Cédric van Cutsem, associate director of Mondelēz’s Cocoa Life, operations, and its main spokesperson on deforestation, talks exclusively to CN from the Chocoa Conference in Amsterdam on how the program is making a difference since it was introduced almost...
Sophie Jewett lives and breathes chocolate. From starting out by making chocolate in her kitchen 10 years ago to opening the York Cocoa House, then York Cocoa Works, she is continuing the city’s rich tradition of cocoa manufacturing and keeping it at...
The wellbeing of children and youth in cocoa-growing communities was an important item on the agenda of WCF’s recent partnership meeting in Brazil. Taco Terheijden, Cargill group director, sustainability, explains what his company is doing to improve...
ConfectioneryNews was invited to Barry Callebaut’s special Innovation Day at its Chocolate Academy in Weize, Belgium, where we spoke to Bas Smit, the company’s global VP marketing and the man responsible for Ruby chocolate’s launch.
Interview with Simon Brayn-Smith, VP global head of sustainability at Olam Cocoa, on how the organization is adapting its supply chain to be100% traceable and sustainable by 2020.
From Cadbury seeing purple over its trademarked wrapper to Ruby’s rise and the latest in edible packaging, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
As part of the reformulation special events at this year’s ProSweets/ISM, Glanbia International gave insights into how to create a healthy, protein-rich snack bar.
The international supplier fair for the sweets and snacks industry drew record crowds and plenty of interest for exhibitors, said organizer Koelnmesse.
From Smarties going plastic-free this year to ProSweets 2019 launching this weekend and Lotte’s push into Japan, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
The edible packaging industry benefits from innovations in sustainable packaging and growing environmental waste, by Swati Tamhankar, junior digital executive, Allied Analytics.
After 30 years in the corporate world, Brian Watt gave it all up and followed his love for chocolate with startup Sir Hans Sloane Chocolates. The company has five employees and produces its ‘posh hot chocolate' from a studio in the south of England...
I recently went back to my home city to see how York is recognizing its past as a major chocolate producer, and found that as one factory closes, another one opens, keeping the smell of cocoa in the air.
Fudge Kitchen has seven outlets in major UK cities and employs more than 80 staff. MD Sian Holt explains the rich heritage behind the premium, indulgent brand and how she got into the business of making fudge.
From Ferrero rebooting Butterfinger in February, to dry weather in Côte d'Ivoire, and a peek behind the Quality Street production line, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels over the festive period.
Fernando Morales-de la Cruz, founder @CafeForChange and @CacaoForChange, responds to the recent announcement of Fairtrade's price increase for cocoa farmers.
From Barry Callebaut publishing its Forever Chocolate Progress Report to Belgium joining other European countries in calling for an end to deforestation in the cocoa industry, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels...
Peppersmith, don’t ask where the name came from, make sugar free mints and gum using a ‘clever little plant based ingredient called xylito’. Mike Stevens is co-founder and ‘Master of Mints’ and he tells why his company is blowing fresh air into the gum...
From top predictions for 2019, Nutella ‘jar wars’ and Fairtrade’s new price rises, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
The Biofábrica de Cacau Institute in Brazil is the country’s largest with a mission to produce disease-resistant cacao seedlings ... Confectionery News takes a look inside the vast complex.
Smith & Sinclair is a London-based start-up specializing in punchy alcoholic cocktail gummies and other boozy confections. Co-founder and MD Melanie Goldsmith talks food, drink, sex and beauty with CN.
From Ferrero's new Nutella Cafe opening in New York City to rubber trees in Brazil, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
As part of a field trip for delegates at the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting in Sao Paulo in October, the WCF organized a visit to CEPLAC so industry experts could see for themselves the work being carried out to not only help and promote Brazil's...
When Agrícola Condurú took over an abandoned cocoa plantation six years ago, the growers slowly brought it back to life, using the unique cabruca system to preserve the forest.
Helen Pattinson founded Montezuma’s Chocolates with her husband Simon in 2000 with only a 'kitchen sink sized machine' and a 'broad ideal to bring chocolate innovation to a boring and staid British chocolate market.' So far it's...
Independent cocoa expert Ray Major provides an oversight of how cocoa has continued to survive against all the odds by adopting the cabruca method to manage the most valuable of crops.
Current trends and innovations for sweets and snacks in the MENA region take over Dubai Trade Centre in what is becoming a growing and significant market for confectioners.
Juana Botero, director sustainability at Casa Luker, on how the cocoa industry is taking the fight to the drugs gangs by building a successful human-centred business with social inclusion throughout the supply chain based on empathy and support for the...
Ahead of the World Cocoa Federation conference in Sao Paulo we look at what Latin America has to offer in terms of cocoa production, quality, sustainability and diversity, and why it could become the 'epicentre of a cocoa revolution'.
As industry leaders, government ministers and representatives from cocoa growing communities gather in Sao Paulo for a WCF Partnership Meeting, we look at what Latin America has to offer in terms of cocoa production, quality, sustainability and diversity.
The pair, both with senior roles in their cocoa cooperatives, outline the main issues affecting women on plantations and explain how the Fairtrade Women’s School of Leadership has changed their lives.
From Mars Wrigley’s new merch guidelines for C-Stores in the US, to a new appointment at the top of the ICCO, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
As the WCF’s Partnership Meeting prepares to reconvene in Sao Paulo this month, Tim McCoy, VP for member & external relations, speaks exclusively to Confectionery News on CocoaAction Brazil – and why it’s good to be back in Latin America again.
Sam Part, the 26-year-old designer, entrepreneur and CEO of Candy Mechanics, is our guest today. Sam has successfully raised £400,000 ($520,000) to extend partnerships within the confectionery industry.
From Hotel Chocolat’s ambitious expansion plans to MIA’s Brett Beach in conversation, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
From Australia’s proposed slavery bill to Anthony Bourdain's sad death in June, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
Creative Conversations is ConfectioneryNews’s new online series profiling influential people working in the confectionery industry. Brett Beach, director, MIA, an ethical bean-to-bar chocolate producer, is our guest today.
Zoë Genova, membership & outreach associate for the World Cocoa Foundation, samples the sights, sounds and tastes of her first field trip to Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana’s cocoa growing communities.
Creative Conversations is ConfectioneryNews’s new online series profiling influential people working in the confectionery industry. Alex Tyumenin, MD, Chocolette Confectionary Ltd is our guest today.
From the explosion in hazelnut growth to must-have candy treats for Halloween, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
In the first of our 'Sweetspot' video series, we look at the launch of Ferrero's Christmas range ... and how the company lived up to its reputation for putting on a good 'reception'!
Ruby chocolate may become as popular as white chocolate within three decades, but observers say the craft movement is skeptical and secrecy of the process may mean it is unjustly associated with GM.
Reporting effective approaches to tackle deep-rooted poverty and child labor in the cocoa sector should take precedence over shock headlines, writes ConfectioneryNews’ editor.
Confectionery brands can inspire loyalty by communicating heritage and social actions on-pack, but these features should never overshadow flavor, says a Mintel analyst and the CEO of Project7.
ConfectioneryNews selects seven product launches that tap into contemporary shopper demands, including chocolate containing cocoa fruit pulp and mints created by dentists.
