News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Moldova, Tadzhikistan, Kazakhstan and Belarus have all announced that their independent inspections of chocolate produced by Ukrainian confectionery firm Roshen found no health risks for consumers, despite accusations from Russia to the contrary.
Chocolate brands have more social media likes than most other industries, but research suggests consumers will most likely never visit fan pages after liking and those that do will react angrily to attempts to influence them.
Cadbury’s Indian arm has revealed plans to build the biggest chocolate plant in the Asia-Pacific region. The Indian plant, in Andhra Pradesh, will come at an investment of more than Rs1,000cr (US$163m).
Nestlé USA has launched three limited edition Butterfinger bars featuring Bart Simpson as part of its latest marketing campaign.
Nestlé has cut its sales growth expectations for the full year – but even the revised target will be a stretch, according to the company’s financial chief.
Gum sales are still down for the category's second largest player, but the segment might be showing its first signs of recovery, according to Mondelez’s CEO.