The blame for rising levels of obesity and other diet-related
diseases is being laid squarely at the door of the food industry,
and in particular its targeting of children with snack food,
confectionery and soft drinks, according...
Chocotelegram, an innovative confectionery product allowing
consumers to send personalised messages to their friends and
families is set to hit retail shelves in Europe and the US over the
next few months after six highly successful...
Kraft Foods, the US prepared foods giant, has unveiled a package of
measures designed to curb the growing levels of obesity. But is it
just another example of the food industry cynically playing on
consumers' health fears to...
Swiss Delice, the confectionery company owned by the Migros Group ,
is planning to launch its products in the important UK market this
autumn - a major challenge for the biggest chocolate maker in
Switzerland.
Ahold has sold its Jamin confectionery retail unit via an MBO as
part of its strategic recovery plan. And UK press reports suggest
it is also considering offloading the US Foodservice arm at the
centre of a €750m fraud investigation.
A major advertising and sponsorship package for the Penguin range
of biscuits, including a TV ad for the new Chukka sub-brand, kicked
off this week in the UK. The campaign is one of the largest ever
undertaken by brand owner McVities.
Cadbury Schweppes has hit out at critics of its Get Active
programme, rubbishing calls for anti-obesity legislation. But,
market analysts Datamonitor ask, is this agressive tactic the right
way to head off criticism of the scheme?
Perfetti Van Melle, the Dutch-Italian confectionery group, has
launched a new product in the US which offers the consistency,
flavour and look of candy floss before turning into a more
traditional bubble gum product.
Cadbury Schweppes is to introduce a scheme offering schools the
chance to acquire sports equipment in exchange for chocolate bar
wrappers. But the government-endorsed scheme has been widely
criticised, not least by the UK Food Commission,...
Nestle Rowntree is entering the bite-sized sector with the launch
of Kit Kat Kubes in the UK, the latest company to jump onto the
bandwagon of bite-sized innovations. While such products cater for
diet-conscious consuemrs, they may...
A partnership between Sweden's Arla Foods and the US space
administration, NASA, has resulted in the creation of a chocolate
bar which has considerably more chance of reaching Mars than the
confectionery product of the same name.
Only an impressive 5 per cent increase in export sales last year
prevented the Swiss sugar confectionery industry from suffering its
second successive decline in annual sales. Domestic sales were
again hit by cheaper imports, according...
A new report shows that British consumers eat more sugar
confectionery than any of their European counterparts, and that the
market in the UK is continuing to grow. Good news for the
traditional corner shop, which still accounts for...
Danish chewing gum manufacturer Dandy, which changed its name in
October last year to Gumlink, is to establish a new research and
development centre in Vejle, Denmark.
While many drink producers have complained about poor summer
weather last year, the rains seems not to have reached Switzerland,
where a heatwave severely depressed sales of chocolate. Thankfully,
exports continued to grow during...
The latest visit to Mintel's Global New Products Database shows
that there is no risk of any slowdown in the number of innovative
and unusual food products being launched across the world, with
cheesy ice cream just one of the...
The European Parliament yesterday voted with an overwhelming
majority for a permanent ban on the use of the food additive E425,
otherwise known as konjac, in jelly confectionery.
Fairtrade foods, schemes that seek to guarantee farmers in
developing nations a fair deal, are making inroads into the
mainstream, thanks to support from the major supermarkets and
changing consumer concerns, reports market research...
The vast disparity between the price consumers in the UK pay for
their chocolate and the amount West African cocoa growers are paid
for the key ingredient in the confectionery has been highlighted
again this week by the Co-op. The...
Halloween has become a Europe-wide phenomenon in recent years,
moving away from the English-speaking islands in the North to the
rest of the Continent, and adding a dash of US-style marketing for
good measure. And food producers across...
Cadbury Schweppes is to buy out its partner in the Appolinaris
& Schweppes water joint venture in Germany, a move which will
allow it to distribute more of its brands there.
