Report: Gum, Mint Sales To Grow $1B By 2030

The Shelby Report ^ | January 5, 2026

[ConservativeStatement]

The National Confectioners Association’s inaugural “Getting to Know Gum and Mint Consumers 2025” report found that gum and mints account for 13 percent of all confectionery sales.

Generational turnovers are reshaping subcategories, with Millennial and Gen Z consumers driving virtually all growth in gum and mints, according to the report. As such, total gum and mint sales are projected to reach $6.7 billion in all channels by 2030, an increase of nearly $1 billion.

Since 2020, annual gum sales have grown $1.2 billion to $3.9 billion while that of mints increased by $462 million to $3.9 billion.

[Magnum44]

[Opinionated Blowhard]

[ClearCase_guy]

When gum is outlawed, only outlaws will have gum.

[ConservativeStatement]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...how many of us remember that? I sure do.

[PeterPrinciple]

good, more gum on the sidewalk to step on.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

[Ciaphas Cain]

I remember that too! :-D

[PGR88]

What they mean is GUBMINT will continue to grow.

[Hyman Roth]

Ugh. BB card gum. It was always on the best card in the pack. That big ass stain across a Johnny Bench card infuriated me.

[crusty old prospector]

[Magnum44]

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Clever

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Bazooka Joe comics could get a little bizarre at times.

[Valpal1]

Are the Millenials and GenZ trying to kick vaping and Zinns?

[Rural_Michigan]

Growing mint used to be a very lucrative cash crop in my area. Now the market is flooded with cheap impotent mint from China

[PUGACHEV]

I used to clip baseball cards from the gum packages to the fork of my bicycle with a clothes pin. When moving, the spokes made a motor noise. If I had some of those cards back today, unmutilated, I suspect I could buy any car I wanted.

[Larry Lucido]

[Larry Lucido]

One more.