Candy drives growth in edibles category

BDSA’s Rick Maturo talks category performance during webinar.

The candy category continues to dominate the edibles category, representing nearly three-quarters of sales in 2022.

That’s according to Rick Maturo, director of insights and analytics for BDSA. In his webinar “Edible Evolution in Cannabis: In Review and What’s to Come,” Maturo breaks down the performance of cannabis food and beverage categories.

Check out his full on-demand presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/s7dpj27u

Alyse Thompson-Richards has held many positions with BNP Media, first serving as an intern at Candy Industry Magazine in summer 2012. She joined Candy Industry's staff full time as associate editor in August 2016 after a few years at newspapers in West-Central Illinois, becoming managing editor in March 2019. Alyse has also served on Cannabis Products Insider since March 2019. She has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish from Western Illinois University.