SweetWorks

Last updated

SweetWorks Confections is a candy and chocolate manufacturer that owns and operates several different brands which each dedicate to different types of sweets. Headquartered in Buffalo, New York, it is an entity of Chocolat Frey, with factories in Buffalo and Toronto, Canada.

Contents

History

SweetWorks Confections began in 1956 as Niagara Chocolates in Buffalo, New York, which was opened by John and Angela Terranova. [1]

In 1992, their son Philip Terranova took ownership of the company.

In 1998, they acquired Oak Leaf Confections which also included Whetstone Chocolates, this added a production facility in Toronto, Canada and St. Augustine, Florida. But the Florida facility closed soon after the acquisition, and production was moved to Buffalo. [2] This allowed production of additional products including Sixlets, gumballs, and dextrose.

The two companies was then combined and rebranded as SweetWorks Confections in 2002. [3] [4]

In 2014, Chocolat Frey, a Swiss chocolate manufacturer [5] acquired SweetWorks Confections and its manufacturing facilities in Buffalo and Toronto. [6] [7]

Brands

SweetWorks Confections, LLC owns and operate several brands that each carry their own type of sweets.

Related Research Articles

Confectionery Prepared foods rich in sugar and carbohydrates

Confectionery is the art of making confections, which are food items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates. Exact definitions are difficult. In general, however, confectionery is divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories: bakers' confections and sugar confections. The occupation of confectioner encompasses the categories of cooking performed by both the French patissier and the confiseur.

Raffaello (confection) Coconut sweet from Ferrero

Raffaello is a spherical coconut–almond truffle that Italian manufacturer Ferrero brought to the market in 1990. The praline comprises a spherical wafer which is filled with a white milk cream and white blanched almonds. It is surrounded by a coconut layer. It does not contain chocolate. However it does contain lactose, making Raffaello incompatible for consumers with lactose intolerance.

Praline Confection made with nuts

Praline is a form of confection containing, at a minimum, culinary nuts – usually almonds, pecans and hazelnuts – and sugar. Cream is a common third ingredient.

Nestlé Candy Shop former confectionary brand owned by Nestlé

Nestlé Candy Shop was a brand of confectionery owned and licensed by Swiss corporation Nestlé, but discontinued in 2018 when the individual brands were sold to Ferrara Candy Company. The previous Wonka brand's inception comes from materials licensed from British author Roald Dahl. His classic 1964 children's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and its film adaptations are the source of both the packaging and the marketing styles of the Wonka brand. The brand was launched on 17 May 1971, one month before the release of the novel's first film adaptation on 30 June 1971. In 1988 the Willy Wonka Candy Company brand, then owned by Sunmark Corporation, was acquired by Nestlé. Nestlé sold sweets and chocolate under the Willy Wonka brand name in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic and the Middle East.

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups American candy

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are an American candy consisting of a chocolate cup filled with peanut butter, marketed by The Hershey Company. They were created on November 15, 1928, by H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey. Reese left his job with Hershey to start his own candy business. Reese's generates more than $2 billion in annual sales for The Hershey Company, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are number one on the list of top-selling candy brands.

Bonbon Small chocolate confection

A bonbon is a small chocolate confection. They are usually filled with liqueur or other sweet ingredients, and sold wrapped in coloured foil.

Tootsie Roll Industries U.S. candy company

Tootsie Roll Industries is an American manufacturer of confectionery. Its best-known products have been Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops. Tootsie Roll Industries currently markets its brands internationally in Canada, Mexico, and over 75 other countries.

Russell Stover Candies Candy manufacturer

Russell Stover Chocolates, Inc., founded by Russell Stover, an American chemist and entrepreneur, and his wife Clara Stover in 1923, is an American supplier of candy, chocolate, and confections. The corporate headquarters are in Kansas City, Missouri.

Sixlets Small round colorful malted chocolatey candies

Sixlets are small round candy-coated, chocolate-flavored candy made by Oak Leaf Confections, a Chocolat Frey company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are often sold in thin cellophane packages that hold them in a tube-like formation. The ball-shaped candies come in colors that include red, brown, yellow, green, blue and orange. Each color is purported to add a slightly different taste than the others to the candy. An Easter variation of the candy adds white, pink, and blue pieces while removing red and brown ones from the mix. A Christmas variation has only red, green and white; and the Valentine's Day variation has red, pink, and white. Halloween versions are also sold, having orange, teal, purple, green, and black candies. At some specialty candy stores, Sixlets can be found sold loose by weight in individually sorted colors not found in the typical variety- lime green, black, pink, etc.- in the same way that M&M's are popularizing designer color selection. They are also packaged for sale as decoration for baked goods.

Fannie May Confection Brands, Inc. is an American chocolate manufacturer headquartered in Chicago, and currently owned by Italian company Ferrero SpA. Fannie May manufactures a broad variety of products including enrobed, barks, caramels, squares, berries, twist wrapped, molded, flow wrapped, and boxed chocolates. In attempt to reach all consumers, Fannie May became allergy conscious carrying candy without gluten, milk, honey, oil(s), wheat, eggs, etc. as well as listing the health benefits of eating dark chocolate. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America certified many of Fannie May's products to be kosher as well.

Farleys & Sathers Candy Company

Farley's & Sathers Candy Company was created as an umbrella company to roll up many small companies, brands and products under a common management team. The confectionery business segment is made up of many small companies, often with intertwined relationships and histories.

Swiss chocolate Chocolate processed in Switzerland

Swiss chocolate is chocolate produced in Switzerland. While cacao beans and other ingredients such as sugar cane originate from outside Switzerland, the actual production of the chocolate must take place in Switzerland. Switzerland's chocolates have earned an international reputation for high quality with many famous international chocolate brands.

Chocolat Frey

Chocolat Frey AG, commonly Frey, based in Buchs in the Swiss Canton of Aargau, manufactures chocolate and chewing gum. The products of the leading chocolate manufacturer on the Swiss chocolate market are sold both in Switzerland and abroad under the brand name of Frey as well as additional private labels. The company, founded in 1887, is a business enterprise of the M-Industry and has been a part of the Migros Group since 1950.

Skinny Candy is a confectionery brand, that was founded by Sahar Hashemi, former Coffee Republic founder and entrepreneur in 2005. It was born out of a lack of low sugar and low fat chocolates and sweets available to the British market.

Turkish delight Turkish gelatinous candy

Turkish delight or lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often flavored with rosewater, mastic gum, bergamot orange, or lemon. The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar to prevent clinging. Other common flavors include cinnamon and mint. In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.

Whetstone Chocolates in St. Augustine, Florida was founded in 1967 by Henry Whetstone and Esther Whetstone. The chocolate manufacturer merged with Oakleaf Confections of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Niagara Chocolates of Buffalo, New York to form SweetWorks in 2002 before selling all of its stock holdings in the umbrella company in 2004. At the same time it initiated a plan to close its national product line and lay off an estimated 41 employees, while continuing as a manufacturer and retailer in St. Augustine.

Crunch (chocolate bar)

Widely known for its crispy and crunchy texture, the Nestlé Crunch Bar is a candy bar that is a flat square of milk chocolate that has its name “Nestlé Crunch” printed in molded chocolate on the front of the chocolate candy bar and made with crisped rice. The Nestlé Crunch Bar was given its name to describe the sound it made when bitten into and was paired with the slogan, “Music to your mouth.” Crunch can come as a solid slab of square chocolate or chocolate squares that break up into smaller slabs, each individually molded “Crunch” on the chocolate. It is produced globally by Nestlé with the exception of the United States, where it is produced under license by the Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero.

References

  1. ↑ "SweetWorks In New Business Deal With Swiss Company". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ↑ Glynn, Matt. "CANDY FIRM'S EXPANSION WILL ADD 65 JOBS HERE". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  3. ↑ Christmann, Samantha Maziarz. "SweetWorks sells majority of its stock to Swiss company Chocolat Frey". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  4. ↑ "Sweetworks in new business deal with Swiss company". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  5. ↑ "Chocolat Frey AG acquires SweetWorks, expands into North America". www.candyindustry.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  6. ↑ confectionerynews.com. "Chocolat Frey expands in North America with SweetWorks buy". confectionerynews.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  7. ↑ "Swiss chocolate maker acquires SweetWorks". Food Dive. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  8. ↑ "About Us". www.coloritcandy.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  9. ↑ "About Sixlets". sixlets.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  10. ↑ "Niagara Chocolates | We Obsess. You Indulge". niagarachocolates. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  11. ↑ "Ovation by Frey | SweetWorks Confections". SweetWorks. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  12. ↑ "Bubble King | SweetWorks Confections". SweetWorks. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.