Equipment innovation
24-hour candy counting: Cremer claims reduced downtime for major players
Dutch equipment supplier Cremer has introduced a servo-driven counting machine that it claims will limit downtime for top players in confectionery.
Archives for February 11, 2015
Caobisco ‘concerned’ about chocolate detox campaign
Caobisco says it is ‘concerned’ about the British Heart Foundation’s ‘chocolate detox’ campaign, which encourages people to stop eating chocolate for a month to raise money and awareness for heart research.
Canada 'chocolate cartel' update
Mars and Nestlé win evidence battle in chocolate price collusion case
Two confectionery giants have won access to Hershey and Cadbury’s leniency filings in a criminal case in Canada that accuses them of colluding to fix chocolate prices.
China
Scientists sequence the vanilla genome
Chinese scientists have completed the genome sequencing of Vanilla shenzhenica, giving way to hopes that a synthetic version of the world’s second most expensive spice.
India
Analysts predict lightning growth for Indian confectionery market
India’s confectionery market is expected to grow by almost three-quarters in four years as the burgeoning middle-class consumes more gums and jellies, and chocolate still dominates.