In 1890 our company first began producing milk chocolate in Romania.
Today, after more than 120 years, Kandia Dulce is the largest Romanian producer of sweets, with an extensive portfolio of brands present in product categories such as chocolate, confectionery, biscuits and confectionery.
Become biggest sweet snacks player
in Romania
Sweet choice of Romanians every day
Romanian pride
Innovating traditions
Speed
Growing together
Julius Meinl Group acquires Heidi Chocolat, owned by Laderach. The two companies, Kandia Dulce and Heidi, remain two independent companies. Both are owned by the new born company – KEX Confectionary.
Kandia Dulce acquires local Supreme Chocolat, adding its portfolio of brands Anidor, Ulpio, Primola and Novatini and thus becoming the largest producer of confectionery in Romania.
Kraft Foods sells Cadbury Romania to Oryx Capital investment fund, after Cadbury group was acquired globally by Kraft Foods worldwide. The company adopted the name Kandia Dulce, capitalizing on the values associated with this name: tradition, Romanian sweets, exploring new tastes of the Romanians.
Due to its established tradition in confectionery and performance recorded in 2007 Kandia-Excelent becomes part of Cadbury-Schweppes Group, the largest sweets producer in the World, becoming Cadbury Romania. In the same year Kandia-Excelent buys from Kraft Romania, the Silvana brand, launched in 1994 and the Sugus brand, launched in 1998.
In 2005, Kandia-Excelent initiates a major modernization program, creating new production lines of highest standards and expands its production capacity.
Excelent Bucuresti and Kandia Timisoara merge by absorption, the new company being named Kandia-Excelent.
In 2003, Excelent Bucharest takes 60% of Kandia Timisoara company, that was founded in 1890 as a sweets workshop, and was privatized in 1998. Kandia brand is relaunched in 2003 by a memorable and impressive communication campaign that broke the social patterns of the moment.
In 1997 Excelent Bucharest becomes a privately owned company. At the time Excelent Bucharest activity intensifies, proof being the fact that the company was producing the most diverse range of sweets in the country.
Excelent Bucharest launches cream-filled tablets Laura.
On February 19th, 1991, by transforming The Bucharest Confectionery Enterprise, Excelent Bucharest is born.
The company lives moments of glory. Our employees recall today the moments in history when at the factory gates there were queues of cars that were waiting their turn to load sweets to sell all over the country.
Due to the tradition inherited from the companies nationalized in 1948, The Bucharest Confectionery Enterprise introduces unique products. In 1964 it launches the first chocolate bar in Romania, branded ROM, and in 1979 the first packaged sponge cake in the country under the brand Magura.
Following nationalization, The Bucharest Confectionery Enterprise is born, by joining several chocolate-producing factories and sweets factories.
Your observations and suggestions are always welcome. Thus, should you have any questions or want to contact us, please use the form or phone number below.
Address: 20 Viilor, 050156, Bucuresti, Romania
Phone: +4 021 316 45 80
Fax: +4 021 316 27 10
E-mail: office-romania@kandia.ro
