CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS is a regular Confectionery News podcast and online feature profiling influential people working in the confectionery industry. Our next podcast guest is Sarah Lynn, founder of Sweets in the City.
With 90% of the confectionery buying market and 75% of the snack market attending, the annual expo presents a valuable chance to share insights and ideas, according to the trade association.
The sustainable chocolate maker spent three years developing a solution for its truffles, as part of its commitment to packaging its full portfolio in recyclable or compostable material by 2020.
Following an investigation published in The Washington Post in June, two Democratic lawmakers requested that existing laws prohibiting such imports be enforced.
The chocolate maker dedicated to building a slave-free supply chain dips into texture with Milk Chocolate Honey Almond and White Raspberry Popping Candy.
Chocolates from South and Central America ruled this year’s bean-to-bar competition, which for the first time featured special recognition of innovation in craft chocolate.
ConfectioneryNews spoke with three facets of the industry – a leading certifier, a boutique producer, and a nonprofit – to understand the potential efficacy of higher prices paid to farmers.
The company, which landed a deal with Mondelēz in April, skips cane sugar and instead relies on naturally derived sweeteners: the sugars found in dense fruits and nutrient-rich root vegetables.
The naturally modified table sugar from Global Biolife, called Laetose, carries 30% fewer calories and about half the glycemic index compared to glucose.
Researchers set out to determine how much, if at all, a price premium would affect the reality of child labor in cocoa production in Ghana. Through three scenarios, they settled on an 11% bump transferred directly from government to farmer.
Sustainalytics, a third-party assessor, analyzed 229 packaged food companies for their environmental, social and governance risks. Barry Callebaut received the lowest risk rating.
The chocolate supplier’s 60k-square-foot, green-certified facility – located in the northern town of Lokeren – should open in the third quarter of 2021.
Out of 50 applicants, the Rainforest Alliance selected a winner and runner-up for their remote-sensing data plans to help digitize cocoa farming in Ghana.
