ACRONYMS 14 1 Report Prologue 15 2 Introduction 16 2.1 Definition 16 2.1.1 Chocolate 16 2.1.2 Sugar-free Chocolate 16 2.2 Scope of the Study 17 2.2.1 Research Methodology 17 2.3 Assumptions 17 2.4 Limitations 17 2.5 Market Structure 18 3 Research Methodology 19 3.1 Research Process 19 3.2 Research Process of MRFR 20 3.3 Primary Research 20 3.4 Secondary Research 22 3.5 Forecast Model 23 4 Premium Insights 24 4.1 Global Sugar free chocolate Market: Market Mapping & Research Methodology 24 4.2 Market Overview: Global Sugar Free Chocolate Market 25 4.3 Industry Trends and Market Environment: Global Sugar Free Chocolate Market 25 5 Market Dynamics 27 5.1 Introduction 27 5.2 Drivers 28 5.2.1 Increasing demand for sugar free convenience food 28 5.2.1.1 Increasing Disposable Incomes 28 5.2.1.2 Growing Working Women Population 29 5.2.1.3 Strong Performance Of Retail Sector 29 5.2.2 Growing consumer awareness 30 5.2.3 Premium chocolate bars, and innovative chocolate products that use combinations of premium or healthy ingredients. 30 5.2.4 Dark chocolates as stress buster: 31 5.3 Restraints 32 5.3.1 Rising cocoa bean prices 32 5.3.2 Gap Between Consumption And Production Of Cocoa Bean 32 5.3.3 Functional defaults 33 5.4 Opportunity 33 5.4.1 Advertising will spur the sales of sugar-free chocolate 33 5.4.2 Innovations and new product developments out of growing health concerns 34 5.4.3 Increasing disposable income especially in developing countries 34 5.4.4 Coconut oil enriched chocolate to help fight diabetes 35 5.5 Challenges 35 5.5.1 Sugar Free Side Effects 35 5.5.1.1 Maltitol Side Effects 36 6 Mega Trends 37 6.1 Sugar free chocolate will fuel next wave of growth 37 6.2 Trade (Import-export) Analysis 37 6.3 Innovations in Process/Application 39 6.4 Patent Analysis 41 6.5 Macroeconomic indicators analysis 41 7 Market Factor Analysis 46 7.1 Introduction 46 7.2 Value Chain Analysis 46 7.3 Supply Chain analysis 47 7.4 Porter's Five Forces 48 7.4.1 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis: Sugar free chocolate 49 7.4.2 Threat of New Entrants 50 7.4.3 Threat of Substitutes 50 7.4.4 Bargaining Power of Buyers 51 7.4.5 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 51 7.4.6 Intensity of Rivalry 51 8 Market Analysis 53 8.1 Introduction 53 9 Global Sugar Free Chocolate Market, By Main Ingredients 54 9.1.1 Global Sugar Free Chocolate Market, By Main Ingredients 54 9.1.1.1 Cocoa beans 54 9.1.1.2 Sugar Substitute 54 9.1.1.3 Cocoa butter, fat & oil 54 9.1.1.4 Cocoa liquor 54 9.1.1.5 Others 54 10 Global Sugar free Chocolate Market, By Type 61 10.1.1 Global Sugar free Chocolate Market, By Type 61 10.1.1.1 Dark 61 10.1.1.2 Milk 61 10.1.1.3 White 61 11 Global Sugar free Chocolate Market, By Distribution Channel 66 11.1.1 Global Sugar free Chocolate Market, By Distribution Channel 66 11.1.1.1 Non-Store Based 66 11.1.1.2 Store Based 66 12 Global Sugar free Chocolate Market, By Category 70 12.1.1 Global Sugar free Chocolate Market, By Category 70 12.1.1.1 100% Sugar Free 70 12.1.1.2 No Added Sugar 70 13 Global Sugar free chocolate Market, By Region 74 14 North America Sugar Free Chocolate Market Analysis 76 14.1 U.S. 77 14.2 Canada 80 14.3 Mexico 84 15 Europe Sugar Free Chocolate Market Analysis 87 15.1 Europe Sugar Free Chocolate Market, By Country 87 15.2 France 87 15.3 Germany 90 15.4 U.K 94 15.5 Italy 96 15.6 Rest of Europe 99 16 Asia Pacific Sugar free chocolate Market Analysis 104 16.1 Asia Pacific Sugar free chocolate Market, By Country 104 16.2 China 105 16.3 India 107 16.4 Thailand 110 16.5 Japan 113 16.6 Rest of Asia Pacific 116 17 Rest of the World Sugar Free Chocolate Market Analysis 120 17.1 ROW Sugar free chocolate Market, By Country 120 17.2 Latin America 121 17.3 Middle East 123 17.4 Others 126 18 Major Manufacturers Analysis of Sugar free chocolate 130 18.1 Hershey (U.S.) 130 18.1.1 Company Profile 130 18.1.2 Company Snapshot 130 18.1.3 Product and Specifications 131 18.1.4 Key development 131 18.1.5 Business strategy 132 18.1.6 SWOT Analysis 132 18.2 Godiva Chocolatier (U.S.) 133 18.2.1 Company Profile 133 18.2.2 Company Snapshot 133 18.2.3 Product and Specifications 134 18.2.1 Key development 134 18.2.2 Business strategy 134 18.2.3 SWOT Analysis 134 18.3 Lindt & Sprüngli (France) 136 18.3.1 Company Profile 136 18.3.2 Company Snapshot 136 18.3.3 SWOT Analysis 137 18.3.4 Business strategy 137 18.4 Russell stover (U.S.) 138 18.4.1 Company Profile 138 18.4.2 Company Snapshot 138 18.4.3 Product and Specifications 139 18.4.4 Key developments 141 18.4.5 Business strategy 141 18.5 Ghirardelli Chocolate Company (U.S.) 143 18.5.1 Company Profile 143 18.5.2 Company Snapshot 143 18.5.3 Product and Specifications 144 18.5.4 Key Developments 144 18.5.5 Business strategy 144 18.6 Think Thin (U.S.) 145 18.6.1 Company Profile 145 18.6.2 Company Snapshot 145 18.6.3 Product and Specification 146 18.6.4 Key developments 147 18.6.5 Business strategy 147 18.7 Guilin (Belgium) 148 18.7.1 Company Profile 148 18.7.2 Company Snapshot 148 18.7.3 Product and Specifications 149 18.7.4 Key developments 149 18.7.5 Business Strategy 149 19 Competitive Landscape 150