Confectionery indicates sweet food items that have high calories and they offer low nutritional content like mint candies, toffees, lollipops, chocolates, chewing gums and candies. Confectionery industry in any country can be categorized as cereal bars, gums, sugar confectioneries and chocolates.

India is a country with a collection of wide range of different cultures and many festivals and occasions are being celebrated in different parts of the nation and confectioneries play a major role in those special occasions. Therefore, the confectionery industry in this country has got a huge potential and this sector has grown recently in the India with the entry of many foreign companies. Indian companies are also growing steadily and this field and they are acquiring the top positions in this sector. The names of India top players, who are dominating the confectionery industry, are given below:

Top Six Confectionery Companies in India:

• Cadbury India Ltd.

• Lotte India Co. Ltd.

• Candico India Ltd.

• Nestle India Ltd.

• Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd.

• Campco Ltd.

Some of the details regarding these top players in the confectionery industry in India are given below:

Cadbury India Ltd.:

Cadbury India Limited is a part of Kraft Foods Group and in the confectionery industry in India, Cadbury in engaged in the production of five different categories of products namely candy, gum, biscuits, beverages and confectionery. In the confectionery sector, Cadbury has been operating as an undisputed leader for the past several years and some of their popular brands like Eclairs, Gems, Perk, 5 Star and Dairy Milk have won the hearts of not only children, but also the hearts of people belonging to different age groups as well.

Lotte India Co. Ltd.:

Lotte India Co. Ltd. has been operating in the confectionery industry right from the British rule in India, when children of India was not actually aware of chocolates. Initially, the company was operating in the name of Parry’s Confectionery, which was a popular name among confectionery lovers. They are engaged in the manufacture of snacks, candies and gums in the confectionery industry and some of their popular brands are Caramilk, Lacto King and Coffee Bite.

Candico India Ltd.:

Candico came into existence in the year 1997 and within a short period of its inception, the company grew to become the second largest confectionery company in India. They are selling over two billion confectionery products every year and they are engaged in manufacture of confectioneries under categories like gums, toffees, candies and gift packs.

Nestle India Ltd.:

Nestle India Limited is a subsidiary of the Switzerland based Nestle S.A and they have more than seven factories in India for offering world-class products to the Indian consumers. They are engaged in the manufacture of food and related items in the categories of beverages, prepared dishes & cooking aids, milk product & nutrition and of course chocolates and confectioneries. Some of their popular brands in the confectionery sector are Nestle Kit Kat, Nestle Munch, Nestle Milkybar, Nestle BarOne, Nestle Polo, etc…

Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd.:

Lotus Chocolate Company Limited is operating from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India and they are engaged in the production of confectioneries under different categories like industrial products and consumer products. Some of their popular consumer products are Tango, Maltys, Gobble, High 5, Chuckles, etc…

Campco Ltd.:

Campco stands for The Central Arecanut & Cocoa Marketing & Processing Co-operative Limited and they are operating from the city of Mangalore in Karnataka. They are engaged in the production of sugar coated chocolate buttons, chocolate éclairs, enrobed chocolates, moulded chocolates and drinking chocolate as finished products both for internal market and for export purpose as well.

The other popular players in this industry are Britannia Industries Ltd., Wrigle’s India Ltd., ITC Foods Ltd., etc…