News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
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From Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana’s controversial plans to set a joint minimum price for cocoa, to more controversy surrounding Nestlé’s technical breakthrough in confectionery paper packaging, to tennis ace Maria Sharapova making headlines at Wimbledon and...
Gummies
Shenzen-based company has made its entrance into the UK gummy market with discount retailer, Home Bargains.
Gluten free is one of the most popular diet trends around the world, but the number of people who actually need to avoid gluten for medical reasons is relatively small. Today, one in five people reduce or eliminate gluten from their diet because they...
Investment
Substantial contract to export confectionery to the US means increase in production for UK sweet manufacturer.
Financial results
Zurich-based chocolate processor releases nine-month key sales figures, for fiscal year 2018-19, and reports ‘good growth momentum continues’, confirming its mid-term guidance.
Kum & Go’s 400 stores will test metric-driven merchandising solutions based on the confectioner’s research.