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- Figure 1: Chocolate confectionery, top five markets, per capita consumption (kg), 2015
- Figure 2: Chocolate confectionery, top five markets, by volume (000 tonnes), 2015
- Figure 3: Chocolate confectionery, bottom five markets, by volume (000 tonnes), 2015
- Figure 4: Chocolate confectionery, top claims, product launches, 2015
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The Big Stories
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- Premium becomes mass, so what is premium?
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- Figure 6: Important factors when buying chocolate, select European countries, 2015
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- Figure 7: Purchase location for chocolate confectionery, US, November 2014
- Dark milk and other flavor developments in chocolate confectionery
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- Figure 8: Chocolate confectionery, top 15 flavors, global, 2015
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- Figure 9: Important factors when buying chocolate – dark chocolate, selected European markets, 2012 and 2015
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- Figure 10: Matcha-flavored chocolate confectionery launches, by country (top 5), 2015
- Chocolate confectionery and permissibility
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- Figure 11: Reasons for eating chocolate, select European countries, 2015
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- Figure 12: Important factors when buying chocolate confectionery, China, 2015
- Figure 13: Attitudes towards snacking, select European countries, 2015
Notable Products of the Past Year
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- Single origin and sourced chocolate confectionery products
- Chocolate with “add ins”
Looking to the Future
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- Out of Africa: interest grows in other cocoa sources
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- Figure 14: Cocoa production (tonnes), by country, Africa, 2013
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- Figure 15: Cocoa production (tonnes), by country, Asia/South Pacific, 2013
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- Figure 16: Cocoa production (tonnes), by country, Americas, 2013
- Sharing moves to snacking as an on-pack positioning
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- Figure 17: Launches of individually wrapped and non-individually wrapped chocolate confectionery, % change, by region, 2013-15
- The politics of the chocolate industry: what’s next?*
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- Figure 18: “Ethical sourcing is an important purchase factor when buying chocolate,” select European markets, 2012-14
The Analyst’s View
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