Confectionery Market Report Plus 2008 Available Now.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86614) has announced the addition of "Confectionery confectionery, delicacies or sweetmeats that have sugar as a principal ingredient, combined with coloring matter and flavoring and often with fruit or nuts. In the United States it is usually called candy, in Great Britain, sweets or boiled sweets. Market Report Plus 2008" to their offering. We estimates that the UK confectionery market dropped slightly in value to 4.31bn in 2007, from 4.41bn in 2006. The main market sectors are chocolate confectionery (which includes countlines, blocks and moulded chocolate, boxed chocolates and other chocolate confectionery) and sugar confectionery (which includes fruit sweets, chewing chewing or mastication Up-and-down and side-to-side movements of the lower jaw, using the teeth to grind food for easier swallowing. During chewing, the tongue shapes food into a lump and saliva lubricates it for swallowing. and bubble gum, mints and other sugar confectionery). The confectionery market managed to withstand the effects of the health lobby and achieved consistent growth for many years. However, sales by volume were estimated to have fallen in 2007, affected by mounting competition from other sectors offering sweet products (such as biscuits, cake and fruit), as well as by a growing trend of consumers opting to reduce their consumption of confectionery. The chocolate confectionery sector continued to experience further development from 2003 onwards on·ward adj. Moving or tending forward. adv. also on·wards In a direction or toward a position that is ahead in space or time; forward. Adv. 1. , seeing a considerable investment in branding and the repackaging of a number of ranges. Consumer preference for healthier options also prompted a number of brands to move into dark chocolate ranges, and encouraged many companies to widen their product portfolios into that category. Portion size was also addressed, as an increasing number of products changed to new formats -- for example, blocks of chocolate were produced as countlines, and bitesize options were transformed into bags for sharing. Mars also introduced a mid-sized range of bars with its `A Little Bit of' range. With rising sales noted at the premium end of the market, brands such as Heaven by Nestle and Green & Black's have targeted this sector. In the sugar confectionery sector of the market, the biggest event of 2007 was the launch of Cadbury's Trident brand into the chewing gum chewing gum, confection consisting usually of chicle, flavorings, and corn syrup and sugar (or artificial sweeteners). Prehistoric people are believed to have chewed resins. market, which initiated a swathe swathe 1 tr.v. swathed, swath·ing, swathes 1. To wrap or bind with or as if with bandages. 2. To enfold or constrict. n. A wrapping, binding, or bandage. of activity and, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cadbury, brought in incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. sales of 40m for this sector. Many brands in the sugar confectionery sector also initiated or continued programmes to replace artificial colourings and flavourings with natural alternatives, therefore boosting fruit juice content in many lines. Cadbury also launched a new, healthier-eating brand under The Natural Confectionery Company. Exclusive research commissioned for this report found that consumers continue to be concerned about the amount of fat and sugar in confectionery, and are consequently acting to reduce their consumption of it. However, the majority of consumers continue to buy confectionery on impulse and regard chocolate as a harmless indulgence indulgence, in the Roman Catholic Church, the pardon of temporal punishment due for sin. It is to be distinguished from absolution and the forgiveness of guilt. The church grants indulgences out of the Treasury of Merit won for the church by Christ and the saints. . The confectionery market is dominated by major brands and large companies, and investment in existing brands -- combined with innovation to target changes in the food market -- will ensure market recovery in the near future. Companies Mentioned: Bendicks (mayfair) Ltd Cadbury Schweppes Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in Berkeley Square, London, England, UK. Cadbury Schweppes is currently the only major international confectionery manufacturer to produce Fairtrade or organic products, which it sells through its PLc Mars Uk Ltd NestlE Holdings (uk) Plc Thorntons Plc The Wrigley Company Ltd For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86614 |
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