date:May 22, 2013
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Overall, the confectionery industry has grown to $32.8 billion in 2012 from $27.4 billion in 2007. According to Datamonitors Consumers Product Launch Analytics, there were 765 new confectionery products introduced in 2012, with 423 of those being chocolate, 302 being sugar confectionery and 40 being gum products. There were also 2,183 new snack, cookie and cracker products introduced during the year, including 310 cookie, 188 cracker, 283 potato chip, 102 popcorn, 178 nuts and