About NCA

Founded in 1884 in Chicago by representatives of 69 confectionery manufacturing firms, the National Confectioners Association (NCA) is one of the oldest, most respected trade associations in the world.

Over the years, the association has endeavored to provide the kind of vigorous leadership necessary for its members, which include domestic and international confectionery manufacturers and suppliers to the industry to meet the increasingly complex challenges and problems that have confronted the industry.

The 1st Annual Convention of the
National Confectioners Association held at the Palmer House in Chicago in 1884.

Today, NCA is the major association representing the entire confection industry, offering education and leadership in manufacturing, technical research, public relations, retailing practices, government relations, and statistical analyses.

As NCA grows, the association continues to provide those services that enable members to meet the wide range of ever-changing business challenges in the years ahead and improve the climate for the healthy growth of confectionery sales.

The National Confectioners Association fosters industry growth by advancing and promoting the interests of the confectionery industry and its consumers.

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Affiliated Organization:

• World Cocoa Foundation
  The World Cocoa Foundation supports cocoa farmers and their families worldwide. WCF programs raise farmer incomes, encourage responsible, sustainable cocoa farming and strengthen communities.
• Retail Confectioners International
  Retail Confectioners International is a not-for-profit trade association founded in Chicago in 1917.  Its membership is composed of the most prominent manufacturing retailers of quality boxed chocolate and other confectionery products throughout the U.S., Canada and overseas. For over 90 years, RCI has represented the interests of confectionery manufacturing retailers, and has promoted public interest in these products.  RCI is the only trade association in North America dedicated specifically to this niche of the confectionery industry.