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XYLIBIO – Dc24 hours 11/02/2026

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 10:32 AM
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This is an interesting chewing gum that I saw during ISM and wanted to share with you. It is produced in China but owned by a Canadian company. It comes in dragees/pillows and presented both in plastic bottles, blisters and in ziptop bags.

One of the versions contains only Xylitol as sweetener and they display this fact very clearly in all packagings and promotional materials. Of course, they focus on Oral Care.

Another version uses Xylitol and Erythritol, claiming that it contains less calories than the one which is 100% xylitol.

The company presents also an “Energy gum” with Guarana and Taurine and also another version with Hydroxyapatite, which goes also in the direction of promoting Dental health. The very interesting range is completed by a gum with ginger oil and honey extract, with the claim of increasing appetite.

The company also offers compressed mints and lollipops.

See the link to their website: https://www.dc24hours.com/

 

ISM 2026 09/02/2026

Filed under: Market & Fairs — Joan Mestres @ 3:51 PM
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Back from ISM one more year. My first one was in 1997 and this show has changed a lot since then. While the organization is opening new branches in Dubai (ISM Middle East) and Tokyo (ISM Japan), the original one in Köln, Germany becomes smaller and smaller. One of the factors that is playing against the German show is the difficulties that some potential participants (I know cases of exhibitors and visitors) find when trying to obtain a visa for Germany. It is much easier for them going to Dubai instead, so it was a good move to open one edition there.

This year the sister exhibition “ProSweets” with a lot of focus on machinery and packaging has been also quite smaller, mainly due to the fact that later in May we have Interpack, in Düsseldorf, which is the great show for this field of activity. By the way, from 2027 the ProSweets will be renamed to “ISM manufacturing”. The part of the show devised for ingredients, that was part of Prosweets in the past, has already been renamed to “ISM ingredients”. So now “ISM” will be an umbrella with many different branches and sites.

Despite all this, it is still an excellent place where to find novelties, meet people and do business. So I would definitely recommend it again and again. Looking forward to 2027!! (30th Jan – 3rd Feb)

https://www.ism-cologne.com/trade-fair/ism/ism-worldwide/

 

BARKLEYS GUM – TUTTLE & CO 04/03/2024

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 6:29 PM
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As usual each ISM is a source of interesting products and a learning experience. This time I picked up the product from Barkleys, which is marketed highlighting its intensity. This feature and the unique packaging are the differential elements of this brand. It comes in tins, which is not a usual packaging for gum. The reason is that the origin of the company (Tuttle & Co) and still today the main product are the mints, which are presented, of course, in metal tins. That’s also the reason for the claim of “intense gum”, which is perfectly aligned with the mints (sugar, sugarfee and chocolate filled). The gum is a line extension and presents 3 different flavours: Peppermint, Spearmint and Cinnamon. The tins contain 30g (ca.22 pieces) of dragée gum, which is much more than a standard blister pack.

I leave you here the websites, so you can see these products

https://barkleysgum.com/#

https://www.tuttleandcompany.com/

 

Confiteca – Ecuador 22/05/2023

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 11:39 AM
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Not everything is functional gum! Although I like a lot the novelties is this segment, I also like to see new launches in the field of more traditional gum. There are not many, I must say, so when I find one it is very good news.

In this case the Ecuadorian company Confiteca presented in ISM an extra sour gum. The format is what is more interesting: A 20cm-long cylinder filled with liquid (in some cases) or powder (in another version). Each bar, or cylinder comes in a flowpack. The product has a soft nice chew and, of course, an extra sour taste. Named “Super Hiper Ácido” comes in different flavours (watermelon, maracuya, strawberry…)

 

CHIC-KLES – Spain GUM&GO 19/05/2023

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 11:32 AM
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The company Chic-kles has been busy recently. They exhibited in ISM and also in Vitafoods launching their new functional gums under the brand “Gum&Go”. This is a well-differentiated product from their standard range and , of course, is a complete range of functional gums covering different claims:

  • Easy calm: With Melatonin, L-Tryptophan and Lemon Balm Extract
  • B12+ Iron boost. With both ingredients plus vitamin C
  • Shape care: With Probiotic BPL1 and Zinc
  • Energy shot: With Caffeine, Vitamin B5, Ginseng and Guarana
  • Vitamin shield: With B6, B2 and C
  • Strong teeth: With Xylitol, fluoride, Calcium and Vitamin D

They are presented as coated pillows, packed in blisters, with 10 gum pieces each.

For mor information; jchernandez@chic-kles.com

 

Candy Industry 17/02/2023

Filed under: General,Market & Fairs — Joan Mestres @ 2:36 PM
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I was reading this interesting article in “Candy Industry” about the situation and expectations for the market in 2023 and I thought that I would share it here as it touches some points related to important chewing gum companies. Not only the huge Mondelez and Perfetti (I mentioned their agreement in a separate entry that you can find here) but also about Colombina, Arcor and Ezaki Glico which are also very large and important companies.

Please see the link here to Candy Industry

 

ISM 2023 14/06/2022

Filed under: Market & Fairs — Joan Mestres @ 9:13 PM
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The news of the day is that next edition of ISM will take place, instead of last weekend in January as it has always been, on 23-25th April 2023.

I personally do not understand the reasons given by the organization, which mentions the current exceptional situation regarding availability raw materials, logistic pressures, increasing prices, etc… I do not know how postponing the exhibition from January to April will make any difference…. but probably I am missing some bit of information..

 

Mondelez – Goodbye to chewing gum? 01/06/2022

Filed under: Market & Fairs — Joan Mestres @ 1:00 PM
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I was shocked a few days ago when I read the news that Mondelez (Number 2 chewing gum producer worldwide) is planning to divest its gum business. If this finally comes true, it can be one of the largest and most important moves in the chewing gum industry in this XXI century so far.

According to the press release the company only consider this option in developed markets, while they plan to keep the business in the rest. This clearly seems a result of the Covid19 pandemic, which resulted on decrease in chewing gum sales (not only for Mondelez but for almost everybody, I’d say).

Who can be ready to take this business? The first name that came to my mind is Ferrero. The Italian company has been trying to enter the chewing gum market without much success so far (their “TicTac Gum” was withdrawn from the market) and would be an opportunity to take well-established, recognized brands such as Trident in their portfolio. Let’s see what the future brings to us!

I leave you here some articles on this

Foodingredients1st

Reuters

ProFoodWorld

 

AFPI – Australia 28/02/2022

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 10:55 AM
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It is not usual to find chewing gums coming from Australia, but this one is even more unusual: Gum using mastic as gum base. This would go together with the current trend for natural gum bases (several posts earlier in this website) but unlike the natural gum base from chicle /sapodilla tree from Mexico, this product uses the resin from “Pistacia Genus”, a type of mastic gum.

Mastic gum is common in the Middle East, with examples in Turkey and Lebanon but this product made in Australia by Australian Food and Pharmaceutical Industries (AFPI) is different. It comes in flip top boxes and a range of flavours (original mastic, mint, cinnamon) and also a “Zero” version formulated only with mastic gum + beeswax and mint oil. Note that no sweetener is used. This gives a very special taste and texture to the product. There is even a version with probiotics (Organic Kombucha culture)!

All of them are labelled as “organic”.

Thank you to Dr Sharifi for his explanations and time during Gulfood/Dubai.

I invite you to visit their website at www.foodpharmaindu.com

 

Happygum – Austria 24/02/2022

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 4:50 PM
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Let me introduce the finalist to the “most innovative health, wellness and plant based product” during the recent Gulfood exhibition that took place in Dubai. I thank Dr Farkas for his time to explain the features of the product, which is in fact quite unique. Its benefits go around Lavender oil, but it is completed with vitamin B3, B5, B7 and Zinc. It claims to contribute “to functioning of mind, psyche and energy metabolism”.

It comes in blister pack with 10 pieces in each sleeve.

Interesting product from an Austrian company (quite unique as well in the chewing gum industry) although produced outside the country. See their website www.happygum.info