News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
The global confectionery industry anticipates stronger sales in 2018 driven by premium dark chocolate, protein-enrichment and candy with natural colors, suggests our annual state of the industry survey.
Nobó health food has expanded from dairy-free ice cream into chocolate and has asked Parkside packaging to make a compostable wrapper for the range.
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Mondelēz International has announced three Oreo flavors set to enter the US in 2018.
Tony’s Chocolonely has launched a new chocolate bar that is infused with mulled wine spices for Christmas 2017.
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Sourcing to fair trade standards, such as UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade, is an important first step for chocolate makers towards cocoa sustainability, but will not necessarily bring farmers out of extreme poverty, say supply chain actors.