A York-based ethical brand Choc Affair has introduced a limited edition 'Best of Britain' range of hot chocolates and chocolate bars in celebration of Yorkshire Day on August 1.
In her new role, Willingham will lead the US chapter of Fairtrade International in increasing brand awareness and engagement with consumers and businesses as well as identifying new partnership opportunities and expanding Fairtrade’s influence in policy...
Premium British sweet brand Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls has seen sales surge in Japan and is busy supplying an urgent order for 1,200 packets and 672 tins of traditional mint balls and 720 packets of sugar free mint balls after consumers fell in love with...
Confectionery giant has revised its outlook for the rest of the year, cutting its underlying sales growth forecast to 2-3% as the ‘pantry-stocking’ effect begins to wane in households coming out of coronavirus-related lockdown.
HIM & MCA Insight has announced a new name and branding as it launches a new analytics and data visualisation solution under its data platform Lumina Intelligence.
Mondelēz International, the maker of Oreo cookies, Cadbury chocolate and Trident Gum, posted net revenues of $2.03bn in its second quarter 2020 results, an increase of 17.3% compared with last year and, although overall revenue fell to $5.91bn from $6.06bn,...
Researchers in New Zealand have revealed that a mint product can control sugar cravings by suppressing the sweet taste receptors on the tongue, leading to an overall decrease in desire to consume sweet foods.
UK arm of the confectionery giant has announced the return of KitKat Chunky Cookie Dough and Mint for a limited period as part of the brand’s strategy ‘to excite consumers by introducing new flavours or bringing back popular choices each year’.
Premium British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat Group plc has announced revenue of £136m ($174m), an increase of 3% compared with the same period last year, despite its physical high-street outlets being shuttered for 12 weeks because of the coronavirus lockdown.
Cadbury-owner Mondelēz International says it remains committed to reformulation via reducing portion sizes after a backlash over its move to shrink the sizes of all Cadbury chocolate bars sold in multipacks in the UK without changing the price.
Chocolate and candy maker reports Second-Quarter 2020 Financial Results; provides 2020 Business Update, and looks to ‘creative ways of trick-or-treating’ to restore fortunes.
Sales of alcohol-flavoured sweets rose by 20% in the UK while the country’s pubs were shut due to Covid-19, manufacturer Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls has revealed.
Nestlé has announced a new partnership with Côte d'Ivoire’s Ministry of Water and Forests and the Earthworm Foundation to protect and restore the country’s Cavally forest reserve and enhance the resilience of local communities.
A coalition consisting of 350 environmental, human rights, and good governance NGOs has signed an historic letter outlining steps that the Ghanaian and Ivorian governments must take to encourage sustainable cocoa while supporting farmers and protecting...
Global flavor company Givaudan registered a 3.6% sales increase in its flavors division where it experienced a shift demand from foodservice and alcoholic beverages to retail CPG products including juice-based beverages, culinary solutions, nutritional...
Tray sealing specialist Proseal claims to have launched a revolutionary tray positioning system that calculates the required tray-spacing set-up parameters for individual tray sealing tool-sets, eliminating the trial and error usually associated with...
Family confectionery brand, Kinder has made a vital contribution to Australia’s Cedar Creek Wombat Rescue that will support the rehabilitation of native animals in bushfire-affected areas of the Hunter Valley region.
Lindt & Sprüngli reported a strong start to 2020, but the Swiss chocolate maker said it expected organic sales to fall around 5-7% this year after COVID-19 related store closures hit sales and profit following the global shutdown.
The multinational snack producer partnered with NextGen insights agency Join the Dots I InSites Consulting and virtual reality (VR) market researcher Gorilla in the room to understand how shelf-ready packaging and merchandising impacts shopper behaviour,...
The Federal Association of the German Confectionery Industry (BDSI) has called on the special Living Income Differential (LID) levy due to be imposed on the next cocoa crop from West African producer countries Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, to be given to impoverished...
Sensient Flavors has published its latest ‘Trends to Taste’ flavour collection depicting current factors affecting consumers’ mindset and behaviour to provide inspiration for on trend bakery and snack launches.
The coronavirus pandemic is having a negative impact on cocoa grinding, the indicator of the demand for cocoa for chocolate and confectionery production, said the Association of the German Confectionery Industry (BDSI).
Italian packaging company SACMI has announced it has bought Puglia-based company Pack Sud - a leading supplier of bakery product vertical packaging technology.
The sugar industry is continuing to search for solutions to multiple growth challenges including the increased use of artificial sweeteners and a consumer focus on low or sugar-free products. One Israeli startup, DouxMatok, has an innovative solution...
Earlier this year, Mondelēz International patented a process for manufacturing chocolate using soluble corn fibre to help reduce the sugar and calorie content as well as announcing the reformulation of some Cadbury brands.
With almost one in four UK confectionery buyers now claiming they choose sugar-reduced or sugar-free sweets over standard ones, sugar reduction is big business.
Award-winning probiotic chocolate brand, Ohso, has announced it has launched its range of low-calorie chocolate bars on Ocado, the UK’s high-end online grocery retailer.
Yowie Group, best known for its chocolate surprises with an educational experience, has announced it is donating approximately 10,000 treats to healthcare centers across the United States.
Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini, creative director of Maison Pierre Marcolini, has teamed up with fellow countryman and actor Stéphane De Groodt to produce a range of 11 jams for the Rêve de Cinéma charity, which acts on behalf of sick and disabled...
Bulla Dairy Foods’ decision to shift its popular ice cream Choc Tops from a cinema foodservice-style distribution format to a ‘shelf-ready’ product for Coles supermarkets during the COVID-19 lockdown in Australia enabled the brand to continue successful...
Two new reports published by the WCF and the Better Than Cash Alliance highlight why now, more than ever, the country’s impoverished farmers should get all the help they need in going digital.
Olam International, in partnership with Agropolis Fondation, has announced a competition with a $75,000 grant for the best innovation in food security that can deliver transformational impacts within global agriculture.
Supplier industry for sweets and snacks is placing its bets on a re-start after the coronavirus pandemic and is already looking at numerous bookings from firms in Europe and beyond.
Three European platforms for sustainable cocoa, The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO), the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (SWISSCO) and the Belgian platform Beyond Chocolate have signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)’ to instigate...
The global ingredients specialist has opened subsidiaries in Kenya, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and Nigeria to cement customer relationships and localise production using indigenous raw materials, which will lessen the continent’s reliance on food imports and...