According to industry analysts as reported on www.prweb.com, the global confectioneries market could reach $186.3 Billion US dollars by 2015.

The confectionery products category contains market data for chocolate, candy, and gum.  The emerging confectionery markets are China, India, Indonesia, and the Middle East.  

In the future, analysts say that the global confectionery market will be looking for growth in areas of sugarless, low fat and functional confectionery.  It is assumed that the consumption of dark chocolate will continue to increase due to the interest in health benefits of dark chocolate.
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