News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Bisphenol A (BPA) is living on borrowed time. And not just in the United States but now in Europe too where mounting consumer hostility and scientific concern over its safety have combined to push the chemical towards the point of no return.
US food group, Kraft, has recruited the services of financial powerhouses HSBC and BNP Paribas to help divest it of the Polish and Romanian businesses of Cadbury, according to media reports.
A new cocoa buying station in Vietnam will support an ongoing programme of cocoa farming expertise transfer and shows the high expectations Cargill has for cocoa development in the country, said the industry chocolate supplier.