United States

 Dr Mike Heffernan (left) and Dr Toby Edwards-Lunn at the Summer Fancy Foods Show in New York City. Pic: DTI

Innovation

UK dental mints company wins $6m export deal with US firm

By Anthony Myers

Company collaborated with confectioners to create the world’s first ever mint to actively reverse the process of tooth decay and erosion, and will now see its products in US dental surgeries and other outlets.

Wexxar manager says loss of US manufacturing jobs driven by automation, not trade agreements, as Trump suggests ©iStock/andykatz

Pack Expo 2016

Packaging industry cautious on Trump’s US manufacturing promise

By Douglas Yu

Automation and increased profitability may make US President-elect Donald Trump's promise to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US empty, say some food packaging and processing industry leaders at Pack Expo in Chicago.

Blommer buys Shanghai cocoa facility

China

Blommer buys Shanghai cocoa facility

By RJ Whitehead

America’s biggest chocolate supplier has acquired a manufacturing plant in Shanghai as part of an estimated US$40m investment in a fully integrated bean processing and chocolate manufacturing facility.

Barry Callebaut adds mini-manufacturing plant to Region Americas headquarters

Barry Callebaut expands Americas HQ in Chicago

By Oliver Nieburg

Barry Callebaut has completed an expansion of its Region Americas head office in Chicago and has added a new applications laboratory to simulate a full-scale manufacturing plant.

Cocoa child slavery: Is the chocolate industry stepping up or hiding secrets on its track record?

Chocolate makers accused of leveraging 'loophole' on child slavery

By Oliver Nieburg

The National Confectioners Association has hit back at U.S. senators it says mischaracterized the chocolate industry’s efforts on preventing labor rights abuses on cocoa farms in West Africa. But some Fair Trade chocolate companies say industry is being...

Christian Jegen appointed president and CEO of PEZ Candy

Ex-Haribo chief to lead PEZ Candy

By Oliver Nieburg

The former president of Haribo of America has been appointed new president and CEO of the US division of PEZ.