In 2021, retail sales of pastilles, gummies, jellies, and chews amounted to almost seven billion U.S. dollars. This was the largest amount among all sugar confectionery categories. Retails sales from this category are forecast to grow to nearly 8.9 billion U.S. dollars by 2024.
Retail sales of sugar confectionery in the United States in 2021 with forecasts from 2022 to 2024, by category
Characteristic
Boiled sweets*
Liquorice
Lollipops
Medicated confectionery**
Mints
Power mints
Standard mints
Pastilles, gummies, jellies, and chews
Toffees, caramels, and nougat
Other sugar confectionery***
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*Any flavoured candies made from boiled sugar and resulting in hard or soft drops; mints and lollipops are excluded.
**Any sugar confectionery product (not limited to sweets made from boiled sugar) containing herbs and/or plants extracts. Medicated mints fall into this subsector.
***Any sugar confectionery product not included above, eg marshmallows or sweet liquid concentrates sold as candies, etc.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Sector Trend Analysis – Confectionery trends in the United States, 2021 to 2024. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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