Confectionery

Confectionary products have been in existence from time immemorial. Confectionary products are generally divided into hard candy (sugar cream), lozenges, caramels, toffee, chocolates & sugar-coated candies. The development of confectionary industry in linked with the progress of sugar industry and its production fluctuates with the availability of sugar and its price. Confectionary Industry thus comprises an important segment of industrial activity in the food processing industry and has made considerable progress in the country, since Independence. Confectionary is mainly consumed by children as their most favourable edible sweets. It is also distributed on different festivals to the guests like birthday parties, marriage-celebrations, parties, etc. The consumption of these sweets is increasing day by day. To meet this ever-growing demand, many units in urban and the semi urban areas have come up. But there is a still good scope for new small-scale units to manufacture quality production to meet the ever-growing demand in the country.