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Confectionery Products

USDA's branded food database lists 250 confectionery products; the median has 367 calories, 50.0 g of sugars, 0 g of protein and 50 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Products as manufacturers categorize them when they submit to USDA.

How confectionery products are spread

Half of all confectionery products have between 13.3 g and 66.7 g of sugars per 100 g

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Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories282367525
Sugars13.3 g50.0 g66.7 g
Protein0 g0 g5.0 g
Sodium0 mg50 mg100 mg
Fiber0 g0 g3.2 g
Saturated fat0 g7.0 g18.4 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*21 of 2508%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving2 of 1491%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving0 of 2490%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*234 of 24496%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving44 of 24718%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most confectionery products

BrandProducts
Swedish Fish33
Cadbury Green & Black's26
Trident22
Warheads18
Sour Patch18
Dentyne17
Toblerone11
Milka11

Every confectionery products product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Next questions

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov