Caobisco encourages deadlines for 100% certified cocoa and palm oil
EU confectionery trade body Caobisco is encouraging its members to set a date by which they will source all cocoa and palm oil from a certified sustainable source.
Archives for June 27, 2017
Sugar free and indulgent are not mutually exclusive, says Lily’s Sweets
Lily’s Sweets says it has no intention to launch any sugar-added chocolate products in the near future.
PepsiCo Argentina closes Buenos Aires plant and relocates cookies, snacks & soft drinks production
PepsiCo Argentina has closed a plant, which produces cookies, snacks and soft drinks, in Florida, Buenos Aires province, and moved production to Mar del Plata, a five-hour drive away, axing 691 jobs.
API launches Holonique Boutique for custom decorative packaging
API has launched a custom decorative holography service called Holonique Boutique.
Biscuits are capitalizing on the health trend, especially among seniors, says pladis
The biscuit category changed in Britain in 2016 amid consumer demand for healthier indulgences, Steve Gladwell, CMI director of pladis tells BakeryandSnacks.
Research: Aussie sugar tax 'would not punish the poor’
A major criticism of the public health lobby’s proposed sugar sweetened beverage tax—that it would unfairly punish the poor and disadvantaged—may have been debunked by research from Deakin University’s Global Obesity Centre.