Chocolate is made from cocoa liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, milk, and an emulsifier (such as lecithin) and is available in different varieties and flavors. Vendors are launching innovative products with unique flavors using ingredients like alcohol, ginger, hibiscus, and lavender. Products that use organic ingredients are also finding high demand in the market despite their premium positioning. The total number of products launched with organic claims increased from 351 in 2012 to 705 in 2015.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by product

Global milk chocolate market

Global dark chocolate market

Global white chocolate market

PART 07: Market segmentation by distribution channel

PART 08: Geographical segmentation

Chocolate market in EMEA

Chocolate market in the Americas

Chocolate market in APAC

PART 09: Key leading countries

US

Germany

UK

PART 10: Market drivers

Introduction of new varieties of chocolate

Innovations in packaging

Premiumization

Mergers and acquisitions

PART 11: Impact of drivers

PART 12: Market challenges

Increasing price of ingredients

Rising obesity among consumers

Criticism of labor exploitation

Product recall

PART 13: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 14: Market trends

New marketing initiatives

Innovations in chocolate manufacturing

Fairtrade certified chocolates

PART 15: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Ferrero

Hershey's

Mars

Mondelēz International

Nestlé

Other prominent vendors

PART 16: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 17: Explore Technavio