Kind Snacks has partnered with suicide prevention charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), to further champion its mission to get Britons to exercise kindness amid the continuing challenges thrown up by the pandemic.
Le Conseil du Café Cacao (CCC), Cote d'Ivoire’s cocoa regulatory board, has suspended registering cooperatives’ beans in order to reduce the amount of cocoa stockpiled at ports because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cargill has confirmed it is laying off 38 workers from its Cocoa & Chocolate plant in Milwaukee after deciding to outsource part of its packaging and shipping operation.
Flavorchem, one of the leading manufactures of flavour, ingredient, and colour solutions, has announced it has opened a new centre for Taste Innovation at its Downers Grove campus in Illinois, North America, and outlined key trends to look out for in...
From the WCF and Tony’s Chocolonely hosting fantastic events online, Barry Callebaut launching ground-breaking 3D-printing and the NCA’s John Downs steadying the ship in Florida as the coronavirus begins to swirl around the confectionery industry, we...
A star-studded list of ‘serious friends’, including rapper Pharrell Williams and actor Idris Elba, joined the Dutch ethical chocolate brand at a virtual fairground meeting full of razzmatazz and meaning, watched by choco fans around the globe.
Lifestyle changes are redefining the packaging sector. Along with the increased lean towards the snackification of mealtimes – ‘grazing’ on snacks throughout the day – consumers are also demanding more convenient, timely and portable solutions. Mike Pipe,...
The National Confectioners Association (NCA) has released the third report in its three-part series on COVID-19 confectionery shopping trends and how best the industry can respond to them.
A wide-ranging career in the food service industry has more than adequately prepared Tracey Hughes for her current role as managing director of UK ingredients distributor Henley Bridge. In our latest podcast, she talks about the business challenges imposed...
The organisers of ISM and ProSweets Cologne, as well as the International Sweets and Biscuits Fair Task Force (AISM) of ISM, are still in favour of a physical edition of the trade fair at the huge Koelnmesse exhibition centre in Cologne, Germany, in January,...
Barry Callebaut Group said sales volumes have bounced back in the final quarter of 2020, showing a recovery of 4.3%, as the company anticipated, earlier in the year.
The UK government has launched new consultation on proposals to ban online adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt to ‘tackle the obesity crisis and get the nation fit and healthy’.