News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
DSM Food Specialties, the leading producer of ingredient solutions, has launched a new scanning kit that it claims can identify the presence of antibiotics in milk more accurately. The product is in line with traditional testing systems but the...
Growing through international expansion, chewing gum giant Wm. Wrigley Jr has closed on a €215 million deal to acquire the Joyco gum and confectionery businesses from Agrolimen, a privately-held Spanish food conglomerate. The acquisition brings the...
Building on its position as a leading sweetner alternative in the confectionery sector, ingredients firm Arla Food will see its low-cal, low-carb tagatose sweetener emblazoned on the packaging of a new range of juices, notably at supermarket titan...
Natural colours UK firm Overseal Foods is set to carve a deeper position in the US market, signing a new distribution deal with US company RFI Ingredients and meeting growing demand for natural colouring foodstuffs, writes Lindsey Partos.
Elizabeth Shaw is celebrating 40 years in the confectionery business with the re-launch of its market-leading liqueur chocolate brand Famous Names, with a new design that uses a packaging technique never used before in the sector.
A prototype label for PET bottles has been developed by packaging giant Alcoa. The label features cutting edge technology that could open up a number of new packaging design possibilities.