In 2025, consumer spending on sugar, confectionary and ice-cream in the United Kingdom amounted toÌý**** billion British pounds.Ìý
Confectionary in detail
Confectionery is commonly split in two main categories; bakers’ confectionary, which encompasses a variety of baked goods and sugar confectionery including candies (or sweets in Britain), as well as chocolates, gums and other primarily sugar-based confections. In 2023, about * tons of sugar confectionary were made and sold in the UK. AboutÌý*** billion British pounds were generated in revenue with the manufacture of chocolate and sugar confectionary in the UK in the following year.
Ice cream market
Retail sales of ice cream in the UK were valued atÌý*** billion GBP in 2025. Sales from ice cream made in the UK made up a volume of ****million liters in 2024. On average, a person in the UKÌýpurchasedÌý** grams of ice cream in tubs or block form per week in 2021/22.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 31, 2026). Consumer spending on sugar, confectionery and ice-cream in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2025 (in million GBP)* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/289927/expenditure-on-sugar-confectionery-and-ice-cream-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Consumer spending on sugar, confectionery and ice-cream in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2025 (in million GBP)*." Chart. March 31, 2026. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 05, 2026. /statistics/289927/expenditure-on-sugar-confectionery-and-ice-cream-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
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