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The business of sweets in Dubai
Gulf News
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2/11/2025
The business of sweets in Dubai. Dubai's confectionery market has grown exponentially in recent years and despite the economic slowdown, is becoming big business. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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These might be small customers, but sweets are big business in Dubai.
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Shops like this one in Dubai Mall are popping up around the emirate, and with an annual
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growth of 10 percent, the 300 million dirham confectionary market is on the rise.
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In fact, sweets make up the largest chunk of the UAE food product export, because companies
00:31
are producing more here than ever before.
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And despite empty-looking malls, it appears to be a market that is weathering the global
00:39
economic slowdown.
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The confectionery, chocolate, candy business typically is recession-proof.
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Does it take a hit?
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Yes, premium brands do take a hit.
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However, chocolate is more of an affordable, feel-good item.
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Confectioners like Pachi, which is a production facility in Al-Qoz, are leading the way in
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local production.
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The Lebanese company has an international reach and says Dubai has become a viable market
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for them.
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There's a lot of chocolate shops opening, new ideas coming.
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It is a big market, and we are everywhere.
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It's not only in the UAE.
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It's a multinational company, so you can find us everywhere.
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We have franchise, Paris, Europe, everywhere.
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With the growth of the confectionery market comes, of course, a rise in consumption, and
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there is concern amongst health experts here in Dubai, where over a million people suffer
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from diabetes, many of them children.
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Because these foods are so loaded with energy and no nutrients that they're going to still
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put on weight, but this weight is going to start becoming excessive, leading to overweight
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and obesity.
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And we know that obesity is linked to lots of chronic conditions such as diabetes and
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heart disease.
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So later on, and these days it's actually not that late on, we're seeing children ending
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up with type 2 diabetes as young as 12 or 10 years of age.
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But for the near future, at least, the sweets business is set to grow exponentially.
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And with products that appear to be recession-proof, expect to see more and more sweets on the
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supermarket shelves.
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Ashraf Helmi, Gulf News.
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