempt to, others are becoming better-for-you, while others still are turning to fun and unusual flavors to lure customers.

These days you can grab a chocolate bar with almost anything inside. In the past year companies have introduced flavors ranging from marshmallows to ginger to hemp seeds.

For a while we thought this was the only way. They're candies. What else can you do but eat those bad boys — preferably as quickly as possible?

The acquisition will firmly establish Lindt as the No. 3 chocolate candy manufacturer in the U.S. market—still behind Hershey and Mars, but now firmly ahead of Swiss rival and global food leader Nestlé.

The extruded snacks market is expected to increase to $31 billion by 2019 says a report by MarketsandMarkets, a global market research and consulting company based in the United States.

Confections fortified with healthy ingredients help us reach our goal a little faster, easier and in a more tasteful way than ever before.

The gum and mints market is hard up for innovation, and people just don’t seem to be that excited when companies come up with yet one more name for “mint.”