Contents
- Household spending on sweets statistics: candy, cookies, and cakes in the United States
- Household spending on sweets statistics: U.S. sweet spending across years
- Household spending on sweets statistics: confectionery and baked treats in UK household purchases
- Household spending on sweets statistics: UK sugar, cakes, and biscuit purchases
- Household spending on sweets statistics: monthly sugar and confectionery spending in Israel
- Household spending on sweets statistics: Israeli candy spending by income quintile
- Sources
Household spending on sweets statistics: candy, cookies, and cakes in the United States
U.S. figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics track average annual expenditures per consumer unit. The BLS uses “consumer unit” for a financially independent family or individual, so its measure is not simply an average for every person or a count of purchases. For 2023, the three categories in the report were candy and chewing gum, cookies, and cakes and cupcakes. Average annual spending was $164 on candy and chewing gum, $91 on cookies, and $67 on cakes and cupcakes. The labels matter: the candy figure includes chewing gum, while the baked categories are reported separately. These values describe annual dollars per consumer unit, not quantities or spending by a particular household. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Spending on candy, cookies, and cakes in 2023”)
| U.S. category, 2023 | Average annual expenditure per consumer unit |
|---|---|
| Candy and chewing gum | $164 |
| Cookies | $91 |
| Cakes and cupcakes | $67 |
The three figures provide a category-by-category snapshot. They do not say how much any one consumer unit spent, how many items were bought, or how frequently purchases occurred. The reported averages are useful for describing the scale of these categories in the BLS expenditure series, while the definitions keep the comparison grounded in what was actually measured. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Spending on candy, cookies, and cakes in 2023”)
Household spending on sweets statistics: U.S. sweet spending across years
The BLS table provides annual figures across multiple years for the same three categories. The complete selected series shows how the recorded averages varied from 2013 through 2020, then again in 2023. Candy and chewing gum was $88 in 2013 and again $88 in 2014; it was $103 in 2015, $94 in 2016, $97 in 2017, $99 in 2018, $112 in 2019, and $100 in 2020. The 2023 value was $164. This is a sequence of reported annual averages, not a continuous explanation of why values changed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Spending on candy, cookies, and cakes in 2023”)
| Year | Candy and chewing gum | Cookies | Cakes and cupcakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $88 | $49 | $38 |
| 2014 | $88 | $47 | $32 |
| 2015 | $103 | $47 | $37 |
| 2016 | $94 | $50 | $37 |
| 2017 | $97 | $56 | $46 |
| 2018 | $99 | $57 | $45 |
| 2019 | $112 | $56 | $46 |
| 2020 | $100 | — | — |
| 2023 | $164 | $91 | $67 |
Cookies were $49 in 2013, $47 in 2014, $47 in 2015, $50 in 2016, $56 in 2017, $57 in 2018, and $56 in 2019. Their 2023 average was $91. Cakes and cupcakes were $38 in 2013, $32 in 2014, $37 in 2015, $37 in 2016, $46 in 2017, $45 in 2018, and $46 in 2019; the 2023 value was $67. The table omits these two categories for 2020 because no checked observation is included here for that year; the dash is a missing entry, not zero expenditure. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Spending on candy, cookies, and cakes in 2023”)
The series should be read as nominal dollar amounts as printed in the BLS table. The checked information does not provide an inflation adjustment, purchasing quantities, or an explanation of annual movements. It supports comparing the listed averages and category labels across the specified years, but not attributing a change to a particular cause. The missing years between 2020 and 2023 also mean the selected entries do not trace every annual step. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Spending on candy, cookies, and cakes in 2023”)
Household spending on sweets statistics: confectionery and baked treats in UK household purchases
The UK figures are quantities purchased, not household spending in currency. Family Food FYE 2024 Table 2.1 reports grams per person per week for these food categories. The “FYE 2024” release covers April 2023 to March 2024. Across the five reported financial years, household purchases of confectionery were 144 grams per person per week in FYE 2020, 171 in FYE 2021, 144 in FYE 2022, 143 in FYE 2023, and 126 in FYE 2024. (UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, “Family Food FYE 2024,” Table 2.1)
| UK household purchase category | FYE 2020 | FYE 2021 | FYE 2022 | FYE 2023 | FYE 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confectionery (grams per person per week) | 144 | 171 | 144 | 143 | 126 |
| Cakes, buns and pastries (grams per person per week) | 163 | 158 | 165 | 161 | — |
| Sugar and preserves (grams per person per week) | 87 | 108 | 83 | 78 | 85 |
For cakes, buns and pastries, the recorded quantities were 163 grams per person per week in FYE 2020, 158 in FYE 2021, 165 in FYE 2022, and 161 in FYE 2023. No FYE 2024 value for that category is included in the checked observations, so the table leaves it blank. These are purchase quantities averaged per person per week, and the broad category “cakes, buns and pastries” should not be interpreted as cakes alone. The release notes that self-reported diaries may underreport purchases, a limitation relevant to interpreting the quantity estimates. (UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, “Family Food FYE 2024,” Table 2.1)
Household spending on sweets statistics: UK sugar, cakes, and biscuit purchases
For sugar and preserves, the UK household-purchase series reports 87 grams per person per week in FYE 2020, 108 in FYE 2021, 83 in FYE 2022, 78 in FYE 2023, and 85 in FYE 2024. This category combines sugar and preserves, so it is not a standalone measure of confectionery or of sugar alone. Its units are also distinct from the U.S. dollar figures: these are quantities purchased, not expenditures. (UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, “Family Food FYE 2024,” Table 2.1)
| UK household purchase category | FYE 2020 | FYE 2021 | FYE 2022 | FYE 2023 | FYE 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biscuits and crispbreads (grams per person per week) | 173 | 165 | 162 | 156 | 156 |
Biscuits and crispbreads were measured at 173 grams per person per week in FYE 2020, 165 in FYE 2021, 162 in FYE 2022, and 156 in both FYE 2023 and FYE 2024. The published category includes crispbreads alongside biscuits, so these figures cannot be treated as a biscuits-only total. Together with the separate cakes, buns and pastries series, the data offer a way to view several baked-food purchase categories while preserving their original category boundaries. (UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, “Family Food FYE 2024,” Table 2.1)
Table 2.1 describes household purchases normalized to a per-person, per-week quantity. It does not provide the price paid, currency expenditure, or the distribution of purchases among households. The five FYE labels refer to financial years, with the release’s FYE 2024 period running from April 2023 through March 2024; they are not calendar-year totals. (UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, “Family Food FYE 2024,” Table 2.1)
Household spending on sweets statistics: monthly sugar and confectionery spending in Israel
Israel’s 2023 Household Expenditure Survey reports monthly household consumption expenditure in NIS. Table 1.1 presents a total column alongside income quintiles. The overall household monthly figure for sugar and sugar products was NIS 91.2. Within sweet-related categories, the total household figures were NIS 10.3 for candies, NIS 38.5 for chocolate and chocolate-boxes, NIS 13.4 for other sweets, NIS 2.0 for jam and confiture, and NIS 4.4 for honey. These figures retain the survey’s category names and monthly household unit; they are not per-person amounts. (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, “Household Income and Expenditure, Data from the Household Expenditure Survey 2023 – General Summary,” Table 1.1, p. 63)
| Israeli household category, 2023 | NIS per household per month, total |
|---|---|
| Sugar and sugar products | 91.2 |
| Candies | 10.3 |
| Chocolate and chocolate-boxes | 38.5 |
| Other sweets | 13.4 |
| Jam and confiture | 2.0 |
| Honey | 4.4 |
The table’s “Total” column is an overall household measure. The named subcategories distinguish candies from chocolate, other sweets, jam and confiture, and honey. “Sugar and sugar products” is a separate row and should be retained as the survey presents it rather than treated as a simple sum of the listed sweet categories. The available figures support reading each reported amount in its own row, without making a new aggregate or assuming how the survey classifies every product. (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, “Household Income and Expenditure, Data from the Household Expenditure Survey 2023 – General Summary,” Table 1.1, p. 63)
Household spending on sweets statistics: Israeli candy spending by income quintile
Table 1.1 groups Israeli households by quintile of net income per standard person, with columns ordered Quintile 5, Quintile 4, Quintile 3, Quintile 2, Quintile 1, then Total. For sugar and sugar products, the checked monthly household amounts were NIS 89.7 in Quintile 5 and NIS 94.2 in Quintile 1. Those are the two available quintile observations for this row in the checked figures; they do not describe all five quintiles. (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, “Household Income and Expenditure, Data from the Household Expenditure Survey 2023 – General Summary,” Table 1.1, p. 63)
For candies, the source prints NIS 9.0 for Quintile 5 and NIS 12.0 for Quintile 4 in parentheses, and those parenthesized forms are preserved here. It reports NIS 10.5 for Quintile 3 and NIS 10.2 for Quintile 2. These are monthly expenditure figures per household, classified by quintile of net income per standard person. Parentheses are reproduced as printed without assigning them an interpretation beyond the source notation. (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, “Household Income and Expenditure, Data from the Household Expenditure Survey 2023 – General Summary,” Table 1.1, p. 63)
| Household income quintile | Sugar and sugar products, NIS/month | Candies, NIS/month |
|---|---|---|
| Quintile 5 | 89.7 | (9.0) |
| Quintile 4 | — | (12.0) |
| Quintile 3 | — | 10.5 |
| Quintile 2 | — | 10.2 |
| Quintile 1 | 94.2 | — |
The table retains blank cells where no checked value is available for that category and quintile. They are not zeroes. Quintile labels refer to net income per standard person, while the expenditure amount is per household per month, so the two dimensions should not be collapsed into a per-person spending claim. The reported observations allow a limited view of the listed candy and sugar-product values across selected quintiles; they do not establish a complete pattern across every quintile or explain why any amounts differ. (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, “Household Income and Expenditure, Data from the Household Expenditure Survey 2023 – General Summary,” Table 1.1, p. 63)