Federal NAICS Codes

NAICS 311340

Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing

Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 311340.

NAICS 311340 federal market metrics

Total obligations
$776.5M
Total awards
533 awards
Active obligations
$0
Size standard
1,000 employees

What this NAICS covers

NAICS 311340 covers production and packaging of nonchocolate confectionery products such as candy, gum, breath mints, caramels, licorice, marshmallow, and nougat, including cooking, forming, flavoring, cooling, packaging, and maintaining food safety and quality records.

Federal opportunities under 311340 typically involve supplying packaged nonchocolate confectionery for government food supply programs, meeting shelf-life, labeling, and safety standards, providing lot traceability, production records, nutritional information, secure packaging, and timely delivery to distribution points.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$58.7M
Awards
13
Average award
$4.5M
Change from FY2024
-64.7%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$1,508,015

EDESIA, INC.

Agricultural Marketing Service

PIID
121NTP26C0112
PSC
8940 - SPECIAL DIETARY FOODS AND FOOD SPECIALTY PREPARATIONS

$4,840,070

EDESIA, INC.

Agricultural Marketing Service

PIID
121NTP26C0113
PSC
8940 - SPECIAL DIETARY FOODS AND FOOD SPECIALTY PREPARATIONS

$3,818,561

EDESIA, INC.

Agricultural Marketing Service

PIID
121NTP26C0111
PSC
8940 - SPECIAL DIETARY FOODS AND FOOD SPECIALTY PREPARATIONS

$4,060,042

EDESIA, INC.

Agricultural Marketing Service

PIID
121NTP26C0101
PSC
8940 - SPECIAL DIETARY FOODS AND FOOD SPECIALTY PREPARATIONS

$2,155,056

EDESIA, INC.

Agricultural Marketing Service

PIID
121NTP26C0100
PSC
8940 - SPECIAL DIETARY FOODS AND FOOD SPECIALTY PREPARATIONS

$4,977,500

EDESIA, INC.

Agency for International Development

PIID
720BHA25F50012
PSC
8945 - FOOD, OILS AND FATS

$4,898,640

EDESIA, INC.

Agency for International Development

PIID
720BHA25F50009
PSC
8945 - FOOD, OILS AND FATS

$4,878,500

EDESIA, INC.

Agency for International Development

PIID
720BHA25F50011
PSC
8945 - FOOD, OILS AND FATS

FAQ

What work fits NAICS 311340?
  • Produce finished, retail-packaged hard candies or mints with specified piece counts, individual wrapping, and nutrition labeling for institutional procurement.
  • Manufacture bulk gummy or chewy candies delivered in palletized, lot-coded containers for inclusion in food kits or resale.
  • Compound and produce chewing gum base and finished gum sticks or pieces packaged to specified allergen and ingredient labeling requirements.
  • Contract-manufacture private-label nonchocolate confectionery under customer formulas with lot traceability and finished-goods quality sampling.
When is NAICS 311340 a weak fit?
  • Chocolate product manufacturing where cocoa processing, chocolate tempering, and enrobing are primary activities absent in nonchocolate confectionery production.
  • Bulk ingredient production or syrup manufacture where the operation supplies raw confectionery inputs but does not produce finished nonchocolate candy goods.
  • Retail or institutional food service catering where the missing element is packaged confection manufacturing rather than meal preparation and on-site food service.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 311340?
  • Product specifications listing candy formats such as gummies, hard candy, mints, chewing gum, piece counts, and finished-pack weights or SKUs.
  • Packaging, shelf-life, lot coding, allergen control, and finished-goods sampling and acceptance criteria spelled out in deliverables.
  • Requests for manufacturing documentation such as production batch records, allergen control plans, and nutritional labeling compliance for finished candy products.

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