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31-Oct-2002

Thorntons gears up for Christmas

Thorntons, the UK-based speciality retailer and manufacturer of chocolate, toffee and other sweet special foods, has reported steady like-for-like sales growth in the first few...

30-Oct-2002

Sugar bail-out less than sweet

A federal government bail-out of the Australian sugar industry was under threat on Tuesday after business and opposition groups,in particular food manufacturers, objected to a...

29-Oct-2002

Trend towards outsourcing confectionery production grows

Mexico is rapidly emerging as one of the world's leading suppliers of confectionery, and now seems set to usurp Chicago's position as the world centre...

24-Oct-2002

Good third quarter for Scandinavian confectioner

Cloetta Fazer, the confectionery group created in 2000 via the merger of Sweden's Cloetta and Finland's Fazer, has reported a "significant" increase in earnings for...

Acrylamide update

In May 2002 a team of scientists at Stockholm University's Department ofEnvironmental Chemistry, working with the Swedish National FoodAdministration, released information that acrylamide, a potentialcarcinogen,...

22-Oct-2002

SIAL boasts the best of NPD

It is an undisputable fact that modern consumers are constantly driving food developers to new heights - and it is nowhere more evident than in...

14-Oct-2002

Cadbury, Nestlé to fight it out for Adams

When the Hershey Foods business was put up for sale earlier this year, the front runners for the company were thought to be the European...

08-Oct-2002

Healthy chocolate range from SoBe

HVC Lizard Chocolate has joined up with PepsiCo subsidiary South Beach Beverage Company to develop a range of 'good-for-you' chocolate bars with added taurine, ginseng...

Jacob's goes back to the Ice Age

Films are frequently an excellent marketing tool for companies in the food and drink industry, and the imminent UK release of the video and DVD...

Cheaper chocolate?

New research from the US claims that new, high-yielding selections of Theobroma cacao, may offer new hope to the world's cacao growers - and to...

07-Oct-2002

Tougher rules for white chocolate

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said this week that it is to establish a standard of identity for white chocolate. The standard will...

United Biscuits ready to close Fontaneda

United Biscuits, the UK biscuit and snack group, has warned that it will simply close its Fontaneda subsidiary in Spain if an agreement cannot be...

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