News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Three years after its “no deal” television appearance on Shark Tank, Slate Milk has raised over $5m in seed money and continues to expand its shelf-stable ultra-filtered, high-protein, lactose-free chocolate milk footprint.
Manufacturing
The Barry Callebaut Group has announced the signing of a long-term agreement with Morocco’s Attelli SARL, a distributor and confectionery manufacturer based in Casablanca, and part of the French COFRAPEX Group.
Regulation
The World Cocoa Foundation’s (WCF) Partnership Meeting in Brussels this week has sold out, event organisers said, despite Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, the two world’s largest cocoa producers, declining an invitation due to a pricing row with the industry.