RSPO issues first ever RSPO Next palm oil certification
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has issued its first RSPO Next certification, a stricter voluntary add-on, to Colombian-based agribusiness Daabon Group.
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Delfi forms JV with Japan’s Yuraku Confectionery in Indonesia
Delfi Limited has formed a joint venture (JV) with the Yuraku Confectionery Company in Indonesia to sell chocolate snack products under the Delfi brand in Indonesia.
Peeps, Jelly Belly being out of stock at Walmart during Easter is ‘significant issue,’ Quri says
US shoppers may have found it more difficult to locate Peeps and Jelly Belly this past Easter at Walmart’s candy aisle compared to Cadbury, Dove, Hershey and M&M’s, says Quri.
United Cacao loses libel case against ConfectioneryNews
A Cayman Islands-registered company allegedly tied to deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon has lost a libel case against ConfectioneryNews and its publisher.
Hershey seeks to reduce calorie counts with product reformulation, size adjustment
Hershey has included in its five-year plan a goal that 50% of its total offering of individually wrapped standard- and king-size confectionery products will be 200 calories or less.