News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Functional bakery products trail behind beverages and dairy in terms of the global functional food market but in one European market - Germany - functional bread is showing good growth, according to market analysts Euromonitor.
German-based ingredients firm Nutrinova has announced a double-digit price hike for its sorbate range of additives, used increasingly by global food developers to preserve food products such as confectionery and baked goods.
A number of major changes in production facilities across the region sees Danone reversing its decision to close a biscuit factory in Poland, the EBRD readying to invest in dried fruit production in Uzbekistan and Minsk Beer poised to build another...
Fibre-fever may be the new trend poised to sweep the United States food industry over the next few years as low-carb diets begin to stutter and the US government raises the bar for healthy eating - good news for bakers, pasta makers and cereal...
Poland is set to become the prime international market for Heineken as Grupa Zywiec reports booming sales and profits for the first half of the year. A strategy focusing on one brand for each beer segment and concerted efforts to reduce production...
Young people who consume energy drinks with alcohol to improve their stamina on a night out are likely to see no such effect, suggests new research on the market leader Red Bull.
Continued consolidation in the hydrocolloid industry seems imminent as leading pectin supplier Citrico International goes into liquidation, but the firm's German-based production plant Citrico GmbH is not up for sale, reports Lindsey Partos.
UK bakers have joined their food industry colleagues in backing a new campaign to slash salt levels in food products and consumer diets, but warned against taking things too far, writes Chris Mercer.
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has been rewarded for its innovation in the field of edible oils and fats for its development of the NovaLipid line of zero and low trans fat oils.
Automated packaging developer Bradman Lake is launching its latest robotic top load cartoner for throughputs of up to 300ppm, an innovation that the group hopes will build on its international reputation.