Original Beans, the Dutch Eco-friendly chocolate maker, has a launched a series of new wrapper designs printed on fine, sustainable paper, created by Californian artist Kimberly Varella.
The health department of the second-largest Canadian province sees the move as essential to mitigating risks of accidental ingestion – especially for children.
Sir Kensington’s co-founder Mark Ramadan is joining upmarket vegan chocolate maker Hu Products (pronounced ‘hue’ as in ‘human’) as CEO following the departure of Rita Hudetz, who left a week ago to pursue other opportunities.
The 10-year-old awards recognize some of the 4.8m family-owned companies in the UK and Ireland across 10 categories. Whitaker snagged recognition in food and drink.
The UK government has been urged to introduce a levy on all processed, unhealthy foods containing ‘excessive calories’ – a move campaigners say would reduce consumption of saturated fat and sugar.
The move would see children’s favourites such as Cadbury bars, Fudge, Curly Wurly and Chomp as well as Barny sponge bears brought under 100 calories by the end of 2020, while Cadbury Mini Fingers and Cadbury Animals will be under 100 calories from as...
Humming Hemp is on a mission to increase household penetration of hemp food products and is targeting mainstream consumers through conventional retail channels including a nationwide distribution deal with Kroger later this year.
Company said its plans of ‘preparing for the worst’, if the UK leaves the EU without a deal are still active, but also warned of rising cocoa costs due to a potential pricing mechanism announced by Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
With 90% of the confectionery buying market and 75% of the snack market attending, the annual expo presents a valuable chance to share insights and ideas, according to the trade association.
After strong first-half performance, the company says it now expects Organic Net Revenue growth of 3+% after second-quarter organic sales increased 4.6%.
The sustainable chocolate maker spent three years developing a solution for its truffles, as part of its commitment to packaging its full portfolio in recyclable or compostable material by 2020.
The business will continue to be independently marketed under the hf Chocolates’ brand creating a clearly differentiated proposition to that of Bon Bon’s, according to statement.
After announcing that it would hike wholesale prices by 9-10% on its single-serve products, which account for roughly a third of its total sales, The Hershey Company has reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit but forecast 2019 earnings below...
Following an investigation published in The Washington Post in June, two Democratic lawmakers requested that existing laws prohibiting such imports be enforced.
The chocolate maker dedicated to building a slave-free supply chain dips into texture with Milk Chocolate Honey Almond and White Raspberry Popping Candy.
Summary: Lindt & Sprüngli Group anticipates continued organic growth of 5-7% for the full financial year. It also expects the operating profit margin (EBIT) to improve by 20-40 basis points in the full year, in line with the mid- to long-term target...
Expected to open in mid-2020, the supplier broke ground this week on the Baramati facility, which will produce 30k tons of chocolate and compound annually.
Nude Chocolate enters functional chocolate niche with launch of premium bars infused with ‘super blends’ of herbs and Reishi, a medicinal mushroom in Asian culture.
Chocolates from South and Central America ruled this year’s bean-to-bar competition, which for the first time featured special recognition of innovation in craft chocolate.
How can reformulation be implemented technologically? Answers will be provided at Europe’s largest sweets and snack fare when it reconvenes in Cologne in February.
ConfectioneryNews spoke with three facets of the industry – a leading certifier, a boutique producer, and a nonprofit – to understand the potential efficacy of higher prices paid to farmers.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard on sustainable cocoa will help mainstream ethical cocoa, says the chair of the standard, while an NGO worries uptake will be limited.
The company, which landed a deal with Mondelēz in April, skips cane sugar and instead relies on naturally derived sweeteners: the sugars found in dense fruits and nutrient-rich root vegetables.
‘There’s no way this is sugar-free! That’s what most people say the first time they try Ross Chocolates, says Philip Hemmings the company’s sales manager, when CN spoke to him from his office in Vancouver, Canada.
Researchers set out to determine how much, if at all, a price premium would affect the reality of child labor in cocoa production in Ghana. Through three scenarios, they settled on an 11% bump transferred directly from government to farmer.
Sustainalytics, a third-party assessor, analyzed 229 packaged food companies for their environmental, social and governance risks. Barry Callebaut received the lowest risk rating.
Cargill is diversifying its starches and sweeteners portfolio with a US$200m investment that will see it start producing wheat-based ingredients at its manufacturing facility in Krefeld, Germany.
The chocolate supplier’s 60k-square-foot, green-certified facility – located in the northern town of Lokeren – should open in the third quarter of 2021.
A technical breakthrough this week in confectionery packaging will see Nestlé’s ‘YES!’ snack bar range wrapped in recyclable paper for the first time. ConfectioneryNews visited its confectionery R&D centre in York to talk to the team involved in the...
Confectionery giant Mondelēz has developed a method for enhancing flavours in sweet and savoury foods, including salty, spicy, sweet, bitter, and fruity flavours in chocolate.
As one of the Europe’s largest food ingredient distributors, HMS reaches further into the premium market with HB Ingredients, which serves bakeries as well as chocolate and ice cream manufacturers.
