News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
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Recent draft guidance from the FDA on allulose unlocks opportunity for food and beverage manufacturers to further reduce sugar and calories.
Nestlé has unveiled a new chocolate recipe that replaces refined sugar with cocoa pulp as it begins to explore the possibilities of side-stream utilisation to reduce food waste.
Sugar Reduction or Nature's Sweetspot
Sweetener blends upcycled from crop leftovers are higher in fiber, lower in sugar and calories, and functionally equivalent to conventional sweeteners.
Reformulation
Swiss confectionery brand says it has invented the first 70% dark chocolate made entirely from ‘the cocoa fruit and nothing else’.
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Rousselot, a leading global producer of gelatin and collagen peptides, says it has successfully developed a new application concept to produce sugar-free confectionery.
Sugar Reduction or Nature's Sweetspot
Company says it is possible to reduce more than 40% of the sugar content in a wide range of food products while retaining the same taste profile with its solution.
Sugar Reduction or Nature's Sweetspot
The naturally modified table sugar from Global Biolife, called Laetose, carries 30% fewer calories and about half the glycemic index compared to glucose.
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BBC One’s 2017 The Apprentice winner Sarah Lynn launches her brand new Sweets in the City vegan sweets at Waitrose, Holland & Barrett and WHSmith airport stores this summer.
Sugar Reduction or Nature's Sweetspot
The main motivation for consumers to reduce their sugar intake is its negative effects on their health, Thomas Schmidt, marketing director at BENEO, told ConfectioneryNews.
Bosch has agreed to sell its packaging machinery business in Waiblingen, Germany, to a newly incorporated entity managed by CVC Capital Partners (CVC), at the end of the year for an undisclosed amount.