Candico relaunches fruit
candies segment with 4 new flavours
Indiantelevision.com
Team
(9 March 2005 7:00 pm)
MUMBAI: Confectionery major Candico, has launched
a new range of hard-boiled soft centered candies in four flavours:
Green Mango, Tamarind, Lychee and Lemon.
In a company release Candico India Ltd executive director
Karan Gupta said, "Fruit candies are the most preferred candies
among consumers. Keeping in view the popularity of fruit candies,
we have introduced our range of soft-centered fruit candies in exotic
Indian flavours."
It is significant to note that Candico is the only
Indian company that manufactures all 4 categories of confectionery
- candies, toffees, lozenges and gums. It has a portfolio of 13 brands
including Loco Poco, Koffi Toffi, Gumbo Jumbo, Gol Maal and Time Bomb
and has achieved sales of over 2 billion products annually.
Candico also owns India's largest integrated confectionery
manufacturing facility. Located at Nagpur (Maharashtra), the facility
is spread over a 15-acre campus. With a production capacity of 45,000
tonnes, the plant also undertakes contract manufacturing for large
players in the industry. Its current and prior clients include Nestle,
HLL, ITC, Nutrine, Dalmiya Consumer Care and Euro Gadhia (London).
