Belgium: confectionery volume per capita 2018-2028| ��ƽ��

Volume of confectionery per capita in Belgium from 2018 to 2028, by segment (in kilograms)

Characteristic	Preserved Pastry Goods & Cakes	Ice Cream	Sugar Confectionery	Chocolate Confectionery
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May 2023

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Belgium

Survey time period

May 2023

Supplementary notes

Confectionery is defined as foods with a relatively high sugar content. The Confectionery segment contains chocolate and chocolate products, sugar confectionery (such as chewing gum and sweets), ice cream, and preserved pastry goods and cakes. This segment does not include spreads containing cocoa and jams (see: Spreads segment).

All figures are estimates. A detailed methodology can be found in the ��ƽ�� Consumer Market Outlook.

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In 2022, the average volume of ice cream stood at ** kilograms per capita in Belgium. Preserved pastry goods and cakes were especially popular. The per capita volume in this segment in Belgium amounted to roughly **** kilograms. By comparison, in the neighboring country, the Netherlands, consumers ate only **** kilograms of pastry goods and cakes per person per year. The average confectionery consumption there was lower across the board.

 Expenditure on confectionery

In 2020, the average consumer expenditure on confectionery in Belgium was valued at approximately *** euros per person. Consumers in Belgium spent over ** euros per year on chocolate, and another ** euros on candy and chewing gum. By comparison, spending on gingerbread was just *** euro per year.

Cookies market in Belgium

  The popularity of chocolate in Belgium is visible in the cookies market too, where chocolate cookies were the largest product segment based on sales value, at ** percent. The second-largest segment was the children’s cookies segment, which held a market share of just under ** percent.