News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
The ease of buying food online may diminish the sense of psychological ownership, which may ultimately make it easier for people to discard food, suggests a new analysis with implications for retailers.
Startup Tracker
Functional chocolate startup Cocoa+ is eyeing the UK’s luxury market with a protein-enriched milk chocolate.
In an ironic twist, consumer desire for cleaner nutrition labels is extending to their preferences for minimalist packaging that is free-from the certification logos and claims that call attention to simpler, easy-to-understand ingredient decks as...
Sugar may help cocoa flavanols to be better absorbed in the digestive system, however this will provoke a spike in insulin, undoing its beneficial effect, speculates a researcher at Coventry University.
3D Printing special edition
byFlow has changed its business model focusing solely on 3D printers for food as it sells its 100th printer.
Katjes-owned, Magic Candy Factory will install multiple 3D candy printers at a theme park in the Middle East opening next year.
Hershey says it is continuing to explore the possibilities of 3D chocolate printing partnering with a ‘world-renowned culinary school’ and funding two students to focus on exploring real-world applications of the technology.