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 ...

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.

Brussels, do we have a problem with the EUDR? That’s the question Confectionery News posed back in May as the bloc’s director general for Trade called it “extremely burdensome”. It seemed the director ...

TikTok’s viral freeze-dried candy trend is transforming confectionery. With the market set to hit €2.2bn by 2030, brands like Hershey are launching bold new textures to meet consumer demand.

Tips on how confectionery brands can get ready to build sustainable and transparent supply chains ahead of EUDR.

The commodity alternatives industry is spinning up serious growth, driven by crises in cocoa, coffee and even citrus as ingredients majors respond to mounting shortage concerns. Big focus has been ...

Packing multifunctional benefits into sweet treats is big business in 2025. Elevating new confectionery product releases beyond consumers’ traditional (and still sought-after) indulgence, fun and ...

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

The Fairtrade Foundation has issued a statement in response to Nestlé’s surprise announcement that it is planning to stop using Fairtrade cocoa and sugar in its chocolate bars, including the ...

Traceability from farm to first purchase, common definitions of protected areas and paying farmers a living income are three ways stakeholders say can help end cocoa-driven deforestation in West ...