(1) While levels of obesity have increased in recent decades, consumption of biscuits, cakes and confectionery has remained static.(2) Even so, I can't help wondering how any piece of confectionery can survive in today's world when it is crowned with half a pound of crushed sugar lumps.(3) This was then blocked in by a further 10 pallets of cardboard boxes containing confectionery and muesli.(4) These are eaten locally, either as dessert nuts or in chocolate and confectionery .(5) For a city built on chocolate, York seems to produce some dire confectionery .(6) Russian chewing gum, Turkish confectionery , Mexican soft drinks and US fruit juices were all bought during the interim period.(7) It is a critical ingredient of the baking and confectionery worlds, as it prevents ingredients in food from separating.(8) ‘We all need to eat fewer cakes, biscuits, confectionery and soft drinks,’ she said.(9) The UK, meanwhile, is the second highest consumer of chocolate confectionery in Europe, beaten only by Switzerland.(10) They were rewarded in style for dreaming up and creating delectable ice cream and confectionery and whetting the appetites of ultra-discerning gourmets from across the globe.(11) In 1998, the combined advertising spend on chocolate bars, toys and games, ice cream and sugar confectionery was £88.6m.(12) chocolate and fudge are made daily at the village confectionery(13) One target for campaigners is the growing presence in schools of vending machines that dispense confectionery , crisps and soft drinks.(14) The idea to start manufacturing their own confectionery formed when they started giving their own handmade chocolates to friends as Christmas presents.(15) There are soups, sauces, breads, margarines, confectionery , peanut butter, cordials and soft drinks, biscuits, and yoghurts.(16) French macarons weren't my favorite confectionery .
