National Confectioners Association

The National Confectioners Association is an American trade organization that promotes chocolate, candy, gum and mints, and the companies that make these treats.

NCA lobbies the American government in favor of the confectionery industry, evaluated at US$35 billion.

The Candy Hall of Fame is an event produced by the association that recognizes the achievements of leaders across the confectionery industry globally.

[2] In March 2007, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association, whose members include Hershey's, Nestlé, and Archer Daniels Midland, began lobbying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change the legal definition of chocolate to allow the substitution of "safe and suitable vegetable fats and oils" (including partially hydrogenated vegetable oils) for cocoa butter in addition to using "any sweetening agent" (including artificial sweeteners) and milk substitutes.

[5] To work around this restriction, products with cocoa substitutes are often branded or labeled as "chocolatey" or "made with chocolate".