News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Legislation governing the production and marketing of products aimed specifically at Russian children needs to be completely overhauled or the nation could face serious health problems in the future, suggests new research, Angela Drujinina reports.
Industry association Biscosuisse says that Swiss confectionery sales have risen marginally in 2004, topping last year's record-breaking turnover figure and notching up an increase in domestic sales for the first time in four years, Tom Armitage reports.
Russian dairy firm Wimm-Bill-Dann, under fire from rising costs, has opened the door to longer life products and taken a step closer to achieving greater export markets in the EU by further modernising its milk processing plant in the Ukraine, reports...
Food manufacturers need to consider a risk/benefit analysis of activities on acrylamide, a harmful chemical recently identified in carbohydrate-rich foods, conclude stakeholders after a recent meeting in Brussels,reports Lindsey Partos.
SIG is selling the Italian companies SIG Simonazzi (beverage filling equipment) andSIG Alfa (labelling machines) to the Tetra Laval Group.