While modern wisdom may favor launching fast and iterating quickly based on consumer feedback, the director of innovation at Endangered Species Chocolate says when it comes to packaging and branding it is better to slow down and invest in consumer research...
The 135th gathering of the NCA State of the Industry Conference ended as it began on a high, more Queen songs blasting over the PA and a promise to return next year with an even better event. Here’s a brief roundup of some of the discussions that took...
Delegate registration is now open for the second Healthy Ageing APAC Summit in Singapore, with speakers already confirmed from global food giant Nestlé, nutraceutical innovators BioCeuticals, cell-based protein pioneers Shiok Meats, and cannabidiol leader...
Mexico is on a drive to boost cocoa production and wants to position itself as Latin America's top producer of added-value fine, flavor cocoa. We spoke to trade group ASCHOCO.
Chocolate and candy, second only to flowers as a love token, will be in abundance on the big day and the NCA has a new digital hub to help consumers make healthier choices.
Swiss cocoa giant said it expects sales momentum to pick up in second half of its fiscal year, after reporting revenue increases ahead of its Investor Day
Country’s pavilion at ISM in Cologne will feature 17 companies benefitting from $630m investment in factories and equipment to create new lines and improve production processes.
As part of the global popularity in ‘Brand Australia’, new owners of Violet Crumble sign deal with British Wholesale Imports, Inc. to target candy lovers in the United States.
Mintel has estimated the total US chocolate confectionery sales will have grown 15% since 2012 to reach $18.5bn in 2018, with trends like bite size, functional ingredients and premium driving the overall category growth.
From Ibizkus Wines selling a limited edition almond wine, to an art auction at Sotheby’s, artist Sophie Stinglhamber is on a mission to save the dying almond trees of Ibiza.
Brothers Craig and Greg Sams will take to the stage next week to talk about how they entered the healthy-eating market with their Whole Earth Food Brand in the early 70s, before it became on-trend and how biochar is changing the future of organic farming.
Companies today are multi-generational made up of Baby Boomers, Generation Z and Millennials but firms are struggling to integrate fresh blood into their workforce because younger employees’ lifestyle and exposure to technology is different to what we...
The global hazelnut market is expected to reach $9.45bn in sales by 2026 with the chocolate category being a major driver behind its growth, according to Persistence Market Research (PMR).
SweeTARTS candy has announced the winner of its “Search for the Next Gummy Shape” competition where consumers were asked to submit their favorite shape of gummy.
Pakistani’s highest-selling biscuit brand, Peek Freans Sooper, has been instrumental in reuniting one of the country’s most popular bands after a 13-year hiatus.
China has announced tariffs on approximately $60bn worth of US goods as a retaliation after the Trump administration slapped 25% tariffs on $200bn Chinese products earlier this year.
There is a huge gap between start-ups that launch innovative products and traditional companies who don’t, irrespective of company scale, according to Practical Innovation.
Better-for-you snack maker Popchips Inc. is selling its UK and European business to KP Snacks after five years of “whirlwind strong year after year growth” in the UK that led the brand to become the No. 1 growth crisp in the region, according to the company...
Big Bear Confectionery has extended its Just chocolate covered nut range with the addition of Just Almonds, to capitalize on the ‘rising popularity’ of almonds.
Nestlé New Zealand has reached a conditional agreement to sell six confectionery brands to Quadrant Private Equity to focus on its chocolate, baking and medicated lozengers.
PFHIX started as a food ingredients company selling its effervescent popping crystals in bulk and under private label, but has recently made a hard pivot into the nutraceutical space, working with companies such as Applied Food Sciences, Glanbia, and...
SweeTARTS has announced a competition to find the next Gummy shape in conjunction with its latest launch of gummies shaped as a turntable, VR (Virtual Reality) headset and rocket ship.
A vitamin drinks brand is expanding into confectionery with its vitamin chewing gum: seeing the potential of both products to appeal to on-the-go consumers.
Badagi, based in Georgia, has found funding overseas to grow and develop its tradtional sweet ‘churchkhela’, a string of nuts or walnuts dipped in grape juice.
Private label manufacturer Biscuit International has acquired Northumbrian Fine Foods (NFF) from CriSeren Foods to extend its reach in the dynamic free-from market.
Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has secured $35m from the China Eximbank to build a cocoa processing plant, and now is seeking an additional $1.5bn to further aid its cocoa production.
