Las Vegas Conference Heart – The 2026 Sweets & Snacks Expo concluded a profitable debut, bringing collectively the worldwide confectionery and snack industries for 4 days of innovation, networking, and enterprise growth.
Hosted by the NCA, Sweets & Snacks welcomed 17,500 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors showcasing the newest confectionery and snack merchandise, providing a sneak peek on the client tendencies shaping the way forward for the class.
“Bringing Sweets & Snacks to Las Vegas for the primary time created a singular alternative to showcase the daring innovation, creativity, and momentum driving the confectionery and snack industries in a metropolis recognized globally for its power,” says John Downs, president & CEO of NCA. “We introduced Vegas-level pleasure to each a part of the occasion, with sturdy training, dynamic networking, and breakthrough merchandise that bolstered why Sweets & Snacks Expo stays the business’s premier occasion.”
2026 Present Highlights:
- Massive Innovation Wins: The Most Modern New Product Awards celebrated confectionery and snack improvements throughout the present ground, with Issei and Belle’s Connoisseur Popcorn incomes the inaugural Trailblazer Awards, and CandyRific and The Hershey Firm taking house the first-ever Powerhouse Awards.
- Stacked Deck on the Present Flooring: Attendees found the newest tendencies, flavors, and enterprise options from greater than 1,000 exhibitors.
- Massive Concepts within the Highlight: Packed training periods explored the tendencies, applied sciences, and client insights shaping the way forward for sweet and snacks.
- Vegas-Type Networking: From the present ground to the Strip, business leaders made high-value connections all week lengthy.
- Suppliers Took Heart Stage: Packaging, substances, tools, and repair suppliers on the Provider Showcase spotlighted the options powering the subsequent technology of confectionery and snack innovation.
The 2027 Sweets & Snacks Expo will return to Indianapolis from Might 18-20, 2027, with a pre-show day on Might 17.
