News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Two of the biggest chocolate makers in the UK are to launch products which will directly compete with some of each other's biggest brands - an indication, perhaps, that the rich vein of new product innovation of the last few years may be drying up?
The competitive world of xanthan gum saw a new player enter the already crowded market this week when US chemicals firm Huber announced it would buy the world's number one xanthan gum supplier CP Kelco. Huber steps into the leading position just weeks...
Toray Plastics has developed what it describes as a new line of technologically advanced, value-added OPP and PET packaging films, designed to achieve longer shelf life and easier handling.
UK confectionery firm Glisten Confectionery has gained a stronger foothold at the higher end of the confectionery market after food ingredients business Kiril Mischeff sold its House of York toffee brand to the Blackburn-based firm.