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Cloetta Fazer was a Finnish
Finland
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-Swedish
Sweden
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 company created in 2000 after the Swedish candy
Candy
Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...

 company Cloetta was merged with the Finnish Fazer
Fazer
Fazer is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food industry.The company was originally founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a "French-Russian conditory" in central Helsinki...

 corporation's candy manufacturing division. Cloetta Fazer was Scandinavia
Scandinavia
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's leading candy company and had production facilities in both Finland and Sweden. The major markets for Cloetta-Fazer were Finland
Finland
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, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, Norway
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, Denmark
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, Poland
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, the Baltic countries
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 and Russia
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.

Cloetta Fazer was separated into two companies - Cloetta, and Fazer - in July 2008.

Brands of candy

This is a list of some of the brands owned by Cloetta Fazer. It is not complete.
  • Karl Fazer
  • Kexchoklad
  • Dumle
    Dumle
    Dumle is a Finnish toffee from Fazer. Dumle was launched in the 1940s, then as a lollipop. During the 1980s the toffee was developed....

  • Geisha
  • Salta Katten
  • Polly
  • Marianne
  • Ässät
  • Tutti Frutti
  • Pantteri
    Pantteri
    Pantteri , , is a brand of Finnish salmiakki candy, made by Fazer....

  • Plopp
    Plopp
    Plopp is a candy bar manufactured by the Swedish company Cloetta . Like Center, another Cloetta candy, it consists of milk chocolate with a soft caramel center.Over 95 percent of Plopp is sold in Sweden....

  • Center
  • Tyrkisk Peber
  • Fazer Ögon
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