Perfetti Van Melle’s Airheads brand and Nutrabolt’s post-workout recovery brand XTEND have teamed up to create an Airheads x XTEND BCAA product which offers muscle recovery and electrolytes with zero sugar.

The snack brand’s Lolly Poppin now comes in Cola and Strawberry & Cream flavors.

Candy Industry interviews Kettle Award Nominee Sylvia Buxton, president and CEO of Spangler Candy Company, about her history with the company and in the confectionery industry.

The sale includes manufacturing facilities in Rockford, IL and Skarbimierz, Poland and the gum brands Trident, Dentyne, Stimorol, Hollywood, V6, Chiclets, Bubbaloo, and Bubblicious in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Airheads has introduced candy-flavored dental floss to ease the longstanding tension between candy makers and dentists.

Dart joined Perfetti Van Melle on Oct. 6 to establish this new executive leadership team role for North America.

Gum manufacturers say focusing on innovation and amping up marketing efforts have helped the category correct course after two difficult years during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Perfetti Van Melle USA, Inc. will introduce the Chupa Chups XXL Trio, a large, multilayered lollipop with bubblegum inside.

In November, Perfetti Van Melle USA, Inc. will launch a Berry flavor of its Mentos Gum with Vitamins, a gum first launched in 2021 in a Citrus variety.

Airheads' new campaign is about how people who eat Airheads have more fun — but they take it to hyperbolic heights.