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FLEER – Spain 08/04/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 11:32 AM
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I wrote last year about this company, specialist in sugarfree chewing gums. This is the link to my previous post.

There are no revolutionary novelties this year. Mainly a new brand extension for the sat product: CLIX, which is named CLIX CRACK. This is a square dragee presented in individual flow pack which comes in different flavors: Watermelon, mint, spearmint ands strawberry.

This adds to other products of the “CLIX family”: CLIX 3D, CLIX ONE, CLIX PLUS (with -Aloe vera), 6 CLIX and CLIX JOYSTICK.

The company also produces bulk dosages for third parties and private label.

I thank Mr José Ramón Navarro for his explanations during the show.

 

PARS MINOO – Iran 07/04/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 11:30 AM
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This Iranian company is the third year that exhibits in the fair. It is interesting because there are not many companies from Iran in the show.

PARS MINOO have a range of sugar free dragees presented in different flavors and packaging. There flip top boxes but also the traditional multipack of 10 drags and another multipack with 4 dragees. Some typical flavors are: Orange, Spearmint, Peppermint and Strawberry.

I thank Ms Sakhbaz for her time and explanations. You can learn more about this company checking www.minoogroup.com

 

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Energy gum 05/04/2014

Filed under: New product — Joan Mestres @ 11:26 AM
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A new energy gum has been launched in UK. It is named “RAW” and marketed by Navson, a mineral water company. They position this gum at lower price (18 pieces for 0,99 Pound; 1,2 Eur; 1,65 US$) than other competitors and do not use caffein (maybe the most obvious ingredient that comes to our mind when considering this product category). “RAW” contains Taurine and Vitamin B.

Other energy gums are mentioned in the article from confectionery news.com (link):

VIBE: 10 pieces per pack. 2 Pounds (=2,42 Eur, 3,32 US$)

L.A. FUEL: 7 gums per pack, 25 mg Taurine per gum, 100 mg caffeine per gum, 3,00 Eur per pack (=2,48 Pounds, 4,11 US$)

And other gums in the market:

DRIVE GUM: 10 gums per pack, 25 mg caffeine per gum, 2,8 Eur per pack (=2,31 Pounds, 3,84 US$)

C2 Energy Gum: 40 gums per pack (plastic bottle), caffeine, taurine and guarana (precise quantities do not appear in their web site). At 8990 chilean pesos (= 11,82 Eur, 9,77 Pounds, 16,19 US$)

 

 

ZED CANDY- Ireland 03/04/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 11:32 AM
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Last year I already posted about this Irish company (link), managed by Brendan Roantree. Not so many novelties this year, but I’d like to mention here the nice snooker balls, which display the number printed on the surface.

Although it is not gum, I liked very much this jawbreaker which was displayed in their booth, so I share it with you as well.

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SAET – Spain 02/04/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 3:56 PM
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SAET is not a chewing gum producer itself (their strong point is licorice) but they offer some gums in their range, taking advantage of some licensing agreements that they have signed. some examples are the deals with Football Clubs (FC Barcelona, Real Madris, AC Milan and Juventus). They can offer gums under those “brands”. They also present a single pice with tattoo or a double piece with “mega-tatoo”.

I refer also to my previous post about this company: SAET

I thank Mr Torrens for his time and kindness.

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CONFITECA – Ecuador 01/04/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 10:34 AM
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CONFITECA, the local leader in Ecuador, is launching this year a triple layer product, following the trend of the market (I talked about them in previous posts). It goes under their brand “PLOP!” and it is presented in individual flow packs and with different flavors:

– Pinneapple – Melon – Watermelon

– Mint

– Strawberry – Banana

This is a sugar free product.

 

CAMOUFLAGE – Italy 27/03/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 2:02 PM
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This company is not a chewing gum producer itself but market extremely well-presented gums. They are based in Italy and the team has previous experience in the world of Fashion. By creating this company, they want to blend Fashion with the world of Food. They present their “Luxury Chewing Gum” under the Paul Stiven brand. You can learn more in the web-site: www.paulstiven.it 

Here you have some samples of their product range:

 

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I thank Mr Diego Kanda for his time during the Fair.

 

VIDAL – Spain 18/03/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 9:29 AM
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This company is launching one of the most interesting products I found in the Fair: gum footballs. They consist on engraved hollow balls with the design of a football (“soccer” if you read this from the US!). This is year of a World Championship (which takes place every 4 years) so there will be a lot of products around this issue. VIDAL is presenting these excellent gum balls.

I also found a “spaghetti gum” in pouches under the brand “BITS BUBBLE”. The pouch contains blue and fizzy noodles. You can find this on more in the company’s website: www.vidal.es

I thank Mr Javier Nieto for his explanations.

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ROELLI ROELLI- Switzerland 05/03/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 5:43 PM
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Last year I already introduced this swiss company. You can find the post in this link

This year there is a new packaging for their star product ALPRAUSCH. It is a multipack with dragees.

The company also launches MEDITOL, a gum which contains 100% xylitol as sweetener. This is a premium product designed to be top-of-the-range and it is presented in a metal box or in a golden zip bag.

I thank Mr Nico Studer for his time.

 

SWEET MAGIC – Bulgaria 03/03/2014

Filed under: Market & Fairs,New product — Joan Mestres @ 11:20 AM
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This is a Dutch company based in Bulgaria. I thank Mr Hans Boom and Ms Daniela Savova for their time and explanations during the Fair.

They are really specialists on cotton candy, but what is of our interest in this web-site is the cotton gum. There not so many companies in the world producing this speciality, and some of them do it as a “side product”, so it is always nice to find someone that really focuses on this. I invite you to visit their website: http://www.sweetmagic.eu and see their products here:

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