Gluten-Free Candy Wholesale & Bulk

Gluten-free candy for wholesale accounts

We kept this one narrow, two categories and nothing else. All 12 items are gluten-free, which is handy if your customers are the label-reading kind. Retail and wholesale both work. It ships across the US and you can begin with one case. Account pricing applies once we’ve approved your account.

Color and crunch come from the dragees. Italian Yellow Almond Confetti Dragees ship gluten-free in bulk. The thin-shell ones come in Green and White. Blue and Pink too (blue’s our pick for a baby shower table, but that’s just us). Red as well, every one from Italy. Weddings and themed tables go through a six-color spread like that, and they sit in bulk bins without any fussing.

Organic honey halva from Greece

On the snack side it’s halva. Organic Honey Halva with Almonds and Organic Honey Halva Classic Recipe are both 75g and Greek. You can get them as singles. There’s also an 8-pack and a 10-pack. We’d put the singles by the register and save the multipacks for stores that already have halva regulars. The honey and sesame taste is warm and kind of homey, which fits an import set.

Carry both and one gluten-free order reaches two very different people, the one planning an event (who wants bright almonds) and the one stocking a natural-foods pantry with halva. Folks avoiding gluten tend to go back to a shop they trust. That’s why we’d keep both on the fixture year round.

Origins, diets, and formats

Italy makes the almond dragees and Greece makes the organic honey halva. Gluten-free everywhere, organic on the halva only. It’s bulk at roughly 0.99 to 1.65 pounds a unit. The halva also comes shelf-ready in 8-packs and 10-packs. Between the dragee colors you get a lot of display range without stepping outside gluten-free.

• Gluten-free bulk almond dragees from Italy, six colors
• Greek organic honey halva in 75g, almond or classic
• Halva in 8-pack and 10-pack multipacks
• Everything gluten-free and the halva organic

Why a dedicated gluten-free set helps

Gluten-free customers read labels. A lot. Give them a whole set that’s already sorted and they tend to remember where they found it. In this one the six dragee colors are for showers and weddings and the like, while the honey halva goes to people who shop the natural-foods side, with one gluten-free sign hanging over both. From where you sit it’s one supplier covering the gluten-free question (fewer suppliers to chase is something we always like). A party tier and a snack tier come in the same order.

Brown-toned gluten-free candy has its own page, brown gluten-free candy, if that’s the look you’re after. Other volume formats live under bulk candy, one click from here.

Ordering and shipping

Retail or wholesale, it’s the same checkout. We’d get a case and watch which of the dragees and halva goes first, then bring in the halva 8-packs and 10-packs only after people start coming back for more. A case runs about 5 to 10 kg. Approved accounts get account pricing, and shipping covers the US with no minimum.

Here’s how we’d set it up. Six dragee colors go in bins for event shoppers, and single 75g halva bars sit near the register because those sell on impulse. Multipacks stay on hand for the regulars who buy ahead. That covers how most gluten-free shoppers buy without making your order complicated.

Merchandising a dedicated gluten-free section

Make the gluten-free part impossible to miss. A big banner does more than a pile of little stickers because nobody wants to pick up each bag and squint, and a first-time buyer who didn’t have to squint is more likely to come back (that’s our hunch anyway). Color is the dragees’ job. Yellow by green and white by blue, then pink and red on the end. A bride’s mom can find her shade fast that way. The shells don’t scuff or go dull in the bins, so it still looks good when half of it’s sold.

The halva is what makes this more than a party section. Organic honey halva (almond or classic) looks wholesome and we’d shelve it near natural foods, singles at impulse height and the 8-pack and 10-pack lower down for stock-up shoppers. Having a celebration line plus a snack line under one gluten-free heading keeps the fixture earning on slow event weeks.

Reordering is pretty predictable. Units stay around 0.99 to 1.65 pounds and there are only two sources, Italian dragees and Greek halva. Bulk dragees come in volume for the bins while the multipack halva shows up ready for the shelf, so receiving day is light (which matters when this is one small section among the rest of your candy).

Build a gluten-free order that covers both shoppers

Mostly it comes down to who walks in. Someone planning a wedding goes straight for the six-color almond dragees. The halva goes to the person who just wants a snack they don’t have to think twice about, sometimes one bar and sometimes a multipack. A focused gluten-free section is honestly one of the easier ways to earn loyalty from shoppers who are used to hunting around for candy, as long as the labeling over the whole run is clear. The dragees bring the color. The halva is the thing people rebuy, and that keeps the fixture useful between events. With singles on the same line as the 8-packs and 10-packs you can serve the person trying it once and the person stocking up (no event on the calendar required). Open a wholesale account and send a first order of one case, and we’ll ship it to your store in the US. Account pricing starts once you’re approved.

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