News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Israeli fructose supplier Galam Group will take a majority share in the Spanish company Atomer SL, building on the market demand for natural sweeteners with a low Glycemic Index and calorie count.
An Archbishop calls for consumers to buy Fairtrade chocolate, Fox discovers Salmonella at a plant and Russian factory Ruza is rumoured to be for sale.
EU regulators and processors say they are examining the use of diacetyl for foods, following reports of hundreds of US workers falling ill from a deadly lung disease linked to the inhalation of the popcorn flavouring chemical.