News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
South Korea's Lotte Confectionery Company, the country's largest snack food manufacturer, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in a Chinese confectioner - a move which will not only bolster its influence among China's fragmented confectionery sector, but...
Givaudan, the world's number one fragrance and flavour player, saw sales in its flavour division slipping by 6.5 per cent for the first quarter, impacted by a loss of products and a fall in prices, writes Lindsey Partos.
Prices for cereals still vulnerable to upside risk in 2005/06 as world crop predictions suggest supplies could fail to meet demand, resulting in a drawdown of already vulnerable global stocks, reports Lindsey Partos.
Russia's United Confectioners, which has just won 20 awards for quality production, has begun networking for a move into new international markets as a complex standardisation programme across its product range looks on course to improve domestic...