News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
NPD
The Yorkie Orange is an orange-flavoured milk chocolate made with cocoa sustainably sourced under the Nestlé Cocoa Plan that will be available in a wide range of supermarkets, wholesale and convenience stores from 10 May.
Acquisitions
Tony’s Chocolonely has announced it has acquired chocolate factory Althaea-De Laet Int as part of its plans to scale up its manufacturing capacity.
Cocoa
The network also asks EU to step in and support cocoa farmers with human rights and environmental rights due diligence regulations, as Conseil du Café-Cacao says it will reimburse exporters affected by Living Income Differential payments.
Pork DNA has been found in two confectionery products in Bangladesh, according to a study analysing 42 imported confectionery samples purchased from the Dhaka region.