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Date: 27/01/201227 January 2012 – Barry Callebaut has launched an exciting new generation of soft melting ice cream chocolate bites called ChocMel... more >Don't be afraid of the dark
Date: 26/01/201226 January 2012 – The new Dutch dark cocoa powders range is one of the results of an investment by Cargill’s cocoa & cho... more >Carton board is packaging of choice
Date: 26/01/201226 January 2012 – Several trends in consumer packaging are currently favouring the use of board as packaging material for chocolat... more >Offering caramel corn
Date: 24/01/201224 January 2012 – C Cretors and Company has introduced the CMD line of caramelisers designed to make it easy for concession ... more >Barry Callebaut meets Unilever's chocolate needs
Date: 23/01/201223 January 2012 - Barry Callebaut and Unilever have signed a new long term global partnership agreement. Under the terms of the agreemen... more >Dedy at ProSweets: Stand B043
Date: 23/01/201223 January 2012 - Dedy will show an enrobing line complete with a glassy cooling tunnel, which makes it possible for the customer to vie... more >Denk Ingredients at ProSweets: Stand E020
Date: 23/01/201223 January 2012 - Denk Ingredients will be showing Sweetolife – a great tasting, zero calorie natural sweetener, which is extracte... more >Haas at ProSweets: Stand G008
Date: 23/01/201223 January 2012 - The machines on display will be a combination of classic machines having been part of the Haas program for several yea... more >Hacos at ProSweets: Stand C071
Date: 23/01/201223 January 2012 - Hacos builds a range of semi-automatic and automatic moulding lines for moulds from 275 mm up to 840 mm wide. New f... more >Netzsch Feinmahltechnik at ProSweets: Stand C070/D079
Date: 23/01/201223 January 2012 - Netzsch Feinmahltechnik will be showing the ChocoEasy plant design, which allows employment of the agitator bead mills... more >Confectionery bagger
Date: 18/01/201218 January 2012 – tna has launched the robag 3ci, representing the latest innovations in VFFS (Vertical Form Fill Seal) technology... more >Barry Callebaut to supply Grupo Bimbo
Date: 17/01/201217 January 2012 - Barry Callebaut and Grupo Bimbo, one of the largest food companies in Latin America, have signed a new long-term supp... more >New CEO for Tangerine Confectionery
Date: 16/01/201216 January 2012 – Graham Hunter has been appointed to the position of CEO at Tangerine Confectionery, as current MD Chris Marshall... more >Bosch at ProSweets: Stand C010-D011
Date: 16/01/201216 January 2012 – Bosch Packaging Technology will present its first single wrap die fold package with hermetic seals at ProSweets ... more >Proform at ProSweets: Stand D039
Date: 16/01/201216 January 2012 – Proform designs and builds high performance production machinery for the extrusion and forming of chewing and bu... more >NID at ProSweets: Stand B071
Date: 16/01/201216 January 2012 – Nid is a leading supplier and specialist manufacturer of starch moulding machinery. One of the company's l... more >Wiese Forderelemente at ProSweets: Stand C020
Date: 16/01/201216 January 2012 – The German company Wiese Förderelemente GmbH will exhibit their improved range of pendulum bucket conveyors... more >WDS at ProSweets: Stand C049
Date: 16/01/201216 January 2012 – WDS will present the lab depositor – now designed in easy-clean-execution. • Most parts can be dis... more >New Spanish confectionery association
Date: 16/01/201216 January 2012 – Five associations of the sweet market have joined together to form a new association, the Spanish Confectionery ... more >The perfect polish
Date: 13/01/201213 January 2012 – When the public buy their candies and chocolates they are very rarely, if ever, aware that these pieces only loo... more >Intense red cocoa
Date: 12/01/201212 January 2012 – ADM Cocoa is introducing a new, intense red cocoa powder to manufacturers in the Middle East as it looks to expa... more >Chocolate batons for baked goods
Date: 12/01/201212 January 2012 – The starting point for a unique selling proposition is chocolate pieces in new shapes, colours and flavours. One... more >French investment from Mars
Date: 12/01/201212 January 2012 – Mars Chocolate in France recently announced a €40 million investment in its Haguenau factory in Alsace. Mar... more >Barry Callebaut acquires La Morella Nuts
Date: 11/01/201211 January 2012 – Barry Callebaut has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the privately owned Spanish nut manufacturer La Morel... more >Sensient invests in UK colour facilities
Date: 11/01/201211 January 2012 – Sensient Technologies Corporation have announced that it has begun the next phase of a series of investments to ... more >ADM reduces workforce
Date: 11/01/201211 January 2012 – Archer Daniels Midland Company plans to it streamline its organisational structure, reducing its global workforc... more >Wrapping Ferrero chocolates
Date: 10/01/201210 January 2012 – Innovia Films’ shrink tightening BOPP substrate, Propafilm OS, has been selected by global confectionery m... more >Tangerine Confectionery grows further
Date: 09/01/20129 January 2012 – Tangerine Confectionery, the largest UK owned sugar confectionery and popcorn manufacturer, has acquired two of t... more >Baker Perkins at ProSweets: Stand D045
Date: 09/01/2012Baker Perkins will focus on depositing innovations that raise efficiency. A new generation of ServoForm confectionery depositor featu... more >Cremer Speciaalmachines at ProSweets:Stand G051
Date: 09/01/2012Cremer Speciaalmachines have been supplying accurate counting machines to the confectionery industry for over 25 years for some of the w... more >Gebr Steimel at ProSweets: Stand E040
Date: 09/01/2012Gebr. Steimel GmbH & Co will present the Schoko-Polar systems for the recovery of chocolate, and pumps for transporting chocolate, c... more >Mohn at ProSweets:Stand A025
Date: 09/01/2012Mohn will be exhibiting a hygiene control point, the check in station, type III, for compelled guided cleaning and disinfection of soles... more >Wirebelt at ProSweets:Stand C029
Date: 09/01/2012Wire Belt Company will feature the Flat Flex conveyor belting, ideal for the chocolate enrobing operation, and is widely used for the ch... more >Cadbury stands out from the crowd
Date: 05/01/20125 January 2012 – Kraft believes Dairy Milk bars are too hard for shoppers to see and consequently is planning to spend £6 mi... more >US demand alternative sweeteners
Date: 05/01/2012US demand for alternative sweeteners is expected to advance 3.3% annually through 2015 to $1.4 billion (€1.1bn). Gains will be led... more >Nestle UK moves HQ
Date: 05/01/20125 January 2012– Over the past five years Nestlé has undertaken a multi-million pound investment programme to establish its ... more >Enhancing metal detection
Date: 05/01/20125 January 2012 – Manufacturers of food products with high moisture content no longer need to compromise between operating efficien... more >GNT at ProSweets:Stand D040/E041
Date: 03/01/2012GNT will be presenting its Exberry Colouring Foods. This concept makes colouring food with food possible. Colouring Foods are made from ... more >Heyne & Penke Verpackungen at ProSweets: Stand H060
Date: 03/01/2012On show will be a successful innovation of Heyne & Penke and Bosch – a special film for flow wrap pillowpacks using supersoni... more >Schut Systems at ProSweets: Stand F089
Date: 03/01/2012Schut Systems and PilloPak will introduce a completely new tray concept with compartments – Lock Well. Such a tray has not been ma... more >Sollich at ProSweets: Stand B020/C021
Date: 03/01/2012A highlight at the Sollich stand will be the Turbotemper TT 200 B, an innovative mini-version of the Turbotemper Top. This mini-version ... more >Theegarten Pactec at ProSweets: Stand C031
Date: 03/01/2012Theegarten Pactec will present the new horizontal flowpack machine FPH5 for hard candies and other preformed products at ProSweets 2012.... more >Aasted at ProSweets: Stand E010
Date: 22/12/201122 December 2011 – The SuperNova Energy 1000-P is being exhibited. The Supernova energy programme saves at least 50% in total ener... more >Chr Hansen at ProSweets:Stand D010/E011
Date: 22/12/201122 December 2011 – Chr Hansen will be exhibiting an extension of the FruitMax range of colouring foodstuffs. Suitable for all key ... more >Multipond at ProSweets: Stand F041
Date: 22/12/201122 December 2011 – Multipond will be presenting its new 22 head combination weigher (Type MP 22-1000/400-H) for the first time. ... more >Schubert at ProSweets: Stand G029/F020
Date: 22/12/201122 ecember 2011 – Shubert will give visitors the opportunity to view a picker line for chocolate bears, cookies, candies and much ... more >Tanis Food Tec at ProSweets:Stand C61
Date: 22/12/201122 December 2011 – On display will be the Roto MallowPlant: a new marshmallow production machine that combines cooling, aeration a... more >Tasty times ahead
Date: 20/12/2011By Brigitte Bayart, marketing manager, Chocolate Products, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate 20 December 2011 – A number of trends... more >Cloetta and Leaf to merge
Date: 20/12/201120 December 2011 – The Swedish confectionery companies Cloetta and Leaf have announced a merger of the two companies. The combined... more >Millar Pan Drops saved from extinction
Date: 15/12/201115 December 2011 – One of Scotland’s oldest confectionery brands, Millar Pan Drops, has been saved from extinction after it ... more >Preparing for egg supply crisis
Date: 14/12/201114 December 2011– Bakery manufacturers face the threat of rising egg prices – and even shortages – when new Europe wid... more >Maoam celebrates sampling success
Date: 08/12/20118 December 2011 – Maoam, the fruity chew brand, is celebrating the success of their Mixer Campaign following excellent engagement ... more >Keeping a good temper
Date: 08/12/20118 December 2011 – Dublin company, Butlers Chocolates has chosen to install Sollich’s new Teach-in Turbotemper to guarantee c... more >Kraft names leader for snack company
Date: 06/12/20116 December 2011 – In the next step toward launching two public companies, the board of directors at Kraft Foods has announced that... more >Stagnant sales for European confectionery
Date: 06/12/20116 December 2011 – Latest research from Mintel on the sugar and gum confectionery market in Europe reveals that in the big five Eur... more >200 Cadbury jobs cut
Date: 06/12/20116 December 2011 – Kraft’s £44 million investment in its Cadbury plants is tainted by the announcement that 200 jobs wi... more >ADM extends chocolate applications
Date: 05/12/20115 December 2011 – ADM Cocoa has unveiled a new range of cocoa products with a fresh, mildly fruity cocoa taste. The deZaan Fresco ... more >Kerry Group completes acquisition
Date: 05/12/20115 December 2011 – Kerry has completed the acquisition of Cargill’s global flavours business. Cargill Flavor Systems with... more >Revolutionary popper
Date: 05/12/20115 December 2011 – C. Cretors and Company has introduced the new Mach 5 Popper, available in 20, 32, 48 and 60 oz. kettle sizes. ... more >Convenient, premium ingredients
Date: 02/12/20112 December 2011 – Barry Callebaut continues to focus on convenience and premiumness with the launch of new confectionery decoratio... more >Belfast chocolatier secures export sales
Date: 02/12/20112 December 2011 – Baxter Murray Creative Chocolate, Northern Ireland’s Great Taste award winning chocolatier, has secured ne... more >Barry Callebaut scoops two awards at FiE
Date: 02/12/20112 December 2011 – A leading panel of industry experts announced Barry Callebaut's Terra Cacao chocolate as the winner of the FiE c... more >Nestle partners with Fair Labor Association
Date: 29/11/201129 November 2011 – Nestlé has decided to work with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate whether children are wor... more >Sweetening chocolate
Date: 29/11/201129 November 2011 – Recently, consumers are more and more consciously looking for products free from certain ingredients such as ad... more >Making the shea supply chain transparent
Date: 29/11/201129 November 2011 – Global edible oils firm IOI Loders Croklaan has launched a campaign showing that their Shea nuts supply chain f... more >Red sparkle
Date: 29/11/201129 November 2011 – Azelis in the UK is now offering Candurin red sparkle, a bright new shade,which complements its existing range ... more >Hygiene filter
Date: 28/11/201128 November 2011 – The Russell hygiene filter is a specifically designed self cleaning liquid filter to meet the demands of the fo... more >Natural blue solution
Date: 23/11/201123 November 2011 – Wild has tapped a natural source for blue colours: the microscopic alga Spirulina platensis. This new product m... more >Improved biscuit production
Date: 23/11/201123 November 2011 – One of Europe’s largest biscuit factories, Galletas Gullon, has successfully increased its production lev... more >Colour your candy
Date: 22/11/201122 November 2011 – Chr. Hansen has launched a series of colouring foodstuffs with superior properties which give confectionery pro... more >New Chinese factory
Date: 21/11/201121November 2011 – Tna has recently unveiled its newest manufacturing plant in Qingdao, China. The plant, one of a series of new de... more >Supporting cocoa sector in Cote d'Ivoire
Date: 18/11/201118 November 2011 – Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business has agreed a memorandum of understanding that underlines its conti... more >Barry Callebaut and PT Comextra Majora in joint venture
Date: 18/11/201118 November 2011 – Barry Callebaut and PT Comextra Majora, a diversified soft commodities trader and a leading exporter of cocoa f... more >Final approval of stevia in the EU
Date: 14/11/201114 November 2011 – PureCircle welcomes the final approval of the EU Commission’s Regulation to authorise the use of steviol ... more >Counting confections
Date: 10/11/2011By Roger Wayte, sales engineer of Cremer Speciaalmachines 10 November 2011 – Almost 30 years ago a major multinational confecti... more >Nestle invests in Europe
Date: 10/11/201110 November 2011 – Nestlé continues to drive its growth in Europe with a €10 million investment to produce different v... more >Bosch to build second Chinese plant
Date: 04/11/20114 November 2011 – To further expand its regional commitment in China, Bosch Packaging Technology intends to build a second product... more >Arpac machinery for Finland
Date: 04/11/20114 November 2011 – Arpac Europe and Finnish distributor and manufacturer Peterson PackSystems have announced an exclusive distribut... more >Quality Street celebrates 75 years
Date: 02/11/20112 November 2011 – Nestlé is celebrating 75 years of its revolutionary confectionery assortment Quality Street in the UK thi... more >Fat substitute for baked goods
Date: 02/11/20112 November 2011 – Stratum Nutrition has introduced ApuraGreen, a whole fruit kiwi pectin paste ingredient that allows for extended... more >Indonesian cocoa
Date: 01/11/20111 November 2011 – The biggest development in the pipeline for Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate at the moment is the recent decision t... more >Unifine bags a winner
Date: 31/10/201131 October 2011 – Top quality Fruibel couverture is the latest packaged product from Unifine to receive an exciting new look. I... more >Flexible conveying
Date: 31/10/201131 October 2011 – Customers use mobile flexible screw conveyors so that one conveyor can be used to load bulk materials, ingredien... more >Redesign for Choc on Choc
Date: 28/10/201128 October 2011 – BrandOpus are proud to be involved with a roll out of two new products – the Choc on Choc house and the Ch... more >Ferrero opens Indian plant
Date: 28/10/201128 October 2011 – Ferrero has opened a new plant in Baramati, a rural area 100km from Pune in the Maharashtra region of India. ... more >Pumping chocolate
Date: 27/10/201127 October 2011 – Watson Marlow Masosine MR and SPS series positive displacement pumps have been installed at the Fakenham, Norfol... more >Food packaging and verification
Date: 24/10/201124 October 2011 – Tna has launched two new additions to its range, representing the latest solutions in food packaging and verific... more >Biscuit research and development centre
Date: 24/10/201124 October – Kraft Foods has officially opened its new European biscuit research and development centre in Saclay, France, a subur... more >Theegarten-Pactec shows continuous and solid growth
Date: 24/10/201124 October 2011 – The demand for Theegarten-Pactec’s packaging machinery and turnkey solutions for the packaging of small pi... more >Cranberry powder
Date: 20/10/201120 October 2011 – A cranberry extract powder from Ocean Spray’s Ingredient Technology Group (ITG) delivers the goodness ass... more >More flavour from Ghana cocoa
Date: 18/10/201118 October 2011 – ADM is launching a new cocoa mass made from full body, roasted 100 percent Ghana cocoa beans. UGNM 1030 is the l... more >Cocoa partnership launched
Date: 18/10/201118 October 2011 – Kraft Foods is launching its successful Cocoa Partnership to the Dominican Republic in a five year commitment wi... more >Confectionery expertise for Blue Diamond Almonds
Date: 18/10/201118 October 2011 – Blue Diamond Almonds has appointed of Jennifer Eastman as R & D food scientist. Eastman will focus on new p... more >Winners and losers of EFSA's health claim rulings
Date: 17/10/2011By Kati Weiss of Toothfriendly International 17 October 2011 – The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed its eval... more >Tangerine acquires Wham and Highland Toffee
Date: 14/10/201114 October 2011 – Tangerine Confectionery has acquired the iconic Wham and Highland Toffee brands from Millar McCowan, which recen... more >New chocolate tastes
Date: 13/10/201113 October 2011 – Investment by Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has boosted Cargill’s chocolate capabilities ... more >Cutting confectionery
Date: 13/10/201113 October 2011 – Bosch Packaging Technology has launched the WRQ 0400 US ultrasonic cross cutting guillotine device for bar produ... more >Relaunch for Skips & Nik Naks
Date: 13/10/201113 October 2011 – United Biscuits UK is relaunching its Skips and Nik Naks brands. UBUK is introducing a new and improved flav... more >Triangle cake slices
Date: 13/10/201113 October 2011 – Erlenbacher’s brand new cream and mousse cake triangles are small, elegantly shaped triangular slices, ava... more >The British chocolate industry
Date: 13/10/201113 October 2011 – The British love chocolate. Since cocoa became the drink of choice for affluent gentlemen shortly after its arri... more >Consumers prefer natural colours
Date: 06/10/20116 October 2011 – Consumer researcher Nielsen has conducted a survey – on behalf of Chr. Hansen – among 5,000 consumers... more >New brand identity for DD Williamson
Date: 06/10/20116 October 20011 – DD Williamson has launched a new brand image to reflect its expanded expertise in colour solutions for customers... more >Hershey and Ferrero in joint logistics partnership
Date: 06/10/20116 October 2011 – The Hershey Company has entered into an alliance with The Ferrero Group in North America through a joint warehous... more >Novel applications for peanut flour
Date: 05/10/20115 October 2011 – Peanut flour - a source of high quality plant protein, dietary fibre and essential minerals - is gaining increasi... more >Thermal transfer coder
Date: 04/10/20114 October 2011 – Allen Coding Systems has launched its 53XL thermal transfer coder. This latest addition to the company's cost eff... more >Developing new confectionery products
Date: 04/10/20114 October 2011 – Nestlé is strengthening its leadership in research and development by enlarging its global Product Technol... more >Barry Callebaut finalises sale
Date: 03/10/20113 October 2011 – Barry Callebaut has announced the completion of the sale of its European consumer business Stollwerck to the Belg... more >UK growth for Blue Diamond Almonds
Date: 03/10/20113 October 2011 – Blue Diamond Almonds is keen to expand its presence in the UK market with its own brand consumer products and ing... more >The world of chocolate bars
Date: 03/10/20113 October 2011 – With the large variety of nutrition and snack bars to choose from, it can be challenging for food companies to ri... more >Premium fillings
Date: 03/10/20113 October 2011 – ADM Cocoa has launched a range of indulgent fillings for the confectionery and bakery industries. The new product... more >Sunflower lecithin
Date: 29/09/201129 September 2011 – Lecithin is indispensable in the making of chocolate. A natural emulsifier, with just short conching it gives ... more >Fast track stevia
Date: 29/09/201129 September 2011 – PureCircle has announced a rapid expansion of its stevia supply in the US as S&W Seed Company nears comple... more >Cadbury keeps production sweet
Date: 26/09/201126 September 2011 – With origins stretching back more than 130 years, the Cadbury factory in Bournville manufactures product... more >Bar production
Date: 26/09/201126 September 2011 – The non-branded contract manufacturer VSI has broken ground for a new bar production plant in the Netherlands.... more >Hazelnuts added to allergen scope
Date: 22/09/201122 September 2011 – Eurofins UK has added testing for hazelnuts to extend its range of allergen tests. The increased use of hazeln... more >Palletisers for chocolate and sweets
Date: 20/09/201120 September 2011 – Brynild Gruppen is one of Norway’s largest family owned food groups with near 300 employees, and its pro... more >Sweetener for greater calorie reduction
Date: 19/09/201119 September 2011 – PureCircle has announced the launch of a new proprietary breakthrough stevia sweetener, under the trade name A... more >Green's continues brand overhaul
Date: 14/09/201114 September 2011 – Baking experts Green’s are continuing the brand refresh started earlier this year with a complete websit... more >Making bakery fillings healthier
Date: 13/09/201113 September 2011 – Many bakers are looking at making their bakery fillings healthier whilst maintaining flavour and texture, &ldq... more >New website for cocoa sector
Date: 13/09/201113 September 2011 – Barry Callebaut and Biolands International, one of Africa's largest exporters of certified organic cocoa, have... more >A mint move
Date: 12/09/201112 September 2011 – Wild Flavors has acquired certain assets of the AM Todd Group, a leading provider of mint flavours and ingredi... more >Low roast cocoa liquor
Date: 12/09/201112 September 2011 – ADM Cocoa has launched a lightly roasted Unicao cocoa liquor to complement its pallet of 100 percent Côt... more >Bigger spend on Tooth friendly chocolate
Date: 12/09/201112 September 2011 – Research conducted by Beneo confirms that consumers are hankering after a healthier alternative to sugar coate... more >High speed multi head weigher
Date: 12/09/201112 September 2011 – Yamato Scale Dataweigh has launched a high speed addition to its multihead weighing portfolio. Aimed predomina... more >Melting profits for Thorntons
Date: 08/09/20118 September 2011 – Despite Thorntons marking its 100th anniversary with record sales, the chocolate retailer still posted a loss o... more >Bright future for peanuts
Date: 08/09/20118 September 2011 – The American Peanut Council forecasts a bright future for high protein peanut flour in line with increased dema... more >New branding for Italian biscuits
Date: 08/09/20118 September 2011 – Arden Fine Foods, distributors of finest biscuit and bakery products in the UK, have enlisted branding agency 1... more >Strengthening European footprint
Date: 02/09/20112 September 2011 – Following the divestment of its European consumer business, Barry Callebaut is further strengthening its footpr... more >Sweet conveying
Date: 02/09/20112 September 2011 – Gough Engineering has completed three Swinglink bucket elevators for Swizzels Matlow to convey wrapped sweets f... more >Chocolate good for heart health
Date: 01/09/20111 September 2011 – Previous studies have found that chocolate, particularly that of a higher cocoa percentage, contains compounds ... more >Revitalising Cote D'Ivoire cocoa sector
Date: 30/08/201130 August 2011 – Archer Daniels Midland Company continues to actively support cocoa growing communities as ADM Cocoa, is helping r... more >British brand goes to new markets
Date: 22/08/201122 August 2011 – Hampstead based confectioner The Gourmet Candy Company has been taking its classic British brand 'Mr Stanley&rsqu... more >The Beneo label
Date: 22/08/201122 August 2011 – “The Beneo label is continuing to drive business expansion for customers who use it on their products&rdquo... more >Paying cocoa premium boost farmers' incomes
Date: 22/08/201122 August 2011 – Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business has made the second of its annual sustainable certified cocoa premiu... more >Swiss chocolate brand launches in the UK
Date: 22/08/201122 August 2011 – Barens Chocolate – an international Swiss confectionery brand is launching a high quality but affordable ch... more >Keeping production sweet
Date: 18/08/201131 August – Renshawnapier is part of The Real Good Food Company, an AIM listed, UK based bakery, ingredients and sugar group, off... more >Less time and more space
Date: 11/08/201111 August 2011 – Mettler-Toledo Garvens has launched the new XC CC CombiChecker, a checkweighing and metal detection combination s... more >Supplier of new chocolate brand announced
Date: 11/08/201111 August 2011 – What On Earth, a leading organic food manufacturer, is pleased to announce that it will now be supplying GO*DO, a... more >New TV campaign for Fisherman's Friend
Date: 11/08/201111 August 2011 – Fox Kalomaski has won the Fisherman’s Friend above–the-line business, following a three way competiti... more >Metal detector keeps Buckeyes safe
Date: 09/08/20119 August 2011 – There are many types of confectionery peculiar to the US and one of the more interesting is the Buckeye produced a... more >Small bakeries see the merit of production control
Date: 09/08/20119 August 2011 – Small and medium sized bakeries are being given the opportunity to achieve a level of control over their profit ma... more >Enrobing Thomas Tunnock's famous teacakes
Date: 09/08/20119 August 2011 – Boyd Tunnock is the third generation of his family to continue the Tunnock’s famous caramel wafer and ... more >Chocolate you can mould
Date: 05/08/20115 August 2011 – What if chocolate were like modelling clay that you could press, shape and mold into your own designs and then eat... more >ADM expands in Singapore
Date: 04/08/20114 August 2011 – Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is expanding its cocoa processing capabilities at its facility in Singapore. ... more >Kraft Foods to split into two
Date: 04/08/20114 August 2011 – Kraft Foods has announced that it intends to split into two independent public companies: A high growth global sna... more >Extra rugged metal detector
Date: 03/08/20113 August 2011 – Fortress Technology Europe has introduced the Phantom Stealth extra rugged metal detector. The robust system&rsquo... more >New cupcake range
Date: 03/08/20113 August 2011 – Green’s are giving the brand an overhaul changing the packaging of its products with an updated logo, strapl... more >Sugar dissolving station
Date: 03/08/20113 August 2011 – The GEA TDS sugar dissolving station is a functionally tested unit for dissolving granulated sugar in a batch proc... more >Roquette continues to support Toothfriendly International
Date: 01/08/20111 August 2011 – The publication of EFSA's fifth batch of scientific opinions on generic health claims has revealed a favourable re... more >Maynards redesigns packaging
Date: 27/07/201127 July 2011 – This month, Maynards is re-designing the packaging on all its products, including Maynards Wine Gums, Wine Pastille... more >Going nuts
Date: 26/07/201126 July 2011 – Most good almond pastes derive their flavour from a blend of almond and apricot kernels. Now Odense Almond Mac goes... more >South African confectionery
Date: 26/07/201126 July 2011 – South Africa has one of the largest and most well established confectionery markets on the African continent, notes... more >Healthier doughnuts
Date: 26/07/201126 July 2011 – Manufacturers can tap into the growing consumer demand for healthier snacks by licensing a proven, patented doughnu... more >Easy opening of consumer packaging
Date: 21/07/201121 July 2011 – The growing share of senior citizens and single households has significantly raised the demand for more convenient ... more >Solventless laminating system
Date: 21/07/201121 July 2011 – Increasing demand from the food industry for high quality printed films and bags & pouches has driven Mercury P... more >Zero waste for Kit Kats
Date: 21/07/201121 July 2011 – Nestlé UK has announced that one of the World’s largest confectionery plants has achieved zero waste. ... more >New range of natural colours
Date: 21/07/201121 July 2011 – Chr. Hansen has introduced a new range of all natural colours for fruit preparations, dairy, and food and beverage ... more >Sweet incentive from Candyking
Date: 21/07/201121 July 2011 – Candyking has launched its first ever major consumer promotion offer. Developed with Filmology, the UK’s l... more >Wild Flavors opens office in Shanghai, China
Date: 21/07/201121 July 2011 – Wild Flavors has relocated its East China Sales and Shanghai Flavor Creations Teams to the Shanghai Juke Biotech Pa... more >Compliance support for bakery
Date: 19/07/201119 July 2011 – Frank Roberts & Son, a Cheshire based family bakery, has been working with engineers at Lorien Engineering Solu... more >Colourful candy
Date: 18/07/2011by Carmen Schneider, food technologist at Sensient Food Colors 18 July 2011 – Consumers with a sweet tooth are increasingly ... more >High speed mix weigher
Date: 18/07/201118 July 2011 – Ishida is taking the accurate weighing of mixed products – such as nuts and confectionery– to a new lev... more >Barry sells Stollwerck to Baronie
Date: 12/07/201112 July 2011 - Barry Callebaut has announced the sale of its European consumer business Stollwerck to the Belgian Baronie Group. The sha... more >Nestle acquires majority of Hsu Fu Chi in China
Date: 12/07/201112 July 2011 - Nestlé announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with the founding family of Hsu Fu Chi, a leadin... more >Non stick gum created by Revolymer
Date: 12/07/201112 July 2011 - Scientists from Bristol University have developed a new non stick chewing gum. After years of testing and development, RE... more >Godrej Hershey's part ways after four years
Date: 12/07/201112 July 2011 - After four years in a partnership that has been described as being made in heaven, Godrej Hershey are set to part ways. T... more >Europe's first M&M's World opened in London
Date: 12/07/201112 July 2011 - M&M's has announced the grand opening of its London M&M’S World store, in Leicester Square. Creating 170 ne... more >Moving forward with stevia
Date: 07/07/20117 July 2011 – Wild is promoting the broader use of stevia after the announcement by the Standing Committee of the European Commiss... more >Blackstone acquires Tangerine
Date: 06/07/20116th July 2011 – The Blackstone Group has acquired Tangerine, the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of sugar confectioner... more >EFSA says yes to Toothfriendly labelling
Date: 05/07/20115 July 2011 – The EFSA has published a favourable opinion on the ‘toothfriendly’ claim for foods and beverages that ar... more >Confectionery depositor
Date: 04/07/20114 July 2011 – A new generation ServoForm confectionery depositor has been introduced by Baker Perkins. The depositor features ... more >Company moves into volume cake market
Date: 04/07/20114 July 2011 – The move from hand made celebration cakes to a continuous plant for high volume production was a big change in marke... more >New Mars chocolate site
Date: 04/07/20114 July 2011 – Mars Chocolate North America has announced plans to build a new state of the art manufacturing facility in Topeka, U... more >Testing of edible films
Date: 30/06/201130 June 2011 – Stable Micro Systems has developed a portfolio of quality control tests for a booming sector of the food market. Ed... more >Barry Callebaut in Latin America
Date: 28/06/201128 June 2011 – Barry Callebaut has signed a long term outsourcing agreement with Chocolates Turin, a leading Mexican Group operati... more >Indian confectionery
Date: 28/06/201128 June 2011 – Confectionery retail value sales in India rose by 7% in constant terms in 2010. Stronger economic growth boosted co... more >Lower cost packaging
Date: 27/06/201127th June 2011 – The health conscious can now indulge in their desire for high quality confectionery – but without the sugar... more >Warning against buying sustainable palm oil
Date: 27/06/201127th June 2011 – AAK UK is warning manufacturers not to fall into the “claims trap” when buying sustainable palm oil p... more >Feeding popcorn
Date: 21/06/201121st June – A West Midlands popcorn manufacturer requiring an elevating and feeding system to connect its roasting and flavouring ... more >Modernised colour facilities opened
Date: 21/06/201121st June 2011 – Chr. Hansen has official reopened its extended and modernised colour expertise center in Montpellier, France. The... more >Weighing control module
Date: 16/06/201116 June 2011 – Marco have introduced the ‘e’ weighing control module (ECM). The company claims that this is the only s... more >Explaining extrusion
Date: 14/06/201114 June 2011 – The popularity of extruded confectionery is growing, and as a consequence manufacturers of extrusion equipment are ... more >Creating opportunities through education
Date: 14/06/201114th June 2011 – Young Ghanaian students with ambitions to join the agricultural industry will now benefit from the World Cocoa Fo... more >Confectioner awarded MBE
Date: 10/06/201110th June 2011 – John Winnard, joint managing director of Uncle Joe’s, has been awarded an MBE in recognition of his outstan... more >Stevia based chocolate
Date: 09/06/20119th June 2011 – To help food manufacturers meet growing consumer demand for healthier, all natural products that offer great taste... more >Enhancing the creaminess of ice cream
Date: 09/06/20119th June 2011 – Tate & Lyle has created two new prototypes which demonstrate how ice cream manufacturers can boost the creamy ... more >A new record for jelly wrapping
Date: 09/06/20119th June 2011 – The MCH from Theegarten-Pactec sets a new record: 1,000 work cycles/minute for jelly in double twist wrapping. Jel... more >Kraft buys cocoa direct
Date: 08/06/20118th June 2011 – The South African division of Kraft has announced that it will now pay extra for cocoa beans sourced directly from... more >Sustainable cocoa for Indonesia
Date: 08/06/20118th June 2011 – ADM has expanded of its flagship cocoa sustainability programme, Socially and Environmentally Responsible Agricult... more >Retro treats
Date: 07/06/20117th June 2011 – Award winning choclatier William Curley has introduced the Nostalgia range. The new range will take consumers back... more >The growth of private label
Date: 07/06/20117th June 2011 – Following intense interest in its report ‘Private label vs. Brands: an inseparable combination’ Raboba... more >Limited edition summer treats
Date: 07/06/20117th June – Haribo has launched a limited edition sweet –Strawbs & Cream, offering retailers a topical seasonal treat. ... more >Rising dough
Date: 01/06/20111st June 2011 – Krispy Kreme UK, a leading retailer of premium quality doughnuts, has released its financial results for the year ... more >Moisture proof lollipop wrapper
Date: 01/06/20111st June 2011 – CFS Aquarius has launched the new tear slit for easier opening of its hermetically sealed OverlapSeal double twist... more >High packaging speeds
Date: 01/06/20111st June 2011 – CFS Aquarius has launched one of its fastest vertical form, fill and seal packaging machines in combination with a... more >Fully automated wrapper inspection
Date: 01/06/20111st June 2011 – A quality assurance system that automatically checks each lollipop on wrapping quality has been upgraded by CFS Aq... more >Commitment to sustainability
Date: 01/06/20111st June 2011 – The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has released its brand new trademark for use in the market by its me... more >Pick and place partnership
Date: 01/06/20111st June 2011 – FANUC, a leading robotics manufacturer, have recently extended Pacepacker’s strategic partnership to include... more >Awards for Northern Ireland chocolatier
Date: 01/06/20111st June 2011 – CoCouture, Northern Ireland’s gourmet chocolatier, has won two major awards from the recent prestigious Acad... more >Cocoa powder in extreme dark
Date: 27/05/201127 May 2011 – ADM Cocoa has expanded its line of deZaan cocoa powders with the darkest dry powder available on the market today. ... more >Reducing saturated fats
Date: 27/05/2011CSM United Kingdom has launched the new Craigmillar Marvello RSF Blend, cake margarine. The new Marvello RSF Blend variant can help bake... more >New MD for CenFRA
Date: 23/05/201123 May 2011 – CenFRA (Centre for food robotics and automation), has appointed a major figure in the food and drink industry to tak... more >Toothfriendly confectionery
Date: 18/05/201118 May 2011 – There is a movement towards consuming healthier indulgence snacks. This is in part due to consumers’ increase... more >Universal coating machine
Date: 18/05/201118 May 2011 – Dumoulin has launched its new universal coating machine – a machine dedicated to both chocolate coating and su... more >Specially formed nozzles
Date: 17/05/201117 May 2011 – Hacos has developed a complete set of special formed nozzles, so that choclatiers can create a wider range of produc... more >High performance processing
Date: 17/05/201117 May 2011 – At Interpack, Baker Perkins launched a new generation of the ServoForm confectionery depositor range with automatic ... more >Healthier snack to help tackle obesity
Date: 17/05/201117 May 2011 – Northern Ireland’s Golden Popcorn has developed a unique snack food that could help to counter obesity in chil... more >Two at a time
Date: 17/05/201117 May 2011 – Tanis Food Tec has introduced a multipurpose system to run any two fillings at the same time on one line. Especia... more >First Nigerian cocoa certification
Date: 16/05/201116 May 2011 – UTZ Certified has awarded Nigerian cocoa farmers the country’s first UTZ cocoa certification. Saro Agro-Allie... more >Palsgaard takes over Emulsion Holland
Date: 16/05/201116 May 2011 – Ingredients company Palsgaard makes yet another expansion move, by taking over full control of Dutch PGPR manufactur... more >Non-hydrogenated icing
Date: 16/05/201116 May 2011 – Richardson Oilseed has developed an icing shortening product using canola oil, which has the lowest saturated fat am... more >Cocoa flavanols improve eye and brain function
Date: 10/05/201110 May 2011 – Cosumption of cocoa flavanols may improve aspects of eye and brain function, says a study released by the University... more >All rise for the perfect mix
Date: 09/05/20119 May 2011 – Green’s is relaunching its range of cake mixes for children in a bid to grow its share of the burgeoning home b... more >Callebaut Hershey deal
Date: 05/05/20115 May 2011 – Barry Callebaut and The Hershey Company have agreed to a long term increase in the volume of products supplied by Bar... more >Kraft opens new facility in Brazil
Date: 03/05/20113 May 2011 – Kraft Foods has opened an $80 million (€54m) manufacturing facility in Pernambuco, Brazil. The new plant will in... more >Sugar free flavours
Date: 28/04/201128 April 2011 – Verve, a natural chewing gum manufacturer in the US, has expanded their line of Glee Gum with two new, sugar free ... more >Puratos Group acquires fruit fillings producer Pure Food
Date: 28/04/201128 April 2011 – Puratos has acquired Pure Food, a family owned company based in Latvia, well known for its production of fruit fil... more >Think orange
Date: 28/04/201128 April 2011 – LycoRed, Israel, has announced its latest formulation for natural beta-carotene colour, Lyc-O-Beta 1% CWS. Lyc-O-B... more >Polyols given good press
Date: 28/04/201128 April 2011 – The EFSA’s favourable opinion in respect of certain sugar substitutes and their associated maintenance of to... more >New TV advertising campaign for Skittles
Date: 28/04/201128 April 2011 – Imagine a world where everything you touch turns to Skittles, that is exactly what Wrigley has created in its late... more >Reviving traditional confectionery
Date: 27/04/201127 April – As the demand for healthier, lower fat and more natural products grows, confectioners have found that old fashioned con... more >Mars releases 2011 Market Review
Date: 27/04/201127 April 2011 – With the confectionery market continuing to boom, Mars has released its 2011 Market Review. In 2010 the confection... more >Convenient packaging for chocolate tablets
Date: 27/04/201127 April 2011 – Bosch Packaging Systems has developed the ‘BrightSide’ pack style for easy opening and reclosing of f... more >The nitty gritty
Date: 21/04/2011Refining involves the crushing, abrasion, attrition and shearing of cocoa and sugar crystals to produce a product that has the desired p... more >Snacking liquorice
Date: 21/04/201121 April 2011 – Tangerine Confectionery has launched Henry Goode’s soft eating liquorice in a new grab and go bar format. ... more >Pollution control in the cocoa industry
Date: 21/04/201121 April 2011 – Regenerative oxidisers ensure high system uptime reliability, which is very important for food industry and its 24... more >ADM Cocoa opens technical centre
Date: 20/04/201120 April 2011 – ADM Cocoa has opened a new technical centre in Mannheim, Germany, to provide customers with a local resource for i... more >Sweet success
Date: 15/04/201115 April 2011 – Flexographic printer Primopost is celebrating after picking up a Gold award at the prestigious 2011 EFIA Gala Prin... more >Upgrade of colour facilities
Date: 14/04/201114 April 2011 – Due to continued strong demand for natural colors in the global food industry Chr. Hansen has extended two key foo... more >Cocoa pilot plant opened
Date: 14/04/201114 April 2011 – Expanding upon its network of innovation centres in North America, Barry Callebaut has opened a special research a... more >Helping manufacturers achieve sugar reduction goals
Date: 13/04/201113 April 2011 – Givaudan is expanding its TasteSolutions health and wellness programme by investing in taste technology to address... more >Cocoa normality
Date: 13/04/201113 April – Confectioners have rejoiced at the EU decision to lift sanctions on the Ivory Coast following the arrest of Laurent Gba... more >The next generation of superior tasting chocolate
Date: 12/04/201112 April 2011 – Along that thin imaginary line that spans the globe we call the Equator, a silent revolution is taking place. For ... more >Continuous hot air popper
Date: 12/04/201112 April 2011 – C. Cretors and Company has introduced the OriginateAir. Designed for caramel corn shops and other concession loca... more >UK confectionery market
Date: 11/04/201111 April 2011 – A new Key Note report entitled ‘Confectionery’ looks at the UK market for chocolate and sugar confecti... more >Mettler Toledo acquires Smiths Detection
Date: 06/04/20116 April 2011 – Mettler Toledo has announced that it has acquired the Smiths Detection Product Inspection division and will adopt t... more >Sweet growth in India
Date: 01/04/20111 April 2011 – During 2004 – 2009 the Indian confectionery market grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.5%, pla... more >Keeping sweets fresh
Date: 01/04/20111 April 2011 – Tangerine Confectionery has improved its traditional Taveners weigh out jars with a new, improved packaging feature... more >New COO for Wild
Date: 01/04/20111 April 2011 – Cosimo Trimigliozz has become the new chief operating officer of the newly formed Wild Flavors International busine... more >The challenge of loading fruit and nuts
Date: 29/03/201129 March 2011 – A Middle East based supplier of a mixed fruit and nut product required a means of loading 300kg batches into bulk ... more >Clean label ingredients help save money
Date: 29/03/201129 March 2011 – Ulrick & Short has issued a stark warning to retailers and consumers that rising food prices are now a fact of... more >Cargill expands into India
Date: 29/03/201129 March 2011 – Cargill has signed an agreement with Marico to acquire its refined sunflower oil brand Sweekar. The scope of the a... more >Baking machines for sweet wafers
Date: 28/03/201128 March 2011 – The recently launched Jupiter IC series of Walterwerk Kiel is the new generation of baking machines for sweet wafe... more >De Zaan celebrates 100 years of innovation
Date: 28/03/201128 March 2011 – This May, ADM Cocoa’s premier cocoa and chocolate brand, deZaan, will celebrate 100 successful years of prov... more >A new partnership for the cocoa industry
Date: 28/03/201128 March 2011 – Caotech, Carle & Montanari and Probat have created a partnership to benefit the cocoa processing industry. ... more >Aerating the facts
Date: 22/03/201122 March 2011 – Aeration is the insertion of air or another type of gas into a pumpable food product, such as chocolate or a ... more >Blue is here
Date: 22/03/201122 March 2011 – Due to consumer demand, The Wrigley Company is introducing blue Skittle packs, for a limited period of three ... more >A Royal roll
Date: 22/03/201122 March 2011 – To commemorate the Royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Swizzels Matlow is launching lim... more >Improved process stability for cakes
Date: 22/03/201122 March 2011 – Ulrick & Short can now offer improved process stability of cakes and even distribution of inclusions with two ... more >Integrated flavour solutions
Date: 18/03/201118 March 2011 - It is important for confectionery manufacturers to respond to latest flavour trends whilst still maintaining product qua... more >Choux pastry mix offers cost savings
Date: 18/03/201118 March 2011 - CSM United Kingdom has launched the Craigmillar choux pastry mix, just add water and mix to a smooth batter to produce c... more >Real chocolate in a dispersible format
Date: 18/03/201118 March 2011 - ADM Cocoa International has launched deZaan chocolate microflakes, which allow manufacturers to capture the indulgence o... more >Moving forward with sustainable products
Date: 18/03/201118 March 2011 - AAK UK has announced that its full range of bakery fats and many other standard product lines will contain RSPO certifie... more >Ambers get green light from BrandOpus
Date: 18/03/201118 March 2011 - BrandOpus has designed the packaging for Fox’s latest product innovation to hit the shelves this month. Ambers ar... more >AAK opens Chinese office
Date: 04/03/20114 March 2011 - AAK has opened a new office in China "We are glad to strengthen AAK's presence in China with a dedicated s... more >Ocean spray celebrates SQF certification
Date: 03/03/20113 March 2011 - Ocean Spray has achieved the highest attainable SQF (Safe Quality Food) certification for food manufacturing and distribu... more >Novelis sells confectionery foil business
Date: 02/03/20112 March 2011 - Novelis has sold its printed confectionery foil packaging business at Bridgnorth, UK, to Discovery Foils. Approximately ... more >Tangerine and Orchard Valley Foods collaborate
Date: 02/03/20112 March 2011 - Tangerine has chosen Orchard Valley Foods (OVF) to support and develop its confectionery lines, used in the manufacture a... more >Frosting for royal cupcakes
Date: 01/03/20111 March 2011 – Macphie has launched a limited edition Violet Rainbow Frosting to commemorate the forthcoming wedding between Princ... more >Executive vice president for colours & blends division
Date: 28/02/201128 February 2011 - Carsten Bennike has taken up the position of executive vice president, colours & blends division, in addition to ... more >The dangers of hard sugar balls
Date: 28/02/201128 February 2011 - In the confectionery trade tennis ball-sized multi coloured sugar balls with a soft chewing gum core have been availa... more >Fruit and nutty inclusions
Date: 25/02/201125 February 2011 - “There is a growing trend moving towards more red fruits packed in snacks such as dried fruits, nuts and cereal... more >Cocoa sector grows in Vietnam
Date: 24/02/201124 February 2011 - The commitment of Cargill's cocoa and chocolate business to develop new sustainable cocoa economies has reached anoth... more >Fortified confectionery
Date: 23/02/201123 February 2011 - Lyc-O-Mato from LycoRed, is a natural lycopene complex designed for a wide range of specific health conditions, from ... more >Starch cooling in confectionery line
Date: 22/02/201122 February 2011 - °Celsius from The Netherlands has recently delivered a large screw heat exchanger to Astra Sweets in Turnhout, Be... more >Vegetarian clean label confectionery
Date: 21/02/201121 February 2011 - Etenia NT is a potato based ingredient for confectionery, introduced by Avebe. Etenia NT meets consumer trends ... more >Cocoa situation causes growing concern
Date: 21/02/201121 February 2011 - The European Cocoa Association and The Federation of Cocoa Commerce continue to monitor with growing concern the situ... more >Choc on Choc and Rocky brands redesign
Date: 21/02/201121 February 2011 - BrandOpus, has won the prestigious gold and bronze awards at the Design Effectiveness Awards (DEA), for its redesign ... more >Frozen wild blueberries
Date: 17/02/201117 February 2011 - The Wild Blueberry Association of North America (WBANA) has introduced a frozen retail pack and a new dried fruit app... more >Enzyme to keep bakery products fresh
Date: 17/02/201117 February 2011 - Consumers expect bakery products to be fresh and tasty – and to help manufacturers meet this demand, specialty ... more >Sweetener ingredient for ice cream
Date: 15/02/201115 February 2011 - Iskream and Truvia brand have announced the introduction of Iskream, the first line of low-fat, naturally sweetened i... more >Investment in sustainable palm production
Date: 15/02/201115 February 2011- Archer Daniels Midland Company plans to invest in sustainable palm production in Brazil. Spanning five years, the ADM ... more >Record breaking cocoa shipment
Date: 15/02/201115 February 2011 - Blommer Chocolate, North America’s largest processor of cocoa beans and ingredient chocolate products, has... more >Is chocolate healthier than fruit?
Date: 14/02/201114 February 2011 - New research published in the Chemistry Central Journal claims that chocolate contains more polyphenols and flavanols... more >Irresistible advertising campaign
Date: 09/02/20119 February 2011 - Butterkist is returning to TV screens for the second time with its ‘irresistible’ nationa... more >A new cocoa experience
Date: 09/02/20119 February 2011 - As an addition to its core single origin chocolate range, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate has introduced the innovative ... more >Sustainable cocoa fermentation method
Date: 07/02/20117 February 2011- Barry Callebaut has launched the Terra Cacao range: an exciting new innovation in superior tasting chocolate. Based on ... more >Large capacity emulsifier factory in Asia
Date: 07/02/20117 February 2011 - Danish food ingredients supplier Palsgaard is now constructing a large state of the art emulsifier factory in Asia. Th... more >Zero calorie sweetener for the UK
Date: 07/02/20117 February 2011 - Silver Spoon, part of Associated British Foods, and Cargill, have announced an exclusive strategic partnership for UK ... more >Healthy and delicious chocolate bars
Date: 02/02/20112nd February 2011 - Newtree has launched five new chocolate-covered delights. The chocolate bars (30g) contain less sugar and more fibre... more >Chocolate games
Date: 02/02/20112nd February 2011 - Gamesformotion has launched chocolate editions of popular games including Twister, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabb... more >Pick & mix vending machine
Date: 02/02/20112nd February - The new innovative and hygienic Click Candy vending machine allows the consumer to mix their own candy selections, from o... more >New flavour appeals to Asian cultures
Date: 02/02/20112nd February 2011 - New from Jelly Belly Candy Company, the maker of The Original Gourmet Jelly Bean since 1976, comes a bold new flavou... more >Low saturated fat ice cream coatings
Date: 02/02/20112 February 2011 - For applications such as coatings, fillings and chocolate shells, ADM Cocoa has expanded the deZaan range with a selec... more >Cargill acquires German chocolate business
Date: 28/01/201128 January 2011 - Cargill is expanding its cocoa and chocolate business in Europe through the acquisition of the business of Schwartauer... more >High pressure treatment equipment
Date: 28/01/201128 January 2011 - Multivac has developed a concept for integrating equipment for the high pressure treatment of foods into fully automat... more >Sweetener is 'toothfriendly' approved
Date: 28/01/201128 January 2011 - Toothfriendly International, a non-profit association governed by dental professionals, has given their seal of approv... more >Reducing downtime for sugar processors
Date: 28/01/201128 January 2011 - Sucrol is a dual purpose product which has been developed by Gard Chemicals to protect plant and machinery from the un... more >Milking it
Date: 26/01/201126 January 2011 - Dairy ingredients are often overlooked as an ingredient in the chocolate, confectionery and sweet bakery world. ... more >Ferrero loses case in Ukraine
Date: 25/01/201125 January 2011 - Italian chocolate maker Ferrero has lost a long running counterfeit case in relation to its top-selling praline brand,... more >Baker maintains high standards of safety
Date: 24/01/201124 January 2011 - Cornish bakery business, W C Rowe, has switched to high performance metal detection systems from Fortress Technology. ... more >Boiled sweets manufacturer doubles output
Date: 24/01/201124 January 2011 - Traditional boiled sweets manufacturer Joseph Dobson has more than doubled its output, while reducing its energy costs... more >Green & Blacks to leave Kraft
Date: 18/01/201118 January 2011 - Green & Black's is looking to buy itself out of Kraft Foods, the US food giant that acquired the organic chocolate... more >AAK strengthens group management
Date: 18/01/201118 January 2011 - In order to create better conditions for organic growth as well as acquisitions, to better face future competition, an... more >Accelerated growth for Chr. Hansen
Date: 18/01/201118 January 2011 - Chr. Hansen experienced solid growth in its first quarter from September 1, 2010 to November 30, 2010. Compared to the... more >Sweet energy savings
Date: 17/01/201117 January 2011 - Confectionery manufacturer Tangerine has achieved sweet savings on energy after installing energy efficient combined h... more >Helping chocolate keep its temper
Date: 17/01/201117 January 2011 - Carbon infra-red mould heating systems from Heraeus Noblelight are helping a specialist chocolatier to maintain the hi... more >Jacob (UK) gets the taste for chocolate
Date: 17/01/201117 January 2011 - JACOB (UK) has supplied an extensive stainless steel modular pipework ducting system for the Cadbury factory at Marlbo... more >Jingle bells all year round
Date: 17/01/201117 January 2011 - The festive season has come early this year for Allen Coding Systems UK following the installation of four 53Lti therm... more >Continuous hot air popper
Date: 17/01/201117 January 2011 - C. Cretors and Company has introduced the Model 40 continuous hot air popper, ideal for caramel corn shops and other c... more >UK launch of coffee sweets
Date: 05/01/20115 January 2011 – The real coffee bean confectionery brand, Kopiko, is due to launch in the UK during January 2011. Named afte... more >California Almonds launches health snacking campaign
Date: 05/01/20115 January 2011 – California Almonds has launched a campaign to position almonds as a healthy and convenient snack for busy wo... more >Nestle sells Russian confectionery business
Date: 04/01/20114 January 2011 - Nestlé has sold Altai Confectionery, its Russian confectionery business to private firm Corminus Enterprise... more >UK confectioners downsize to beat VAT increase
Date: 20/12/201020 December 2010 – According to UK media reports, large confectionery manufacturers are cutting the size of chocolate bars to pres... more >Grupo Bimbo names Palsgaard supplier of the year
Date: 16/12/201016 December 2010 – Palsgaard has been named ‘Supplier of the Year’ by Grupo Bimbo for its role in helping the wor... more >Nestle opens Dubai factory
Date: 15/12/201015 December 2010 – Nestlé has officially opened a new manufacturing plant in Dubai, set to become the third largest Ki... more >Novelis to close UK confectionery packaging business
Date: 14/12/201014 December 2010 – Novelis is to terminate its foil rolling activities at Bridgnorth, UK and related printed confectionery packagi... more >Multivac e-concept wins innovation award
Date: 13/12/201013 December 2010 – The Multivac e-concept design study, an energy saving thermoforming packaging machine, has received the innovat... more >Building the shine
Date: 10/12/2010Glazing and polishing agents are products applied to the surface of all types of confectionery dragees to ensure a high, favourable glos... more >Eurofins launches rapid melamine test
Date: 10/12/201010 December 2010 – Eurofins UK, the food test laboratory, has developed a new rapid approach for the testing of melamine contamina... more >ZDS celebrates successful chocolate symposium
Date: 09/12/20109 December 2010 - The ZDS chocolate symposium, which has just finished this Thursday afternoon in Cologne, Germany, once again attracted... more >Kraft in reported tax-saving move
Date: 06/12/20106 December 2010 - Kraft is aiming to avoid paying UK taxes by considering moving Cadbury’s headquarters to Switzerland accor... more >Court condemns Italian "pure chocolate" labelling claim
Date: 06/12/20106 December 2010 – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that consumers in Italy are being misled by local legislation... more >New Schubert packaging line at Tunnocks
Date: 03/12/20103 December 2010 - A high performance packaging line by Schubert has been installed at Scottish firm Tunnocks' Uddingston site to pack th... more >Callebaut still searching for right Stollwerck buyer
Date: 03/12/20103 December 2010 – Barry Callebaut is still seeking to sell its German chocolate producer Stollwerck but is in no hurry to dis... more >Green & Black's search for taste assistant
Date: 02/12/20102 December 2010 - Green & Black’s, The UK premium organic chocolate brand, has launched a search for a taste assistant to work... more >Mars and Hershey in orange dispute
Date: 01/12/20101 December 2010 - Mars and Hershey are once again to face each other in court. Hershey is suing Mars, alleging that Mars’ pack... more >Tate & Lyle sells molasses business
Date: 26/11/201026 November 2011 – Tate & Lyle today has disposed of the last of its historic British sugar businesses with the disposal of it... more >Artisan Christmas collection
Date: 26/11/201026 November 2010 - British artisan chocolate company Sir Hans Sloane has released its Christmas collection. Bill McCarrick, owner of... more >Cosun to sell Unifine
Date: 26/11/201026 November 2010 - Royal Cosun has decided to investigate the potential sale of Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients, its pastry ingredie... more >Blue Diamond expects record growth in almond market outside the US
Date: 25/11/201025 November 2010 – Speaking to over 2000 almond growers at Blue Diamond's centennial annual meeting, president and CEO, Mark Janse... more >New brand and distributor for Panda Licorice
Date: 24/11/201024 November 2010 - Duello is a new liquorice variant from Finnish company Panda Licorice that combines liquorice and chocolate. Availabl... more >Baker Perkins appoints confectionery machinery chief engineer
Date: 23/11/201023 November 2010 – Martin Bond has been appointed chief engineer of the Baker Perkins confectionery machinery business. He is res... more >Wedel to expand in Poland
Date: 23/11/201023 November 2010 – Japanese-Korean conglomerate Lotte plans to expand its Polish chocolate-maker Wedel, by investing just over &e... more >ADM celebrates tripling of SERAP participants in five years
Date: 22/11/201022 November 2010 – ADM is celebrating its fifth year of working with West African farmers to produce higher-quality cocoa crops th... more >Univar to distribute stevia for Wild Flavors
Date: 22/11/201022 November 2010 – Wild Flavors and Univar have agreed to work together to market and distribute a range of Sunwin stevia products... more >LycoRed launches vegetarian Omega-3 (DHA)
Date: 18/11/201018 November 2010 – LycoRed has launched a vegetarian Omega-3 ‘Lyc-O-Mega 10 AL’, designed especially for the bakery an... more >Confectionery industry leader wins Australian Excellence Award
Date: 18/11/201018 November 2010 – A well-respected confectionery consultant has won this year’s Alfred Stauder Award for Excellence. ... more >Callebaut extends Fairtrade availability
Date: 17/11/201017 November 2010 – From January 2011, Callebaut’s four classic recipes will be available in a Fairtrade variety. The recipes... more >WILD launches natural binding system
Date: 12/11/201012 November 2010 – Wild has developed an all-natural binding system based on juice concentrates. It creates crunchy cereal ba... more >Galam collaborates with Czech sweetener company
Date: 12/11/201012 November 2010 – Galam Group has signed an agreement with Czech company VUC services to develop new liquid sweetener blends... more >ADM brings out new cocoa butter equivalent blends
Date: 10/11/201010 November 2010 – ADM, the cocoa, chocolate and speciality oils and fats supplier, has expanded its range of cocoa butter eq... more >Necco explores strategic partnership
Date: 10/11/201010 November 2010 – The New England Confectionery Company (Necco) has retained New York-based Sawaya Segalas & Co, a consu... more >Pepsi Philippines may go into candy making
Date: 10/11/201010 November 2010 – Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines is preparing for a possible diversification into the confectionery segmen... more >Necessary nano knowledge
Date: 09/11/2010By Katrine Kjoeller In September, ingredients suppliers, food technologists and other interested parties from across the food industr... more >CAOBISCO supports call for endosulfan ban
Date: 09/11/20109 November 2011 – Caobisco has sent a letter of support for the Environmental Justice Foundation's (EJF) call for a global ban on ... more >Callebaut profit rises and partnership expansions
Date: 09/11/20109 November 2010 – Barry Callebaut has reported a gain in full-year profit that beat analysts’ estimates. Net inco... more >Washington candy tax overturned
Date: 09/11/20109 November 2010 – Voters in Washington state, US have elected to repeal a tax on confectionery, soft drinks and bottled wate... more >Hosokawa Bepex celebrates inauguration of Technology Center
Date: 08/11/20108 November 2010 – Hosokawa Bepex celebrated the inauguration of its new Technology Center on 4 November 2010. Ter Braak,... more >Jonathan Hart to join Thorntons executive team
Date: 08/11/20108 November 2010 – Chocolatier Thorntons has appointed Caffè Nero managing director Jonathan Hart as its new group chie... more >ADM collaborations at UK technical centre
Date: 29/10/201029 October 2010 – ADM Cocoa is to hold seminars at its technology centre in the UK. The company opened the deZaan Chocolate Advant... more >First German RSPO seminar on sustainable palm oil
Date: 29/10/201029 October 2010 - A seminar on sustainable palm oil was recently held in Düsseldorf, Germany under auspice of the Roundtable on Sus... more >Multi-headed depositor for toffee cups
Date: 28/10/201028 October 2010 – Baker Perkins has developed a range of toffee cups, complete with different fillings, toppings and/or inclusions... more >Market boost for Nestle
Date: 28/10/201028 October 2010 - Nestlé says sales over the first nine months of the year increased 4.1% to 82.8 billion Swiss francs ($85.6 bil... more >Lotte Confectionery invest in Pakistan
Date: 28/10/201028 October 2010 - South Korea's Lotte Confectionery has reportedly signed an agreement to acquire a 69.45% stake in Pakistani firm KS Su... more >Ferrero to invest in Canadian plant
Date: 27/10/201027 October 2020 - Fourty new jobs will be created at Ferrero Rocher's Brantford, Canada production facility on top of the current 780 po... more >Compostable chocolate box tray
Date: 25/10/201025 October 2010 - UK retail chain Marks & Spencer is to introduce a corn starch-based Plantic tray to hold its Swiss chocolate range... more >Hershey income rise 11% but shares fall
Date: 22/10/201022 October 2010 - Hershey has reported that its third-quarter net income rose 11% and has raised its 2010 profit outlook but its shares ... more >Ivory Coast will reject poor quality cocoa
Date: 21/10/201021 October 2010 – The Ivory Coast authorities are cracking down on poor quality cocoa. The cocoa regulating body notes that a... more >Cloetta reports small sales increase
Date: 21/10/201021 October 2010 – Sales of Cloetta’s products rose by 8% during the financial year to 914 million Swedish krona (€... more >Ukrainian companies enjoy growth
Date: 20/10/201020 October 2010 – Two firms in the Ukraine have announced increases in Q3 sales compared to the same quarter in 2009. Roshen, ... more >French nougat goes egg-free
Date: 20/10/201020 October 2010 – French nougat has been created egg-free by food scientists at Arla Foods Ingredient. In response to an enquiry f... more >Mars may be restructuring UK business
Date: 19/10/201019 October 2010 – As yet, Mars Inc has refused to comment on reports that it is to restructure its UK confectionery operation... more >Sweets manufacturer looks to boost revenue
Date: 18/10/201018 October 2010 – UK sweet manufacturer Tangerine, which produces sweets such as Butterkist popcorn, Dip dabs and Refreshers, has ... more >More former Cadbury executives leave Kraft
Date: 14/10/201014 October 2010 –Two European executives are leaving Kraft Foods, the latest of former Cadbury senior staff to depart since Kraft&... more >Oxford Nutrascience introduces Chewyz vitamin-enriched chews
Date: 12/10/201012 October 2010 – Oxford Nutrascience has introduced Chewyz, a reduced sugar soft chew that also contains 50mg of Omega3, vitamins... more >ADM launches lower saturated fat ice cream coatings
Date: 11/10/201011 October 2010 – deZaan chocolate from ADM Cocoa has launched a range of low saturated fat ice cream coatings, developed in ... more >Bosch builds new plant in India
Date: 11/10/201011 October 2010 – Bosch Packaging Technology has acquired 33,000 square metres of land in the Verna Industrial Estate to build up ... more >Rosenfeld keeps Bournville visit low profile
Date: 08/10/20108 October 2010 – Kraft chief executive Irene Rosenfeld has made her first visit to Cadbury’s Bournville factory after the Sp... more >Promotional samples could earn confectioners VAT refunds
Date: 07/10/20107 October 2010 – UK confectionery company that give away promotional samples could get significant value-added tax (VAT) refunds f... more >Water in chocolate
Date: 06/10/2010By Geoff Talbot We all know that even a trace of water increases the viscosity of chocolate significantly, making it much more diffic... more >Barry Callebaut introduces chocolate with Stevia on industrial scale
Date: 06/10/20106 October 2010 – Barry Callebaut is the first chocolate maker to developed a no sugar added chocolate with an extract from the Ste... more >Kraft Foods opens confectionery R&D Centre in Switzerland
Date: 05/10/20105 October 2010 – Kraft Foods has inaugurated its €10.4 million European Kraft Foods Gum and Candy Research & Development ... more >Danisco launches Xivia xylitol
Date: 05/10/20105 October 2010 – Danisco has announced the launch of a new brand of sugar, Xivia, manufactured from the company’s sustainabl... more >EFSA approves sugar-free gum health claim
Date: 05/10/20105 October 2010 – The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved a health claim for xylitol, sorbitol and mannitol-based su... more >Orkla business unit acquisition
Date: 04/10/20104 October 2010 – Credin bageripartner has entered into an agreement to buy Frederik Christiansen Food, which is a full-package sup... more >Smurfit Kappa targets packaging supply problems
Date: 04/10/20104 October 2010 - Smurfit Kappa, the UK-based integrated paper-based packaging supplier, is offering a choice of novel ‘performance... more >Chinese talks over United Biscuits
Date: 29/09/201029 September 2010 – Chinese food company Bright Food is reportedly in talks to buy Britain’s United Biscuits for than £... more >Testing times for teacakes
Date: 29/09/201029 September 2010 – Workers at the Tunnock's biscuit factory has ceased production of teacakes, snowballs and caramel wafers and g... more >Lotus Bakeries invest in biscuit production
Date: 28/09/201028 September 2010 – Belgian bakery firm Lotus Bakeries is reportedly to invest around €27 million over the next three years t... more >Bon Bon Buddies moves into European chocolate market
Date: 28/09/201028 September 2010 – Welsh licensing company Bon Bon Buddies looks to enter the European market and relaunch its luxury chocolate b... more >Perfetti van Melle to increase Indian plant capacity
Date: 27/09/201027 September 2010 – Perfetti van Melle is set to increase capacity in a plant in southern India, says the company’s managing... more >Cadbury drops cardboard trial
Date: 27/09/201027 September 2010 – Cadbury is to cancel the trials of a cartonboard replacement for the Roses chocolate tin after buyers rejected... more >Finland imposes tax hike on confectionery
Date: 24/09/201024 September 2010 – The Finnish government has announced plans to introduce a tax on confectionery, ice cream and soft drinks. Ori... more >Roshen to build Russian factory
Date: 24/09/201024 September 2010 - Ukrainian sweet manufacturer Roshen Confectionery has announced plans to build a new production facility in Cosyrevk... more >Stockley's moves to new factory
Date: 23/09/201023 September 2010 – UK-based Stockley’s Sweets has expanded its manufacturing and packing facility after investing &pou... more >Chocri partners with Ritter and launches UK site
Date: 23/09/201024 September 2010 – Germany-based Chocri is expanding its two-year old business by launching a custom chocolate service onlin... more >Confectionery Production becomes media partner with ZDS' Chocolate Technology 2010
Date: 21/09/201021 September 2010 – Confectionery Production has become an official media partner for the ZDS symposium Chocolate Technology Inter... more >Omega Ingredients launches monk fruit juice concentrate
Date: 21/09/201021 September 2010 – Omega Ingredients, the UK manufacturer of flavours, fragrances and ingredients for commercial use, has l... more >Ed. Haas opens hungarian Pez plant
Date: 20/09/201020 September 2010 - Austrian confectionery producer Ed. Haas has opened a €3.5 million plant in Janossomorja, northwest Hungar... more >Mars collaborative scientists map cocoa genome
Date: 20/09/201020 September 2010 – A group of scientists led by confectioner Mars, IBM and the US Department of Agriculture is released their res... more >Bio-based twist film to be launched
Date: 20/09/201020 September 2010 – Cereplast says an agreement reached with Turkish company Sezersan Ambalaj will see bio-based twist film ... more >Wiener B.V. acquires F.B. Lehmann
Date: 16/09/2010Wiener B.V. (a daughter of Duyvis Wiener B.V.) has acquired 100% of the shares of F.B.Lehmann Maschinenfabrik in Germany, effective 8 Se... more >NGOs criticise Hershey's cocoa sourcing
Date: 16/09/201016 September 2010 - NGOs and human rights groups have accused Hershey of sourcing cocoa from African farms that use forced and child lab... more >KeyChoc adds praline cutters to portfolio
Date: 15/09/201015 September 2010 - KeyChoc is expanding its portfolio of chocolate processing equipment with the launch of the full range of Dedy Prali... more >Chevler has first year's success all wrapped up
Date: 14/09/201014 September 2010 - Chevler, the South Wales-based manufacturer of baking cases and muffin wraps, has secured a number of contracts with... more >Cargill commits $5m to sustainable cocoa
Date: 14/09/201014 September 2010 - Cargill has announced a three-year $5 million commitment to support sustainable cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire and Gha... more >Armenia makes world's largest chocolate bar
Date: 13/09/201013 September 2010 - An Armenian confectionery company has been officially recognised for making the largest chocolate bar in the world. ... more >Confectionery companies shine in Great Taste Awards
Date: 13/09/201013 September 2010 -Chocolate and confectionery producers have achieved high levels of gold awards in this year’s Great Taste Award... more >Kraft confirms confectionery category appointment
Date: 09/09/20109 September 2010 – Kraft Foods has confirmed Mary Beth West as its new chief category officer. West has been the company’s c... more >Spogz invades kids confectionery
Date: 08/09/20108 September - The UK's Tangerine Confectionery is set to unleash a new kids’ range, Spogz, onto the confectionery market under its... more >Barry Callebaut and Kraft Foods sign global supply agreement
Date: 08/09/20108 September 2010 – Barry Callebaut and Kraft Foods have announced the signing of a long-term global master product agreement. Unde... more >Franz Haas at IBIE 2010
Date: 07/09/20107 September 2010 – The Austrian Franz Haas Group will be represented at the International Bakery Industry Exposition by its member... more >Confectionery firm Cloetta to cut jobs
Date: 07/09/20107 September 2010 – Swedish confectionery firm Cloetta has issued redundancy notices to 28 employees at its factory in Ljungsbro. T... more >Barry Callebaut offers dairy-free chocolate alternative
Date: 06/09/20106 September 2010 – Swiss chocolate supplier Barry Callebaut has created an alternative to milk chocolate that contains no dairy. T... more >Nestle opens premium chocolate production lines in Russia
Date: 03/09/20103 September 2010 - Nestlé is to open premium chocolate production lines in Russia processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. Creati... more >US confectioners urge Mexican border dispute resolution
Date: 02/09/20102 September 2010 - A new 20 percent tariff on American chocolate and gum being shipped into Mexico has prompted an outcry from US confec... more >Cargill unveils new solid chocolate service for smaller users
Date: 01/09/20101 September 2010 - Cargill is launching a new service in Europe to offer food-manufacturing customers its solid chocolate products in sm... more >Relaxation of R&D tax relief rules
Date: 31/08/201031 August 2010 - The rules for claiming additional tax relief on research and development (R&D) are due to are relaxed. Small and me... more >Cargill Eyes Stake in Indonesia's Sorbitol Producer Sorini
Date: 30/08/201030 August 2010 - Cargill is in talks to buy a stake in Indonesia's PT Sorini Agro Asia, the world’s second largest sorbitol produc... more >Companies launch 150 new products at Sweet Brazil International 2010
Date: 27/08/201027 August 2010 - Brazil’s largest sweets, confectionery and chocolates trade fair attracted huge number of visitors. The trade fai... more >Mars on a diet
Date: 26/08/2010Mars in the UK is trimming the level of saturated fat in its products but says consumers won't detect any change in the taste of the can... more >Cretors introduces limited edition antique recreation popcorn machine
Date: 25/08/201025 August 2010 - C. Cretors and Company has introduced the Cretors Anniversary Machine, a limited edition recreation of an antique popco... more >Raisio benefits from Glisten acquisition
Date: 18/08/201018 August 2010 – Raisio has seen an increase of 23% in net sales in the first half of 2010 with strong growth in the Brands Divisi... more >Olam to invest in Cote D'Ivoire cocoa plant
Date: 18/08/201018 August 2010 – Olam International, the integrated supply chain manager and processor of agricultural products and food ingredien... more >Puratos combines products for healthy snacking
Date: 17/08/201017 August 2010 – Puratos has developed a healthy snacking concept, based around its existing Oxanti chocolate product and combinat... more >New book on chocolate and confectionery engineering
Date: 16/08/201016 August 2010 – Ferenc Mohos, the managing director of Food Quality 1992 in Budapest, Hungary, has launched the book Confectioner... more >In-line multihead weighers cater for delicate products
Date: 16/08/201016 August 2010 – A range of in-line multihead weighers offering low drop height for fragile goods and equipped with new control so... more >Nestle reports strong growth
Date: 12/08/201012 August 2010 – Nestlé Group has achieved an organic growth of 6.1% and an EBIT margin improvement to 15.1%, accordin... more >Max Brenner opens chocolate bar in Las Vegas
Date: 12/08/201012 August 2010 – The Israeli Strauss Group's Max Brenner chocolate cafe chain has opened its new Chocolate Bar in Las Vegas, ... more >Research into healthy chewing gum
Date: 11/08/201011 August 2010 – According to Iranian researchers, chewing gum with Salvadora Persica extract may have significant health ben... more >Britannia Industries expects 20% turnover increase
Date: 10/08/201010 August 2010 – Indian biscuit and cake producer Britannia Industries expects 20% growth in its financial year 2011 turnove... more >Smuggling affects Ghana cocoa targets
Date: 10/08/201010 August 2010 – The managing director of the cocoa cooperative Kuapa Kokoo that supplies Divine Chocolate, Kwasi Aduse-Poku ... more >More applications for Isomalt in India
Date: 09/08/20109 August 2010 – The Indian Ministry of Health has approved the use of Beneo’s low GI Isomalt sweetener in a variety of new f... more >Cool investment at Zeina Foods
Date: 08/08/20108 August 2010 – Zeina Foods, the UK supplier of nuts, seeds, dried fruits and confectionery items, has expanded its cool storage c... more >Chocolate for connoisseurs
Date: 07/08/20107 August 2010 – A new website, www.chocolateforconnoisseurs.co.uk brings, has launched and will bring a collection of premium orig... more >Olympic campaign aims to get the UK playing games
Date: 06/08/20106 August 2010 – Cadbury’s new ‘Spots versus Stripes’ ad campaign aims to engage with consumers and fight the ste... more >Cadbury boosts Kraft profits
Date: 06/08/20106 August 2010 – Kraft's acquisition of Cadbury has helped the US firm to post higher-than-expected profits despite a decline in it... more >Brazil and Ivory Coast cocoa update
Date: 06/08/20105 August 2010 – In the Ivory Coast, president Laurent Gbagbo has said that the country could almost double cocoa production to two... more >NCA comments on labelling
Date: 05/08/20105 July 2010 – The National Confectioners Association (NCA) has commented on Front-of-Pack labelling and Shelf Tag Nutrition Symbol... more >Panda raises the healthier snack bar
Date: 04/08/20104 August 2010 – Panda, the all-natural liquorice brand, now offers individually wrapped 100-calorie snack bars in three flavours &... more >Grupo Nacional de Chocolates profit growth
Date: 03/08/20103 August 2010 – Colombia's Grupo Nacional de Chocolates, which recently announced plans to become the majority shareholder of coff... more >New Canadian distributor for Glee Gum
Date: 03/08/20103 August 2010 – Verve, the natural chewing gum manufacturer in the US, has announced a new partnership with Directa Distribution t... more >Jacob's makes cracking savings
Date: 02/08/20102 August 2010 – Jacob’s Biscuits in Liverpool, UK has recently installed Turbo tray denesters on three of its savoury biscui... more >BioVittoria develops Luo Han Guo sweetener for NZ
Date: 02/08/20102 August 2010 – BioVittoria has developed a version of Luo Han Guo-derived natural alternative to sugar containing no calories, ca... more >Roshen to invest in Lithuanian caramel factory
Date: 30/07/201030 July 2010 – The Roshen Confectionary Corporation, one of the largest confectionary producers in Ukraine, plans to invest €... more >Hershey second quarter income falls 35%
Date: 30/07/201030 July 2010 – Hershey's second-quarter net income fell 35% because of charges for restructuring and to write down the value ... more >New appointments at IOI-Loders Croklaan
Date: 29/07/201029 |Ju;y 2010 – IOI-Loders Croklaan has announced two new appointments to its corporate team. On 1 September 2010, Sander Fr... more >Lindt expands US bean-to-bar facility
Date: 28/07/201028 July 2010 – Lindt has expanded its bean-to-bar facility in Stratham, New Hampshire, US. It can produce 450 chocolate bars and 7... more >Butterkist goes gourmet
Date: 28/07/201028 July 2010 - Butterkist, the UK’s number one popcorn brand from Tangerine Confectionery, is set to launch two new ‘posh po... more >Sales increase at Lees Foods
Date: 26/07/201026 July 2010 – The UK confectionery firm Lees Foods has reported an increase in sales of 9% in the first half of this year. The... more >Keylink expands packaging ranges
Date: 23/07/201023 July 2010 – Keylink, the UK supplier of stock gift and confectionery packaging, is launching e new packaging solutions for all ... more >Almonds number one ingredient nut for second consecutive year
Date: 22/07/201022 July 2010 – Almonds were the leading nut used in new food products worldwide for the second year in a row, according to t... more >Automated Salmonella detection for confectioners
Date: 21/07/201021 July 2010 – Chocolate manufacturers may benefit from automated testing for Salmonella, according to Swiss robotics supplie... more >Godrej Hershey to launch Indianised bars
Date: 21/07/201021 July 2010 – Godrej Hershey, a joint venture between Pennsylvania-based The Hershey Company and the Godrej Group has opted for I... more >Colour warning regulation comes into place
Date: 20/07/201020 July 2010 – The article 24 of the regulation (EC) no. 1333/2008, which applies as of 20 July, requires that products conta... more >Versatile bonding of hot melt adhesive
Date: 20/07/201020 July 2010 – Forbo’s new low-temperature hot melt adhesive offers versatile bonding, reduced costs and improved health and... more >Additions to the Baker Perkins depositor range
Date: 19/07/201019 July 2010 – Two new depositors that offer new end-product opportunities and increased capacity have been added to the Baker Per... more >Probiotic yogurt raisins launched
Date: 18/07/201018 July 2010 – Ganeden Biotech, maker of the patented probiotic strain GanedenBC30, has announced the launch of a new partner... more >Tate & Lyle commission first European Polydextrose line
Date: 17/07/201017 July 2010 – Tate & Lyle has fully commissioned its new Sta-Lite Polydextrose line in Koog, the Netherlands. The new fa... more >Vegsoc Approved Awards shortlist
Date: 16/07/201016 July 2010 – The nomination shortlists for the 'Vegsoc Approved Awards' have been published. Vanessa Brown, head of corporate re... more >Guylian USA CEO retires
Date: 15/07/201015 July 2010 – Leslie Coopersmith, CEO of Guylian USA, has announced her retirement after more than 30 years in the confectionery ... more >Nestle investing in Malaysia
Date: 14/07/201014 July 2010 – According to local media reports, Nestlé is set to invest RM20 million (€4.8m) to increase produc... more >Fox's boosts Mini Moos range
Date: 14/07/201014 July 2010 – Fox’s Biscuits is extending its Mini Moos range with the launch of new Mini Moos Choc Chip. Available now, Mi... more >Revolymer receives GRAS for degradable gum
Date: 14/07/201014 July 2010 – Revolymer has announced the successful completion of the GRAS regulatory approval process, which will allow the sal... more >Rocky Mountain reports 24.6% income increase
Date: 13/07/201013 July 2010 – Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, which franchises chocolate and confectionery stores and manufactures an extensive... more >TIC Gums expands website
Date: 12/07/201012 July 2010 – TIC Gums has updated its website with a range of new features. “Our website has something for everyone,&r... more >Wrigley to pay millions over germ-killing gum claims
Date: 08/07/20108 July 2010 – Mars-owned Wrigley has settled a class action lawsuit alleging that is misleadingly advertised its Eclipse gum as ha... more >Kraft Foods sells Cadbury Romania business to Oryxa Capital
Date: 07/07/20107 July 2010 – Kraft Foods has signed an agreement to sell Cadbury's Kandia-Excelent chocolate, soft cake and sugar confection... more >Concerns in the cocoa market
Date: 06/07/20106 July 2010 – Cocoa prices have sparked allegations of manipulation in the London market. Sixteen European cocoa industry parti... more >Barry Callebaut reports further acceleration in volume growth
Date: 05/07/20105 July 2010 – Barry Callebaut has forecast continued strength in cocoa prices, but a weak sugar market, as the company report... more >Seafield wins Tommy Tucker distribution
Date: 04/07/20104 July 2010 – The UK based confectionery manufacturer Tommy Tucker has awarded Seafield Logistics a warehousing and distribut... more >Bahlsen pitches square range against McVities
Date: 02/07/20102 July 2010 - The German confectioner Bahlsen is to run a six figure advertising campaign aimed at positioning its Messino brand as... more >Tate & Lyle to Sell EU sugar operations for 211 million pounds
Date: 01/07/20101 July 2010 – Tate & Lyle has sold its EU sugar refining operations to American Sugar Refining for £211 in cash to focus... more >Launch of new method for analysis of cadmium in chocolate
Date: 30/06/201030 June 2010 – Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced a new method for simple and accurate analysis of cadmium in chocolate. ... more >Grupo Bimbo takes over Dulces Vero
Date: 30/06/201030 June 2010 – Latin American bakery giant Grupo Bimbo’s has acquired Mexican confectionery producer Dulces Vero, for an und... more >Blue California schedules Reb A production
Date: 29/06/201029 June 2010 – Blue California has announced plans to launch commercial production of Rebaudioside A via a natural fermentation pr... more >Kraft to sell Wedel to Lotte
Date: 28/06/201028 June 2010 – Kraft Foods has signed an agreement to sell Cadbury’s E. Wedel-branded chocolate and sugar confectionery oper... more >Cargill launches pectin-starch texture solutions for bakery fillings
Date: 28/06/201027 June 2010 – The formulation challenges with bakery fillings can be complex and Cargill has brought out new texture solutions, o... more >Ferrero goes green
Date: 23/06/201023 June – Ferrero is preparing to go green and will aim for a 17% carbon emissions reduction in three years. According to Reute... more >IOI Loders Croklaan opens creative studio
Date: 21/06/201021 June – Fats and oils supplier IOI-Loders Croklaan has opened its first Creative Studio at the company’s headquarters... more >Divine Chocolate MD Sophi Tranchell appointed to the London Food Board
Date: 21/06/201020 June – Sophi Tranchell MBE, managing director of Divine Chocolate, the farmer- owned Fairtrade chocolate company, is one of th... more >Chocolate Week 2010 dates released
Date: 21/06/201021 June – 11-17 October 2010 has been set as the dates for the UK's Chocolate Week 2010 with a wide range of chocolate events, cul... more >Hershey reveals expansion plans and job cuts
Date: 17/06/201017 June – Hershey plans to spend $250-$350 million in capital investments to improve and expand its facilities, while cutting... more >European Commission 'swamped' by food health claims
Date: 16/06/201016 June – The European Commission has admitted that it has been swamped by the number of requests for approval of food health clai... more >Big players in final bids for Wedel
Date: 15/06/201015 June – Analysts have placed Nestlé as the frontrunner to secure Polish confectioner E. Wedel from Kraft with final bids ... more >Tilly Confectionery submits plans for new Hillfoots factory
Date: 14/06/201014 June –Scottish manufacturer Tilly Confectionery has submitted plans to Clackmannanshire Council for a proposed new factory... more >CSM UK eliminates AZO Colorants from product range
Date: 13/06/201013 June - Increasing consumer interest in natural, clean label products and naturally coloured foods has lead CSM United Kingdom, along ... more >Fruity marshmallows
Date: 12/06/201012 June - Tangerine Confectionery launches fruity Marshmallow Smoothies under its leading Princess brand. The new 150g bags of ... more >Clarifoil aims for glossy white packaging
Date: 11/06/201011 June - Clarifoil is enhancing luxury packaging for confectionery by offering white gloss film and greener solutions in cellulose film... more >Cambridge Design Partnership whips up real hot chocolate
Date: 08/06/20108 June - The Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has created a home chocolate 'espresso' machine for chocolate connoisseurs which us... more >Barry Callebaut inaugurates first chocolate factory in South America
Date: 01/06/20101 June – Barry Callebaut today inaugurated a new chocolate factory located in Extrema, Brazil – the company’s fi... more >Kraft CEO not concerned by Buffett share cut
Date: 28/05/201028 May 2010 - Kraft Food’s CEO Irene Rosenfeld says she is not concerned by top investor Warren Buffett reducing his shares i... more >New product trends at Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago
Date: 26/05/201026 May 2010 - As Sweets & Snacks Expo continues in Chicago, the National Confectioners Association (NCA) predicts the leading new pr... more >The importance of emulsifiers
Date: 20/05/2010Lorna Macfadyen, Magalie Benoît from Cargill Texturizing and Vis Subash from Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate consider emulsifi... more >New campaign to introduce Cadbury Crunchie Rocks
Date: 20/05/201020 May - Cadbury has launched Crunchie Rocks with an accompanying rock-themed media campaign. The 145g share packs are alr... more >UK toffee company wins production rights from Kraft and plans factory
Date: 17/05/201017 May - A UK family company is planning a new factory after it has won back the rights to the century-old toffee recipe from Kraft Food... more >Zetar shows strong recovery
Date: 14/05/201014 May - Confectionery and snack foods group Zetar says trading initiatives implemented during the year to end-April have resulted ... more >Changing chocolate tastes
Date: 13/05/2010China’s fast-growing chocolate market is attracting a raft of international brands but local players may do better in the co... more >Tate & Lyle completes expansion of glucose line in Slovakia
Date: 13/05/201013 May - Tate & Lyle today announces that it has completed commissioning the major expansion to the glucose manufacturing lines at i... more >Fazer considers expansion
Date: 12/05/201012 May - Finnish confectionery and bakery company Fazer is considering expanding in the Beltic region. In Latvia, the company, which ... more >New superfruit ingredient in the UK
Date: 11/05/2010Following EU Novel Foods approval, British food manufacturers and retailers can now obtain baobab, the exotic fruit from Southern Africa... more >Newsletter disruption
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Date: 08/04/2010Key presentations at FiE included advances in flavour technology and how the industry may react to the implementation of the new flavou... more >Enter the inclusions
Date: 08/04/2010From Middle Eastern dates, Turkish hazelnuts and Mediterranean citrus to African and South American exotic fruits – fruit and nut inclus... more >Tightening the belt
Date: 08/04/2010There are several ways to coat confectionery products with various benefits or disadvantages. We look at the advances in belt coating op... more >Invisible Goodness for muffins
Date: 08/04/2010Caravan Ingredients (CI), a combined company of Caravan Products and American Ingredients formed in 2006, has recently launched its new ... more >Avebe targets low fat bakery margarines
Date: 08/04/2010Consumers of baked goods are becoming more aware of the negative aspects of fat and SAFA. Labelling of fat and SAFA content of fat is no... more >Chocolate entry into the UK market
Date: 08/04/2010Rhys Davies Freight Logistics has helped Barens Chocolate break into the British market by distributing its product throughout the UK fr... more >Adding liquids to powder without lumps
Date: 08/04/2010Mixing of powders in a batch mixer generally is not so straight forward as mixing gasses or liquids. Because of cohesive, free flowing ... more >Orion challenges Lotte
Date: 08/04/2010According to local press reports, South Korea’s second-largest snack maker Orion is challenging Lotte Confectionary in the country’s... more >Swizzels Matlow launches Loadsa range
Date: 08/04/2010UK confectionery company, Swizzels Matlow, has launched a `value’ range of variety bags containing a selection of its sweets. The `Lo... more >Building a better bakery
Date: 08/04/2010Lorien Engineering Solutions (LES) has recently backed a multi million pound development of one of the UK’s last remaining privately o... more >Tangerine Confectionery recalls Butterkist popcorn
Date: 08/04/2010UK confectionery manufacturer Tangerine Confectionery has recalled four batches of its Butterkist Sweet Microwave Popcorn due to the con... more >Cadbury in pre-Olympic sports drive
Date: 08/04/2010By Jess Laury Cadbury is planning a multimillion-pound push called `Spots V Stripes’ which includes the public participating in a ser... more >Segregated RSPO-certified palm oil in Europe
Date: 08/04/2010From mid-2010 onwards, IOI-Loders Croklaan Europe will become the first palm oil supplier in continental Europe to supply fully segregat... more >Cocoa genome map could save industry
Date: 01/04/2010Sequencing the human genome has brought widespread interest and the potential for treatment of diseases, but confectionery industry rese... more >Accurate and fast dosing
Date: 01/04/2010Mass flow metering and control company Bronkhorst is offering an alternative to the gravimetric or weighing scale method of dosing addit... more >Confectionery's Comment - Hans Vriens, Barry Callebaut
Date: 01/04/2010Cocoa beans have many remarkable medicinal and nutritional properties and in recent years more innovations have reached consumers. Barry... more >Fully IT equipped compact pallet labellers
Date: 01/04/2010Logopak International has announced a new compact print and apply pallet labelling machine, developed to suit a broad range of applicati... more >Icam expands to the US
Date: 01/04/2010Italian private label chocolate company Icam has announced it is expanding its manufacturing programme with a new US sales office operat... more >Questions over link between sugars and obesity
Date: 01/04/2010EFSA, Europe’s food regulatory body, has found no scientific evidence to recommend a limit on the amount of sugar people should consum... more >Nestlé Dubai plant opens
Date: 01/04/2010Nestle has opened a new a production facility for powdered milk and a packaging unit for imported Mackintosh's Quality Street chocolates... more >MP claims seasonal packaging should be cut further
Date: 01/04/2010Easter egg wrapping has become political as Jo Swinson, a UK Liberal Democrat MP, argues that the UK government is failing to enforce th... more >Disease may impact Ivory Coast for years
Date: 01/04/2010Cocoa output from the Ivory Coast will slip by 1.9% this season and could keep falling in coming years due to the spread of swollen shoo... more >FSA calls for 'mini-sized' food
Date: 01/04/2010Manufacturers should start making fatty food and soft drinks in single portions to help consumers choose a healthier diet, according to ... more >Scottish biscuit producer expands
Date: 01/04/2010Scottish biscuit maker Nevis bakery has invested £280,000 (€311,000) in a new unit to meet the growth in demand for its biscuits, sho... more >Fazer's profit slightly down
Date: 01/04/2010Fazer Group's turnover amounted to €1,4 million in 2009 compared with €1,15 million in 2008. The operating profit stood at €44.5 m... more >New superfruit ingredient available in the UK
Date: 01/04/2010Following EU Novel Foods approval, British food manufacturers and retailers can now obtain baobab, the exotic fruit from Southern Africa... more >Growth of healthy and nutritional bars
Date: 23/03/2010The market for healthy & nutritional bars has grown considerably though private label shares for the bars categories have not grown note... more >Infused fluid shortenings
Date: 23/03/2010An award-winning UK company has developed a range of fresh-flavoured infused fluid shortenings to meet the demand for authentic and conv... more >Greenpeace targets KitKat
Date: 23/03/2010A new Greenpeace report has criticised Nestlé for using palm oil from destroyed Indonesian rainforests and peatlands in its chocolate p... more >New packs for Nutz
Date: 23/03/2010Zeina Foods, the European supplier of nuts, seeds and dried fruit, has launched 60g and 75g pack size for its Nutz brand in each of the ... more >Metallised Natureflex wraps Thorntons melts
Date: 23/03/2010Innovia Films’ metallised, biodegradable material, NatureFlex NM, has been selected by British confectionery manufacturer, Thorntons, ... more >Barry Callebaut considers Asia
Date: 23/03/2010Barry Callebaut expects cocoa prices to gain further this year on supply concerns in top cocoa regions in West Africa and a recovery in ... more >Budget entry to tempering
Date: 23/03/2010Wolf has launched the “Wolf Smart Lineâ€, which offers a low budget entry into continuous tempering. In combination with a diversity... more >Sisterna and Helm New York partnership
Date: 23/03/2010Sisterna, supplier of Sisterna sucrose esters, has announced the nomination of Helm New York as its exclusive distributor and representa... more >Sugar shortage
Date: 12/03/2010The global sugar market is changing as the deficit bites into stock levels. Katrine Kjoeller speaks to Jonathan Kingsman, managing direc... more >Solbar launches soy isolate for snacks
Date: 12/03/2010Israeli company Solbar Industries has announced the launch of a low-viscosity soy protein isolate, processed to meet the demands for soy... more >Packing processing power
Date: 12/03/2010The fourth year of ProSweets has come and gone and despite two fairly slow days, the 325 suppliers saw more than 19,000 trade visitors, ... more >TechFocus papers at NutraFormulate
Date: 12/03/2010NutraFormulate has outlined the programme for its TechFocus programmes at the trade fair in Coventry, UK on 28-29 April: 28 April • ... more >Keychoc becomes Gami partner
Date: 12/03/2010KeyChoc has been chosen as the new partner for Gami continuous temperers in the UK. “Over the years, Gami machines have been develope... more >New look for Tangerine’s Lion gum
Date: 12/03/2010Lion, the original hard eating gum brand from Tangerine Confectionery, is re-launching with a new design and natural colours and flavour... more >ADM to close UK factory
Date: 12/03/2010A cocoa factory in Hull, UK is set to close with the loss of 86 jobs due to the overcapacity in the cocoa market, according to the compa... more >Tastetech targets menthol needs
Date: 12/03/2010Until now, menthol product manufacturers have faced a choice between flavour intensity or ease of processing - no natural product provid... more >Atchison to handle Cadbury’s nuts
Date: 12/03/2010Atchison Topeka has signed a three-year contract with Cadbury to set up a dedicated nut handling facility. The work will entail the de-... more >Fast flow-wrapper to debut at BIE
Date: 12/03/2010A specialist flow-wrapping solution for the baking industry will be making its UK debut on the KernPack stand at this year's Baking Indu... more >New members welcomed into UK National Skills Academy
Date: 12/03/2010Manchester Metropolitan University, London South Bank University, the Manufacturing Institute, Festo, Food Dialog and NSF CMi have been ... more >New possibilities for marshmallows
Date: 12/03/2010The new Rousselot gelatine-based platform called G.U.B.E. allows for the creation of savoury marshmallows or non-sweet gummies featuring... more >Macarons take over London
Date: 12/03/2010Macarons were a key focus at this week’s Europain trade fair in Paris but they are now also taking London by storm. Iconic French pati... more >The reality of sustainability
Date: 05/03/2010One of the biggest challenges facing the chocolate industry is guaranteeing the availability of good quality cocoa that has been produce... more >The fatty implications
Date: 05/03/2010Geoff Talbot, the self-proclaimed Fat Consultant, considers the technical difficulties of reducing saturated fat in filled chocolate con... more >Releasing the flavour
Date: 05/03/2010The primary processing of cocoa is critical to the taste profile of cocoa butter, liquor and powder. We run through the important initi... more >New low application temperature hot melt
Date: 05/03/2010Beardow Adams’ new BAMFutura 23 is a low application temperature hot melt adhesive that can be applied at 130°C. “The norm is arou... more >Roshen to build second factory
Date: 05/03/2010Ukrainian sweet manufacturer Roshen Confectionery is planning to build a second 60,000 m2 confectionery factory in Lipetsk, Russia by ea... more >Whitakers launches dispenser and chocolate range
Date: 05/03/2010Whitakers Chocolates has launched a counter-top dispenser plus Whitakers branded ranges of its milk orange and plain mint chocolate squa... more >Ixia launches new U card denester for bakery sector
Date: 05/03/2010Ixia Packaging Systems has developed a high performance denester for the bakery sector. This machine has been designed to automatically... more >Cargill to expand Farmer Field Schools programme
Date: 05/03/2010Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate has committed to doubling the number of Farmer Field Schools it operates in Cote d’Ivoire to 300 by mid-2010... more >CarbonNeutral Natureflex supports anaerobic digestion
Date: 05/03/2010Innovia Films has gained CarbonNeutral certification for its full range of cellulose-based NatureFlex coated biodegradable and compostab... more >NCA announces appointments
Date: 05/03/2010The National Confectioners Association has announced the addition of two members to its public affairs and advocacy department and the r... more >Luxury confectioner bought by novelty manufacturer
Date: 05/03/2010Scottish premium chocolate brand Kshocolat has been bought by Welsh novelty sweets maker Bon Bon Buddies. Kshocolat was put in administ... more >Innovations at Europain
Date: 05/03/2010The Europain and Intersuc trade shows are set to start next week. Here are some of the new innovations you can expect to see in Paris. ... more >Divine buys first Fairtrade cocoa from Sierra Leone
Date: 05/03/2010The first container of cocoa from Sierra Leone’s only Fairtrade certified cooperative, Kpeya Agricultural Enterprise (KAE), has been b... more >Official limits for Ochratoxin-A in liquorice extracts
Date: 19/02/2010Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin, that occurres in licorice roots if the fresh roots are not dried properly after they have been harvested, s... more >Packaging trends
Date: 19/02/2010Among the key driving trends in packaging are convenience, safety and quality as well as efficiency, cost effectiveness and sustainabili... more >Neotame sweetener authorised in EU
Date: 19/02/2010The NutraSweet Company has announced that its zero calorie sweetener Neotame has been approved by the European Union. “Neotame has beco... more >UK popcorn brand in new ad campaign
Date: 19/02/2010The UK popcorn brand Butterkist has returned to tv screens after ten years with a new national advertising campaign. The advert, which ... more >Whitakers Chocolates sweetens sales team
Date: 19/02/2010UK-based Whitakers Chocolates has recruited two sales representatives, Amy Tennant and Petra Schouten, to strengthen its specialist team... more >AAK records record quarter on back of cocoa prices
Date: 19/02/2010The high global cocoa prices has seen AAK’s substitutes for cocoa butter help the plant fats company report a 36% jump to an all-time ... more >Fully fairtrade ice cream
Date: 19/02/2010Ben & Jerry's is to go fully Fairtrade across its entire global flavour portfolio with all ingredients certified by the end of 2013. Th... more >High barrier film for environmental chocolate
Date: 19/02/2010Innovia Films’ high barrier compostable material, NatureFlex NK, has been selected by a Dutch company, Amigos International, to wrap A... more >Thorntons reports 0.7% revenue decline
Date: 19/02/2010UK chocolate manufacturer Thorntons has reported a decline of 0.7% on overall sales year on year at £127.4 million (€145m). This come... more >Sigep retains visitor numbers
Date: 19/02/2010Sigep 2010 was visited by 96,491 trade members, slightly more than 2009 with 16,954 coming from abroad. There was a strong response from... more >Chocolat Frey reports turnover drop
Date: 19/02/2010Swiss confectionery company Chocolat Frey has reported an annual turnover drop of 3.4% at 368 million Swiss Francs (€251m) mainly due ... more >Raisio makes offer for Glisten
Date: 19/02/2010Raisio, the Finnish food group behind the Benecol brand, has made a €22.8m bid to buy UK snack maker Glisten. The Glisten board has re... more >Mars and Callebaut to collaborate on cocoa flavanol agreement
Date: 19/02/2010Mars and Barry Callebaut have signed a cross-licensing and cooperation agreement that is expected to increase the availability and unifo... more >Kraft breaks promise on Somerdale factory closure
Date: 10/02/2010Only one week after the takeover of Cadbury, its new owner Kraft has broken its promise to keep the Somerdale factory open. The shutdown... more >Chocolate fraud detection method reaches international standard
Date: 09/02/2010The European Joint Research Centre (JRC) has achieved International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) accreditation for its milk ch... more >New vacuum technology for baking
Date: 09/02/2010Vacuum cookers have been used for years to gently deaerate and evacuate fruit preparations and flavours. Swiss Aston Foods' new vacuum s... more >German-speaking growth
Date: 09/02/2010The markets of Germany, Switzerland and Austria are often grouped together as they do have many similarities, both in terms of language ... more >ProSweets - Robotik Pack line
Date: 05/02/2010The Robotik-Pack-Line was a successful addition to ProSwees 2010. The network of technology partners presented itself at the trade show ... more >Hershey to increase advertising by 25-30%
Date: 05/02/2010Hershey has announced that it will substantially increase its advertising budget this year as it seeks more higher confectionery sales i... more >ISM – new inclusions from Barry Callebaut
Date: 05/02/2010Barry Callebaut presented a new range of inclusions and decorations at ISM. They included ChocMelts chunks designed for ice cream applic... more >ISM - Belcolade introduces chocolate food pairing
Date: 05/02/2010Belcolade has created a new guide to introduce chocolate foodpairing that identifies which foods combine best with its Collection range ... more >ProSweets – Stora Enso highlights premium board
Date: 05/02/2010Stora Enso has introduced its new board varieties for high-end packaging at its packaging seminar during ProSweets Cologne. The company... more >ISM – Confectionery sushi wins innovation prize
Date: 05/02/2010Around 100 journalists from all over the world selected the top innovations from the 93 items at the new product showcase at ISM. The Be... more >ProSweets Cologne 2010 sets new records
Date: 05/02/2010Two rather slow days out of four but ProSweets still sets a new attendance record. Taking place for the fourth time, the 325 suppliers s... more >ISM - CEO lunch is a winning recipe
Date: 05/02/2010The managing directors of confectionery producers and trading companies gathered for the first CEO lunch on the first day of ISM. Jürge... more >Cadbury top management resigns
Date: 05/02/2010Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr, CEO Todd Stitzer and CFO Andrew Bonfield have announced their resignation following the takeover by Kraft. ... more >Solbar launches new soy isolate for snacks
Date: 29/01/2010Israeli company Solbar Industries has announced the launch of a new low-viscosity soy protein isolate, processed to meet the demands for... more >Glanbia unveils new website for natural calcium fortification
Date: 29/01/2010Glanbia Nutritionals has unveiled a new website, TruCalMilkCalcium.com, to promote the opportunities for new product development with ca... more >Professional UK bakery course pilot hailed as success
Date: 29/01/2010The Professional Bakery training course was trialled in the UK between September and December 2009, with 42 delegates testing out four o... more >Free-fall metal detector heightens sensitivity
Date: 29/01/2010The likelihood of a particle of metal being found in a packet of crisps can be eliminated using the new free-fall metal detector from Co... more >UK bakery company launches ‘Cookies with love’
Date: 29/01/2010Green’s bakery, based in the UK, has introduced ‘Cookies with Love’ to its extensive product range. The vanilla flavoured cookies... more >Stevia use likely to increase
Date: 29/01/2010According to a recently released survey among the Stevia industry professionals by business research and growth strategy firm KnowGenix,... more >Fire destroys 15,000 tonnes of Callebaut cocoa
Date: 29/01/2010A fire has destroyed a cocoa warehouse in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan, burning up to 15,000 tonnes of cocoa beans and products, a... more >Flavour firm Rudolf Wild sells shares
Date: 29/01/2010The private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has acquired shares in German food flavour firm Rudolf Wild. Chairman of Wild, Dr... more >Confectionery Production supports Nutraformulate show
Date: 29/01/2010Confectionery Production is supporting Nutraformulate, the exhibition and series of applications-oriented presentations designed to meet... more >Barry Callebaut confirms strong growth for certified products
Date: 29/01/2010Barry Callebaut has confirmed a marked increase in the demand for certified cocoa and chocolate products, sparked by strong consumer dem... more >Benefits of board
Date: 28/01/2010Cartonboard is frequently used for wrapping and sleeving confectionery, snack and bakery products. At the recent Pro Carton/ECMA awards,... more >Differences of opinion
Date: 28/01/2010Liquorice is a controversial confectionery product. It remains a northern German favourite but is shunned by southern co-patriots, repor... more >Das süße leben
Date: 28/01/2010The sweet life will once again be celebrated in Cologne. On 31 January to 3 February 2010, ISM will celebrate its 40th year and the supp... more >Trade secrets
Date: 22/01/2010Keith Nuthall highlights the legislative developments within the World Trade Organisation and EU With the World Trade Organisation’s (W... more >BakeMark UK changes name
Date: 22/01/2010BakeMark UK has changed its name into CSM (United Kingdom), part of CSM, the largest supplier of bakery products worldwide. Gerard Hoet... more >Fiber One introduces 90 calorie chewy bars
Date: 22/01/2010US snack company Fiber One is introducing the Fiber One 90 Calorie Chewy Bars to target the weight management market. Each bar contains... more >Mars pledges saturated fat reduction
Date: 22/01/2010Mars Chocolate UK has pledged a 15% reduction in saturated fat across a number of its core chocolate bars. From summer 2010, Mars, Snick... more >Franz Haas expands capabilities with DFE Meincke acquisition
Date: 22/01/2010Franz Haas Waffel- und Keksanlagen-Industrie has acquired an 85% stake in DFE Meincke. The other 15% will remain in the possession of F... more >Ukrainian confectionery Konti sees sales growth
Date: 22/01/2010Ukrainian confectionery products maker Konti has announced that it increased its sales by 30% in 2009 to 3.3 billion Ukrainian Hrivna. ... more >Chr. Hansen continues growth
Date: 22/01/2010Sales in local currencies increased by 12% to €128 million. Better product mix and improved margins resulted in a 19% growth in EBITDA... more >Flexibility helps sales at Zetar
Date: 22/01/2010UK snack and confectionery company Zetar has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2009. Its turnover was up... more >Lindt & Sprüngli 2009 sales down 1.9%
Date: 22/01/2010Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli has achieved sales worth 2.52 billion Swiss Francs and an organic growth of 2.3% in an extremely dif... more >Best of both worlds
Date: 19/01/2010Thierry Dumouchel, culinary ambassador for Remy Cointreau Gastronomie and consultant to leading chocolatier supplier Keylink, offers adv... more >Kraft wins the battle for Cadbury
Date: 19/01/2010The Cadbury board has approved a new increased bid from Kraft Foods. It will now advise its shareholders to accept the new offer of 850 ... more >Chew on this
Date: 15/01/2010Katrine Kjoeller looks at the recent development in chewing gum ingredients, processing, packaging and new products There have been lea... more >Cold transit control
Date: 15/01/2010Airliner, a new insulating film material that enables cost-effective temperature-controlled transit packaging, has been launched in the ... more >Gearing up for gelato
Date: 15/01/2010The artisan gelato and confectionery fair Sigep has introduced new ideas to its portfolio when it opens its doors in Rimini, Italy from ... more >New Divine Easter eggs
Date: 15/01/2010UK fairtrade chocolate company Divine Chocolate has added new products to its Easter range and expanded the availability to cover nation... more >Purecircle signs agreement to expand Stevia production
Date: 15/01/2010Ingredient company PureCircle’s South American branch (PCSA) has entered into a contract with the Cooperativa Colonias Unidas (CCU), a... more >Chocolate plant fined following worker’s accidental death
Date: 15/01/2010A personal injury lawsuit has been filed against the owners of the US chocolate plant, where a worker died last year after falling into ... more >Thorntons reports satisfactory update
Date: 15/01/2010UK chocolate company Thorntons has reported its second quarter trading update for the period ending 9 January 2010. Trading was satisfac... more >KeyChoc becomes new academy partner
Date: 15/01/2010KeyChoc (part of UK company Keylink) has been appointed as the long term ‘official machinery partner’ of the Barry Callebaut UK Choc... more >Aasted and Nielsen merge
Date: 15/01/2010Aasted-Mikroverk and A.E. Nielsen, both strong in the worldwide market of production lines for the chocolate and bakery industry, have m... more >Nestlé begins heat-treatment for dough
Date: 15/01/2010Nestle USA will start using heat-treated flour in its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. The move comes after the company had to pull... more >Barry Callebaut optimism despite lower demand
Date: 15/01/2010Barry Callebaut has seen stagnating demand for chocolate this year yet has seen revenue edge up 1.5% to 1.45 billion Swiss francs in the... more >German cocoa grind up
Date: 15/01/2010Germany’s fourth quarter 2009 cocoa grind has risen 9.4% compared to the same time last year, reaching 95,834 tonnes, according to the... more >Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory income declines
Date: 08/01/2010US-based Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, which franchises gourmet chocolate and confection stores and manufactures an extensive line o... more >Petra Foods funds cocoa ingredients
Date: 08/01/2010Petra Foods, a manufacturer and supplier of cocoa ingredients and confectionery products, says that its European subsidiary, Delfi Cocoa... more >DoFreeze to start production in Dubai
Date: 08/01/2010Middle Eastern bakery firm DoFreeze will soon begin production operations at its new $49 million (€34.2m) manufacturing facility in Du... more >Leeds Foods reports strong performance
Date: 08/01/2010UK-based Lees Foods, owners of Lees of Scotland and The Waverley Bakery, has announced an update to its 2009 trading performance. Group... more >Record high for white sugar
Date: 08/01/2010White sugar futures has hit a record high for a seventh straight trading session and dealers predicted further rises through $750 (€52... more >Chocolate sales rise
Date: 08/01/2010According to market research company Mintel, chocolate sales have risen around the world despite the recession. China saw chocolate con... more >Neotame sweetener authorised in EU
Date: 08/01/2010The NutraSweet Company has announced that its zero calorie sweetener Neotame has been approved by the European Union. “Neotame has be... more >Cadbury update
Date: 08/01/2010It has been another busy week for speculation regarding Cadbury and any potential bidders. Cadbury shares dipped below the level of Kra... more >Nestle opens Chilean biscuit research centre
Date: 08/01/2010Nestle has open a new R&D Centre for biscuits and cereal-based products in Santiago, Chile. The centre will be the company's global hub ... more >Tangerine goes down under
Date: 08/01/2010The UK’s Tangerine Confectionery has secured a distribution deal with Australian Bulk Foods to supply Barratt Sherbet Fountains and 70... more >Trade secrets
Date: 23/12/2009Keith Nuthall highlights the legislative developments that impact confectionery within the World Trade Organisation and EU With the Wor... more >Eyeing up 3D
Date: 23/12/2009The battle to eliminate waste product is key for biscuit production. 3D vision is promising to win the war against defective products, e... more >75 years of Confectionery Production
Date: 23/12/2009In the early 1930s, the interests of manufactures of chocolate and sugar confectionery were covered by publications from the US and Germ... more >Pakistani association demands action on sugar
Date: 23/12/2009The Pakistan Biscuit & Confectionery Manufacturers Association (PB & CMA) has decided to shut down production if no action is taken by t... more >China scraps “famous brand†subsidies
Date: 23/12/2009China has announced that it is withdrawing subsidies for so-called “famous brand†products including sugar confectionery, chocolate ... more >Danone sells Hungarian chocolate brand
Date: 23/12/2009The Hungarian Competition Office (GVH) has approved the acquisition of Danone's Túró Rudi chocolate bar product line by Sole-Mizo, a l... more >Pakistani association demands action on sugar
Date: 23/12/2009The Pakistan Biscuit & Confectionery Manufacturers Association (PB & CMA) has decided to shut down production if no action is taken by t... more >ProSweets highlight packaging trends
Date: 23/12/2009ProSweets organisers have identified several central trends in the area of confectionery packaging. A report shows that the integration... more >Nestle suspends Zimbabwe operations
Date: 23/12/2009Nestle's Zimbabwe unit has suspended operations, two months after pulling out of a deal to buy milk from a farm owned by President Rober... more >Bite British goes red
Date: 17/12/2009Tangerine Confectionery, the UK's largest independent manufacturer of sugar confectionery, is giving the grocery sector more reasons to ... more >Workers fight for Cadbury
Date: 17/12/2009British and Irish Cadbury staff has started a campaign to fight the Kraft bid and aim to pressure the UK government to do what it can to... more >American peanut council hosts forum
Date: 17/12/2009The American Peanut Council will host the next International Peanut Forum in London 7-9 April 2010 for the first time since 2001. The f... more >Sharp rise in Australian almond production
Date: 17/12/2009The Almond Board of Australia (ABA) has announced a 25% increase in the 2010 Australian almond production, which is expected to reach 46... more >Chocolate fraud detection method reaches international standard
Date: 17/12/2009The European Joint Research Centre (JRC) has achieved International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) accreditation for its milk ch... more >New carton concept
Date: 17/12/2009Chesapeake Creative has developed a new packaging concept, which offers a lighter-weight alternative to the standard ‘bag in carton’... more >Study links overeating to restricting sugary food
Date: 17/12/2009Depriving yourself of sugary food can backfire, according to new research recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of S... more >Mars’ Maltesers legal action dismissed
Date: 17/12/2009Mars US has failed in its federal court legal action against Australian confectionery company Sweet Rewards. Mars argued the packaging ... more >Strong confectionery designs at Pro Carton awards
Date: 17/12/2009The 2009 Pro Carton/ECMA Awards saw the highest number of entries in the history of the awards – 122 entries from 12 countries. This y... more >Gearing up for gelato
Date: 16/12/2009The artisan gelato and confectionery fair Sigep has introduced new ideas to its portfolio when it opens its doors in Rimini, Italy from ... more >Best of both worlds
Date: 16/12/2009Thierry Dumouchel, culinary ambassador for Remy Cointreau Gastronomie and consultant to leading chocolatier supplier Keylink, offers adv... more >75 years of Confectionery Production
Date: 16/12/200975 years is a long time in publishing and the magazine has seen many changes to the industry over the years. This issue sees the start o... more >Southeast Asia - diverse potential goldmine
Date: 26/11/2009In Southeast Asia confectionery is important, perhaps deceptively so. This complex, diverse region is poised to consume much more than e... more >The cream of the crust
Date: 26/11/2009Despite subdued expectations, both visitor and exhibitor numbers for Iba in Düsseldorf were up and there was a strong focus on sustainab... more >Solution – Reliable weighing independent of external interference
Date: 26/11/2009The historic Austrian confectionery manufacturer Manner looked for a solution to problems with external interference on its checkweighin... more >Gelita appoints new CEO
Date: 26/11/2009German gelatine supplier Gelita has appointed Dr Franz Josef Konert to the position of chief executive officer. He will assume his new ... more >TCP acquires confectionery packager
Date: 26/11/2009US-based TPC Partners has acquired a majority shareholding in confectionery packaging manufacturer Tray-Pak. Tray Pak is a supplier of ... more >McVitie’s reduces fat by a further 50%
Date: 26/11/2009The UK’s United Biscuits has announced a second reduction in the saturated fat content in three of its leading McVitie’s biscuit bra... more >Barry Callebaut sees profit grow 18.5%
Date: 26/11/2009In contrast to the global chocolate market, which contracted by more than 2% in volume in 2008/09, Barry Callebaut has grown its sales v... more >National Starch wins main FiE award
Date: 26/11/2009National Starch Food Innovation has received the Food Ingredients Excellence Innovation of the Year Award for its ingredient N-Dulge FR ... more >Cocoa suppliers may benefit from consolidation
Date: 26/11/2009Sunny Verghese, CEO of Olam International, a leading suppliers of cotton, cocoa, sugar and rice, believes global cocoa demand will incre... more >Kraft transfers part of Romanian sweets production
Date: 26/11/2009The Kraft Foods confectionery factory in the Romanian city of Brasov has officially stopped its production, with more than 220 staff to ... more >Egyptian firm expands into Sudan
Date: 26/11/2009Private equity firm Citadel Capital has bought a majority stake in a Sudanese biscuit and sweet maker Al-Musharraf. The growing food ma... more >Cadbury saga continues
Date: 26/11/2009Ferrero and Hershey still consider their options while a major investor sells Cadbury shares and a Cadbury workers union speaks to Kraft... more >A peek at preliminary ProSweets
Date: 26/11/2009Koelnmesse has released the preliminary report for ProSweets 2010, which will open its doors for the fourth time alongside ISM. It estim... more >More than meets the eye
Date: 20/11/2009Gums and jellies constitute a large class of confectionery products, which can be manufactured with many variations. Confectionery Produ... more >Sweet Freedom
Date: 20/11/2009Sweet Freedom is a new natural sweetener, the first made 100% from fruit – just apples, grapes and carob and nothing else, according to ... more >In the bag
Date: 20/11/2009Bagging is convenient and practical way of packaging confectionery, snacks and sweet bakery products. Several companies have found ways ... more >Kraft maintains rejected offer for Cadbury
Date: 09/11/2009Kraft has finally shown its cards and made a hostile bid for Cadbury maintaining the cash and shares offer that was rejected by the Brit... more >A new generation of fruit ingredients
Date: 05/11/2009Keylink, the UK supplier of ingredients, equipment and packaging to the professional chocolatier, is launching a new range of fruit ingr... more >Solution – limit over-feeding of product
Date: 05/11/2009Brandt Zwieback-Schokoladen, famous for its ‘smiling child’ brand, has around 80 per cent of the German market. Recently, the German com... more >Ingredient activity
Date: 05/11/2009Biennial show Food ingredients Europe, which takes place 17-19 November in Frankfurt, Germany, will see more than 1100 companies from 94... more >New xanthan gum linked to specific applications
Date: 05/11/2009Xanthan gum, which is produced through fermentation of Xanthomonas Campestris, is one of the most versatile hydrocolloids used in the fo... more >New xanthan gum linked to specific applications
Date: 05/11/2009Xanthan gum, which is produced through fermentation of Xanthomonas Campestris, is one of the most versatile hydrocolloids used in the fo... more >Veggies are serious about chocolate
Date: 05/11/2009The Vegetarian Society Awards 2009 winners have been announced. The winner of the Best Non Approved Product for Vegetarians is Hotel Cho... more >Fruit ingredient manufacturer goes small
Date: 05/11/2009Taura Natural Ingredients are showing the world that less can be more. The new ‘Mini Fruit Bits’ deliver the taste and texture of re... more >Sugar and cocoa prices fall as dollar strengthens
Date: 05/11/2009Sugar and cocoa futures have extended losses, weighed by a strengthening dollar inspired by the better-than-expected US third quarter da... more >Cadbury’s Roses in eco packaging move
Date: 05/11/2009This Christmas, as an experiment, the famous tin of Cadbury’s Roses will be replaced with recycled cardboard boxes. The company says ... more >Glisten revenues increase marginally
Date: 05/11/2009UK confectionery and snack company Glisten has reported that revenues are up 1% to £74.4m from £73.8m. Profit before tax was down 49% ... more >Floods hit Indian sugar cane crop
Date: 05/11/2009The sugarcane crop in India's third-biggest sugar producing state has been partly damaged due to recent floods, according to Indian pres... more >New ownership of Klöckner Hänsel Processing
Date: 05/11/2009Klöckner Hänsel Processing (KHP) has become an independent company after negotiations with their holding company Klöckner Werke. A m... more >The end of stand-alone Australian confectionery association
Date: 05/11/2009Confectionery Manufacturers of Australasia (CMA) members have decided to cease operating as a stand-alone association and join the gener... more >Barry Callebaut to acquire Chocovic
Date: 05/11/2009Barry Callebaut has signed an agreement with the Nederland Group to acquire Spanish chocolate maker Chocovic that specialises in chocola... more >Shifting sands of time
Date: 30/10/2009As Kraft and Cadbury consider the benefits or pitfalls of further industry consolidation, we give an overview of the key players in the ... more >Prevent sugar crystallisation
Date: 30/10/2009When storing confectionery products with a smooth, soft sugar-based centre of marzipan, fondant or a creamy base, water can evaporate f... more >Fats and oils nominees for confectionery award at FIE
Date: 30/10/2009Specialty fats and oils make up the nominees as Confectionery Innovation of the Year at Food ingredients Europe. As labelling of satura... more >Fat-free ice cream
Date: 30/10/2009Gelatine supplier Gelita has launched OptIce for fat-free ice cream. The company reports that it opens up new possibilities in achievin... more >Gallani appointed FDF director of food safety and science
Date: 30/10/2009The UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has appointed Barbara Gallani to the post of director of food safety and science, replacing H... more >Necco goes natural
Date: 30/10/2009The New England Confectionary Company (NECCO) is to replace all the colour and flavours in its signature wafers with natural alternative... more >Krispy Kreme on its way to Thailand
Date: 30/10/2009Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation has entered into an agreement with KDN Company for the development of 20 franchise Krispy Kreme retail... more >Nesté commits to sustainable palm oil by 2015
Date: 30/10/2009Nestlé has announced its commitment to using only certified sustainable palm oil by 2015, when sufficient quantities are expected to be... more >Hosokawa Micron further develops Mikro ACM mills
Date: 30/10/2009New developments in design have made the Mikro ACM mills from Hosokawa Micron even more suitable for the processing of heat and flavour ... more >Sensient introduces new colour solutions
Date: 30/10/2009Sensient Food Colors, a leader in the manufacture of food colours and colouring foodstuffs, will introduce a range of new colour solutio... more >Ukrainian confectioner Roshen reports sales rise
Date: 30/10/2009Ukrainian company Roshen Confectionery has announced that its sales for the third quarter of 2009 increased 3% compared to a year ago wi... more >Lindt warns of cocoa price threat
Date: 30/10/2009Switzerland's Lindt & Spruengli will struggle to meet its operating target for 2010 if cocoa prices stay at current high levels, accordi... more >Cloetta shows 6% sales growth
Date: 23/10/2009Operating profit for Cloetta's first year of operations was somewhat higher than predicted in the previously issued forecast. “Sales ... more >Ivory Coast raise sustainable cocoa production
Date: 23/10/2009More chocolate is likely to come from cocoa farms with sustainable and socially responsible growing methods, according to a US environme... more >Mars Snackfood US unveils five new chocolate products
Date: 23/10/2009Mars Snackfood US has added five chocolate treats to its permanent offering, including three previous limited editions that were brought... more >New Mini-tex metal detector
Date: 23/10/2009Fortress Technology has unveiled its most compact metal detector yet – available with the option of a 52mm or 109mm size aperture. Bel... more >ADM opens cocoa plant in Ghana
Date: 23/10/2009ADM, one of the world’s largest cocoa and chocolate manufacturers, has officially opened its new cocoa processing plant in Kumasi, Gha... more >Extended shelf life for premium desserts
Date: 23/10/2009Israeli company Hefestus has launched Hefestus Gourmet – a new packaging solution that enables dessert makers to pack a variety of del... more >Nestlé stays on track
Date: 23/10/2009Nestlé has revealed growth of just under 4% for the third quarter, the same percentage as for its confectionery business. The strongest... more >Sweets China exhibition opens
Date: 23/10/2009China's most established sweet and confectionery trade fair, Sweets China, has opened its doors for the sixth time. This year it i... more >Japan takes World Chocolate Masters title
Date: 23/10/2009After three-days of fierce competition between nineteen national Chocolate Masters, Shigeo Hirai, sous chef of the Grand Hyatt Tokyo, wa... more >Cadbury results raise the bar
Date: 23/10/2009Cadbury increased its full-year profitability and revenue forecasts after reporting that underlying sales rose 7% in its July-September ... more >Loving lollipops
Date: 22/10/2009According to the National Confectionery Association, likely candidates for the first lollipop manufacturers were prehistoric beekeepers,... more >Supply chain savings
Date: 22/10/2009Logistics is a critical function of confectionery manufacturers’ business. Jane Gorick, managing director at leading pallet pool operato... more >Solution – metal detection to suit a variety of product lines
Date: 22/10/2009Kinnerton Confectionery is the largest independent UK manufacturer of chocolate and novelty confectionery. It required a new metal detec... more >New Mini-tex metal detector
Date: 22/10/2009Fortress Technology has unveiled its most compact metal detector yet – available with the option of a 52mm or 109mm size aperture. Belie... more >Wrap it up
Date: 16/10/2009For either hard or soft toffees or caramels, twist-wrapping offers benefits. Confiserie Kathy in Belgium has updated its Exotic Chocolat... more >Creating stability
Date: 16/10/2009Lorna Macfadyen, confectionery category manager at Cargill Texturizing Solutions, explains how to stabilise ingredient costs with textur... more >Combination cookers and mixers
Date: 16/10/2009US company C. Cretors, the designer and manufacturer of food processing and concession equipment, now offers the CMD line of carameliser... more >Tate and Lyle release new fat-reducing starch
Date: 16/10/2009The new starch Creamiz has been introduced as part of Tate & Lyle’s Optimize platform. Clotilde Feuillade, product manager for textura... more >Kemin expands and introduces new product
Date: 16/10/2009Indian company Kemin Industries has introduced Amplivita, a new antimicrobial system designed to keep Indian ethnic sweets fresh for a l... more >New developments at Tangerine
Date: 16/10/2009Tangerine Confectionery is launching a new range of truffles by Danish chocolatier Anthon Berg. The Dark Velvet range includes Rémy Ma... more >Perfetti Van Melle commits to workers rights
Date: 16/10/2009Perfetti Van Melle has been awarded the global social accountability standard certificate for its operations in Holland. The certificate... more >Fortuna wins Iba trophy 2009
Date: 16/10/2009German company Fortuna Maschinenbau Holding has won the Innovation Prize “Iba trophy 2009†at the Iba bakery exhibition in Düsseldo... more >World Chocolate Masters underway
Date: 16/10/2009Forty-one of the world’s best chocolate artisans have gathered in Paris for the World Chocolate Masters. No less than 19 countries wor... more >Open house at Carle and Montanari
Date: 16/10/2009Carle and Montanari has invited their customers to appreciate the latest technological solutions for the confectionery market in an open... more >New Fox's Biscuits selection boxes
Date: 16/10/2009Fox's Biscuits have released two new selection boxes – Fox’s Wonders and Fox’s Fabulously Special. Rachel Moffatt, Fox’s brand ... more >Duyvis Wiener opens new laboratories
Date: 16/10/2009Duyvis Wiener has opened two new laboratories in response to consumer demands to carry out tests with customer specific ingredients. Thi... more >Lotte expands its reach in China
Date: 16/10/2009Lotte Confectionery, part of the South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, is expanding in China. The Chinese chocolate industry is growing... more >Kraft invests in biscuit research centre
Date: 16/10/2009Kraft Foods is to invest €15 million into a new biscuit research and development centre in Saclay, France, a suburb of Paris. The cen... more >IBA show report – directly from the show floor
Date: 08/10/2009Reporting from the large IBA bakery exhibition in Düsseldorf, Confectionery Production has seen a range of trends highlighted. Globalis... more >Extruder barrel liner halves replacement cost
Date: 23/09/2009New technology has cut the cost of Baker Perkins MPF food extruder barrel liner replacement by up to 50%. By making liner replacements ... more >Snack of the Vikings
Date: 23/09/2009As scientists publish research showing that popcorn contain large amounts of the healthy antioxidant chemicals polyphenols, Danish produ... more >Looking beyond down under
Date: 23/09/2009The Australasian confectionery industry is strong with around AU $3 billion (€1.7bn) in domestic sales. Several product categories, such... more >Probiotic chocolate drink to come onto market
Date: 23/09/2009A probiotic chocolate drink will be launched in November in the UK. The Galaxy product is the UK’s first chocolate probiotic drink and... more >Bakery wins Supreme Champion at Great Taste Awards
Date: 23/09/2009Recently, the Great Taste Awards final was held at Fortnum & Mason in London. The gluten-free More? Muddees chocolate brownie from Cumb... more >Carbon Gold announces deal with Green & Black’s
Date: 23/09/2009Carbon Gold, the world’s leading sustainable biochar project developer, has entered into a deal with Green & Black’s organic chocola... more >Food Design director retires
Date: 23/09/2009After 14 years at the helm, Colin Hunter has retired as managing director of Food Design, manufacturer of specialist sugar confectionery... more >Preparations gear up for Chocolate Week
Date: 23/09/2009The UK’s first dedicated chocolate show, Chocolate Unwrapped, will take place just before the Chocolate Week 12-18 October. The event,... more >Bauli acquires Motta and Alemagna
Date: 23/09/2009Bauli, an Italian bakery company based in Verona, has acquired Motta and Alemagna from Nestlé. The acquisition marks the return of thes... more >Cadbury acknowledges synergies with Kraft
Date: 23/09/2009Todd Stitzer, Cadbury’s CEO, has acknowledged in press reports that there were some “complementary elements†in the portfolio of t... more >Brenntag Purchases glucose syrup business from Cargill
Date: 18/09/2009Brenntag UK Ltd, part of the Brenntag Group, has purchased the packed glucose syrup business in the UK from Cargill. The agreement inclu... more >Confectionery companies to reap benefits of new UK qualification
Date: 18/09/2009Cadbury involved in a new qualification aimed at increasing the number of young people looking to pursue a career in food and drink manu... more >Prevent sugar crystallisation
Date: 18/09/2009When storing confectionery products with a smooth, soft sugar-based centre of marzipan, fondant or a creamy base, water can evaporate fr... more >First cocoa co-operatives receive UTZ certification
Date: 18/09/2009Two cocoa producing farmer co-operatives in Côte d'Ivoire have become the first to be certified under the UTZ certified cocoa sustainab... more >Chr. Hansen launches natural white food colour
Date: 18/09/2009So far producers of panned confectionery products such as chewing gum and chocolate dragées have had no option but to colour their prod... more >Hotel Chocolat to open US store
Date: 18/09/2009UK-based Hotel Chocolat is to open its first US retail store in Boston next week. The chocolatier launched a US website in 2007 and this... more >Kaul bought by private equity firm Riverside
Date: 18/09/2009Global private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired a majority stake in Kaul, the German polishing, anti-sticking and release ... more >Cadbury highlights independence
Date: 18/09/2009Todd Stitzer, CEO of Cadbury, put focus on the company’s independence in a conference for investors on Wednesday 16 September. He adde... more >Water determination
Date: 11/09/2009Determination of water content in confectionery products can take up to two days. Metrohm now has the answer, using the Karl Fischer Hom... more >Carrageenan in deposited soft gum
Date: 11/09/2009Deposited soft gums are typically based on the stabilisers gelatine, starch or pectin. Though carrageenan has been ruled out as an alter... more >The world of baking
Date: 11/09/2009Iba, the triennial bakery and confection exhibition, returns 3-9 October in Düsseldorf. The 60 year-old show will feature everything fro... more >Polish confectioners push for public support
Date: 11/09/2009The Polish confectionery industry is pushing the European Commission for a loosening of the rules allowing national European Union (EU) ... more >Lindt sees weak demand
Date: 11/09/2009Switzerland's Lindt & Spruengli expects weak demand for its chocolates this year after first-half sales missed expectations, pushing its... more >High flavanol chocolate can protect from UV damage
Date: 11/09/2009According to researchers at the institut for experimental dermatology at the German Witten-Herdecke university, high flavanol chocolate ... more >Nestlé opens chocolate centre in Switzerland
Date: 11/09/2009Nestlé has inaugurated its Chocolate Centre of Excellence in Broc, Switzerland. The centre will focus on the premium and luxury chocol... more >Finsbury brings out new mini bites
Date: 11/09/2009The UK-based Finsbury Food Group has launched new Nestlé Toffee Crisp and Munchies mini bites into Tesco and Morrisons retail stores na... more >Cognis launches aerating emulsifier
Date: 11/09/2009Cognis’ new Spongolit EP 320 aerating emulsifier helps manufacturers of cake mixes, concentrates or retail mixes. It ensures stable v... more >Tate & Lyle opens new facility in Australia
Date: 11/09/2009Tate & Lyle has opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and R&D facility for its Food Systems business for the Asia Pacific region i... more >Kraft to slash supplier base
Date: 11/09/2009Despite the proposed purchase of Cadbury, Kraft Foods plans to halve its supplier base to save more than $300 million a year. The compa... more >Callebaut and Natra merger talks abandoned
Date: 11/09/2009Merger talks between Spanish food group Natra and Swiss chocolate group Barry Callebaut have ended without agreement. "The two sides ha... more >Speculation continues for Cadbury and Kraft
Date: 11/09/2009Rumours are rife of a bidding war as Cadbury rejects £10.2bn offer by Kraft Foods. Kraft says that the purchase would protect jobs in t... more >The value of demonstration
Date: 28/08/2009Japan and Germany are among the world’s top ranking electrical engineering countries, so it is no surprise that the Baden-Württemburg-ba... more >Better barcodes
Date: 28/08/2009Mark Beauchamp, European marketing manager for Citizen Systems Europe, considers how the latest printing technology is helping the barco... more >New Delta robot offers production diversity
Date: 28/08/2009The new Delta robot platform LDx from Sigpack Systems, a subsidiary of Bosch Packaging Technology, is suitable for use in the confection... more >Obesity-prone consumers
Date: 20/08/2009EU scientists have moved one step closer to creating genetic tests which could warn certain consumers they were naturally prone to obesi... more >Tamper evident labelling
Date: 20/08/2009British company Atwell Self Adhesive Labellers has recently supplied “Bendicks of Mayfair†and “Ashbury Chocolates Limited†with... more >Brussels action on threatened honey production
Date: 20/08/2009The disastrous impact of bee diseases on honey production across the EU has prompted action from the European Commission and the EU Coun... more >Extruder barrel liner replacement cost halved
Date: 20/08/2009New technology has cut the cost of Baker Perkins MPF food extruder barrel liner replacement by up to 50%. By making liner replacements ... more >New Zealand Dairy Milk returns to cocoa butter
Date: 20/08/2009Cadbury has announced that it is responding to consumer feedback by returning its Dairy Milk product to a recipe containing only cocoa b... more >Decline in confectionery fats impact AAK
Date: 20/08/2009Second quarter operating profits are down at Swedish chocolate and confectionery fats supplier AarhusKarlshamn (AAK) due to a decline in... more >Sweet Brazilian determination despite currency concerns
Date: 20/08/2009The Brazilian confectionery industry is seeing a strong level of investment, strengthened focus on additional product categories and new... more >Industry unites on safety schemes
Date: 07/08/2009Risks arising from an improperly designed, implemented and maintained food safety system can have financially crippling effects on confe... more >Grinding out success
Date: 07/08/2009Caotech is a medium sized company, specialized in grinding equipment for the cocoa and confectionery industry. Katrine Kjoeller visits C... more >Baby, it’s cold inside
Date: 07/08/2009Ice cream sales are already showing more promise than the previous two years, hopefully combating the downturn. It is worth considering ... more >Ukrainian confectioner sees lower sales
Date: 07/08/2009Ukrainian sweet manufacturer Roshen Confectionery has seen its sales for the first half of 2009 decrease by 17.5% decrease compared to 2... more >Multinationals show interest in Gü
Date: 07/08/2009Mars and Nestlé are among companies interested in UK-based chocolate dessert manufacturer Gü, according to British press reports. The... more >Camel milk chocolates expand
Date: 07/08/2009The world's first brand of chocolate made with camel milk is looking to expand internationally. Produced by Al Nassma in Dubai, the gene... more >Flavour collaboration on sweetness enhancer
Date: 07/08/2009US flavour technology company Senomyx and Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and flavour company, have entered int... more >Perfetti combines two iconic brands
Date: 07/08/2009Perfetti van Melle will combine the Chupa Chups lollipop with its Fruittella chewy confectionery, creating a Chupa Chups filled lollipop... more >Almost time for Sweet Brazil exhibition
Date: 07/08/2009The Brazilian exhibitors at 12th Sweet Brazil International, that will start on Monday 10 August in Recife, Brazil, have excellent reaso... more >US versus Mexican confectioners
Date: 07/08/2009Contentious issues are arising between US and Mexican confectionery companies as recent reports have highlighted the differences in suga... more >Filling the gap
Date: 29/07/2009Cargill has officially opened its new plant dedicated to chocolate coatings and fillings in Deventer, the Netherlands, expanding the exi... more >The importance of cocoa concerns
Date: 29/07/2009Developments in the cocoa industry were highlighted at the recent Federation of Cocoa Commerce’s Cocoa Dinner in London. Confectionery P... more >Cool as ice
Date: 29/07/2009A recent report into the UK ice cream and frozen desserts market shows an obvious mixed outlook for sales of ice cream and frozen desser... more >Sara Lee to sell three Spanish bakery plants
Date: 29/07/2009US bakery company Sara Lee is to sell three of its Spanish bakery production plants to Grupo Siro. Jobs at the three plants – Brivies... more >New UTZ certification for cocoa producers
Date: 29/07/2009Producers in the Ivory Coast are participating in the first independent audits in preparation for the UTZ Certified code of conduct – ... more >Amcor settles with Cadbury
Date: 29/07/2009Australian packaging group Amcor has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by Cadbury for overcharging on packaging. “Cadbury Australia ... more >Antioxidant blend for chocolate products
Date: 29/07/2009Until now, cocoa beans of special quality and high in secondary plant compounds were needed to allow advertising of the antioxidative ef... more >Easy ice cream analysis
Date: 29/07/2009A new easy way to test ice cream mix has been made possible with a calibration for Foss‘ InfraXact near infrared analyser. The InfraX... more >Tangerine launches soft eating liquorice
Date: 29/07/2009Tangerine Confectionery, the UK's largest independent manufacturer of sugar confectionery, has launched a new brand of soft eating liquo... more >Sono-Tek brings out industrial food coater
Date: 29/07/2009US company Sono-Tek has brought out a new industrial depanning oil coating system, the SonoCoat PAN. The equipment was developed for a ... more >Thorntons reorganises
Date: 29/07/2009UK confectionery retailer Thorntons has created two new business units to create “a structure of greater accountability and transparen... more >Boost for Cadbury
Date: 29/07/2009British confectionery group Cadbury has reported a 24% rise in first-half profits and looks for a stronger profit margin increase for 20... more >Sweet nutrition
Date: 21/07/2009Getting to grips with SweetPearl, Katrine Kjoeller speaks to an independent nutritionist and high profile chef, and visits Roquette’s Fr... more >Keep it sweet...for longer
Date: 21/07/2009A slower dissolution time is one of the key aspects when considering isomalt in boiled sweets. Claudia Meissner from Beneo-Palatinit exp... more >Solution – Icing hot cross buns with a single pass
Date: 21/07/2009Crown Conveyors UK has assisted a well-known bakery when the need arose to carry out two icing operations on hot cross buns in a single ... more >New Nestlé UK co-packaging site opened
Date: 21/07/2009The new food packaging facilities at Nestlé’s York site has been officially opened by York MP Hugh Bayley. The IPS First factory has... more >Cadbury's strike closer
Date: 21/07/2009A strike at Britain's leading chocolate maker Cadbury's, drew one step closer on Saturday 18 July as workers begin to vote on action aga... more >Chocolate-covered cranberries
Date: 21/07/2009Nestlé has brought out Cranberry Raisinets, chocolate-covered whole cranberries. They contain the antioxidants flavanoids and Vitamin ... more >Low-calorie and melt-resistant chocolate
Date: 21/07/2009Barry Callebaut has developed a chocolate that not only has 90% fewer calories than the average chocolate product but also has a higher ... more >Lotte feels force of recession
Date: 21/07/2009South Korea’s largest confectionery company Lotte Confectionery’s stock has been impacted due to delayed profitability recovery with... more >The legal limit
Date: 09/07/2009Chocolate couverture is a specialised field with very specific parameters. Though the word is used across brands in the chocolate field,... more >The key to confectionery
Date: 09/07/2009Keylink has been a major player in the British confectionery industry for many years and the launch of its new range of moulding equipme... more >Doubling capacity using weigher/bagmaker combination
Date: 09/07/2009Snack manufacturer Bastini, part of the Intersnack group, has significantly increased production speeds and doubled capacity at its newl... more >Prepare for Sweet Brazil
Date: 09/07/2009Sweet Brazil Inernational 2009 is due to be held in Recife 10-13 August. The event, which has turned into one of the most important Lat... more >Kraft increases sweet efforts in Russia
Date: 09/07/2009Following continuous double-digit annual growth in the company, Kraft Foods may expand confectionery and bakery factories in Russia. Ru... more >Nestlé dough contains E. Coli
Date: 09/07/2009After a confirmed presence of E. Coli 0157 in samples from a tub of Nestlé chocolate cookie dough, the problem was thought to be an ing... more >New and improved
Date: 09/07/2009Yorkshire, UK based Pecan Deluxe Candy Europe has improved its chocolate making facilities to keep up with demand. Introduced by the co... more >Russian sugar production expected to decline
Date: 09/07/2009The area sown in Russia with sugar beets for this year's crop has shrunk 2.5% year-on-year to 798,000 hectares, according to the Russian... more >PepsiCo and Calbee strategic alliance
Date: 09/07/2009PepsiCo is to start production of snack products in alliance with Japan’s largest snack company Calbee Foods. The companies will join... more >Bounty shape not distinctive enough for trademark
Date: 09/07/2009Mars has lost the battle with Ludwig Schokolade, a German chocolate maker, about trademark rights to the coconut chocolate bar Bounty. ... more >US chocolate death
Date: 09/07/2009A man has died after falling into a vat of molten chocolate at a processing plant in the US state of New Jersey. Vincent Smith Jr, 29, ... more >Arsenic in sugar beet
Date: 03/07/2009Arsenic and lead has been discovered by UK authorities in unmolassed sugar beet pulp pellets exported from Austria, the European Unionâ€... more >Lindt risks loss of bunny trademark
Date: 03/07/2009Swiss chocolate giant Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli will – as expected – have to demonstrate to Austrian judges that its trade... more >Estonia case clears way for tough line over sugar hoarding
Date: 03/07/2009The ability of national and European Union (EU) authorities to take a tough line with confectionery companies stockpiling sugar and othe... more >ECJ backs Kraft in ‘Milka’ trademark case
Date: 03/07/2009Confectionery giant Kraft has won an important precedent-setting ruling at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to protect its ‘Milkaâ€... more >Danisco sustainable development appointment
Date: 03/07/2009Ingredient company Danisco has appointed Jeffrey Hogue, 40, to the position of vice president of corporate sustainable development. Jef... more >Callebaut – growth in recession markets
Date: 03/07/2009Barry Callebaut has announced its key sales figures for the first nine months of fiscal year 2008/09 ended May 31, 2009. With sales volu... more >Beyond boiling point
Date: 02/07/2009Recent developments in boiled confectionery open up a range of possibilities in general production and especially products with active i... more >The ‘new’ EU - five years on
Date: 02/07/2009For battered economies such as Hungary, Poland and the Baltic states, the new dawn of EU membership in May 2004 must feel like ancient h... more >Fitting the mould
Date: 02/07/2009Confectionery Production considers the specifics of chocolate moulding equipment Chocolate moulds have been around since chocolate co... more >The sweet road
Date: 11/06/2009A handful of Chinese sweetener companies are ramping up both their capacity and service levels to build a competitive advantage in the ... more >Crème de la crème
Date: 11/06/2009It is possible to obtain cost savings in bakery filling creams by on-site production of fillings using continuous processing equipment ... more >Can’t stand the heat
Date: 11/06/2009Manufacturers warm to waste-reducing ‘cold’ ultrasonic technology A majority of packagers still use traditional heat sealing methods or... more >Frito-Lay launches new snack range in India
Date: 11/06/2009Frito-Lay India, the snack food division of PepsiCo India, has launched the new brand 'Aliva', a baked snack made with wheat and lentils... more >Sweet Green Fields doubles stevia production
Date: 11/06/2009Sweet Green Fields (SGF), the first US company to commercialise and patent the extraction of high purity Reb-A (Rebaudioside A), has ope... more >Russian sugar production expected to decline
Date: 11/06/2009The area sown in Russia with sugar beets for this year's crop has shrunk 2.5% year-on-year to 798,000 hectares, according to the Russian... more >Thomas Lowndes expands team
Date: 11/06/2009Culinary alcohol supplier Thomas Lowndes has expanded its UK operation with the appointment of Jonathan Marsh as general manager and Ton... more >New Barry Callebaut marketing director for Americas
Date: 11/06/2009Barry Callebaut has appointed Parveen Werner director of marketing for the Americas region. Werner has 12 years of experience in market... more >Love Hearts manufacturer employs new pallet pool company
Date: 11/06/2009One-way trip pallet pool specialist, IPP Logipal, has expanded its client portfolio in the confectionery sector after securing a new con... more >Maxx introduces green tea for bakers
Date: 11/06/2009Maxx Performance, the US provider of microencapsulation solution technologies, has introduced a solution that allows manufacturers to ad... more >Fruit preparations for chocolate
Date: 11/06/2009German ingredients company Wild is offering its ‘Maximum-Fruit’ fruit filings for chocolate bars in a number of flavour directions. ... more >Almonds become number one ingredient nut
Date: 05/06/2009According to the Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD), almonds became the leading nut introduced in new products worldwide in 2008... more >Confectionery awards presented in Australasia
Date: 05/06/2009Two of the Australasian confectionery industry’s best students were presented with the prestigious Craig Award and the Sollich Award a... more >Divine receives kosher certification
Date: 05/06/2009Fairtrade brand Divine Chocolate has been granted kosher certification and the kosher mark – or hescher - is now carried on all nine f... more >New Nestlé packaging factory opens
Date: 05/06/2009Nestlé and packaging firm IPS First have opened a new food co-packing facility at the food giant's York, UK site on 1 June. In Februar... more >Natra halts plan to lower Natraceutical stake
Date: 05/06/2009Spanish food company Natra has scrapped its plan to halve its stake in subsidiary Natraceutical to 25%. Natra – which currently... more >Cadbury seeking forward start loan
Date: 05/06/2009British confectionery firm Cadbury is seeking to extend part of a £1 billion revolving credit facility, which is due to mature in March... more >New online store for Thorntons
Date: 05/06/2009UK chocolate retailer Thorntons has launched its new online sweet store. The company will become the first major online supplier ... more >Costs of coating
Date: 29/05/2009Open pan and belt chocolate coating techniques have various benefits compared to conventional horizontal coating. Confectionery Producti... more >The science of sweetness
Date: 29/05/2009There has been an increase in launches of sugar-free products with products associating ‘no sugar‘ with oral health displaying even stro... more >Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate invests in new coatings and fillings plant
Date: 29/05/2009Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate has opened a new plant dedicated to production of chocolate coatings and fillings in Deventer in the Netherlan... more >Intersnack's Bastini plant doubles capacity
Date: 29/05/2009Snack manufacturer Bastini, part of the Intersnack group, has increased production speeds and doubled capacity at its newly rebuilt fact... more >New bakery ingredient for stronger dough
Date: 29/05/2009Danisco has developed a new cost-effective dough strenghtener to help the European bakery industry face up to the economic slowdown. An... more >Dutyfree trade looms for Swiss chocolate makers
Date: 29/05/2009Swiss chocolate manufacturers should be key beneficiaries of a new trade deal to result from newly authorised negotiations between the E... more >'Squeeze' wins packaging prize
Date: 29/05/2009Amcor Flexibles has announced the winner of its recent packaging design prize competition as Pierre Collard from university Ensav La Cam... more >Cadbury raises shares in Kent
Date: 29/05/2009Cadbury has purchased another four per cent of the share capital of the largest Turkish confectionery company Kent Gida Maddeleri from T... more >Acrylamide increase in EU biscuits
Date: 29/05/2009Scientists from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have warned that the amount of the potentially harmful contaminant acrylamide ... more >New CEO appointed at Tate & Lyle
Date: 29/05/2009Javed Ahmed, Tate & Lyle’s executive vice president of European operations, will take over from current CEO Iain Ferguson in November ... more >Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate invests in new coatings and fillings plant
Date: 29/05/2009Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate has opened a new plant dedicated to production of chocolate coatings and fillings in Deventer in the Netherlan... more >Complete chocolate packaging line
Date: 15/05/2009A single source solution for packaging chocolate with thermoformers was presented at Anuga Foodtec 2009 by German packaging company Mult... more >Making the most of malt
Date: 15/05/2009Malted ingredients can be used for a variety of confectionery applications. Andy Janes, general manager of Muntons, explains Mention ma... more >Care of toffee boiling plant
Date: 15/05/2009To highlight the development over time in the industry, Confectionery Production presents the first in a series of articles that compare... more >Cretor introduce nut roaster
Date: 15/05/2009C. Cretors, the designer and manufacturer of food processing and concession equipment, has introduced the Tosty Roaster nut roaster. Us... more >US dessert partnership expands
Date: 15/05/2009US-based chocolate company Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has announced an expansion of the co-branding option with Cold Stone Creamer... more >Ajinomoto forecasts lower earnings
Date: 15/05/2009The state of the yen will have an impact on the earnings forecase for Japanese sweetener and food company Ajinomoto. It expects a net lo... more >Mars unveils Chocolate Relief Act
Date: 15/05/2009To help attitudes to the global gloom, Mars Snackfood US has announced the creation of the Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act. The US-wide ... more >Union fights United Biscuits
Date: 15/05/2009There are to be talks between unions and management at UK manufacturer United Biscuits (UB) after the company proposed to move its finan... more >Zetar adjusts profits
Date: 15/05/2009British confectionery and snack foods group Zetar has adjusted pretax profit for the year ended April 30. It notes that sales from conti... more >In good candy company
Date: 08/05/2009Time is drawing near to this year’s All Candy Expo. The largest confectionery, cookie and snack show in the Americas will once again fea... more >Japanese confectionery industry - robust in recession
Date: 08/05/2009They may be putting off the new car purchase and the long-haul holiday this year, but Japanese consumers are finding that they cannot do... more >Chocolate extrusion - string it out
Date: 08/05/2009We give you an update of the various cool forming and extrusion techniques for chocolate Liquid forming techniques such as melt and cas... more >Promotions at Smucker
Date: 08/05/2009J.M. Smucker, the US food company, has announced the promotion of John Mayer to vice president of sales, grocery market and the election... more >The sound of ultrasonic
Date: 08/05/2009Sick UK has upgraded its 30mm ultrasonic sensors, launching the UM30-2 series to offer additional performance and usability. This meets... more >Functional ice cream from Cognis
Date: 08/05/2009The ingredient company Cognis has presented several new concepts to Vitafoods visitors in Geneva. Among them are orange ice cream with ... more >Chocolate powered race car
Date: 08/05/2009Scientists from the UK University of Warwick has unveiled a formula 3 race car powered by waste from chocolate factories and made partly... more >Divine joins World Fair Trade day celebrations
Date: 08/05/2009Divine Chocolate, the UK fairtrade chocolate company, will take part in celebrating the World Fair Trade day on 9 May 2009 and has marke... more >The nature trail
Date: 23/04/2009Flavour tendencies were on the bill at the recent technology conference for the UK’s Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Group. J... more >Worries for vanilla
Date: 23/04/2009Recent political unrest in Madagascar may affect the vanilla output of the world’s top producer Trouble is brewing in the small African... more >Integrated bagger and weigher from PFM
Date: 23/04/2009An integrated multihead weigher and bagging machine for up to 80 bags a minute has been launched by Italian manufacturer PFM Packaging M... more >Barry Callebaut appoints CEO for Americas
Date: 23/04/2009Barry Callebaut has appointed David Johnson to the position of president and CEO Americas effective from 1 May 2009. He will succeed Ma... more >Awards for Belfast chocolatier
Date: 23/04/2009Co Couture, the Northern Ireland based gourmet chocolatier, has struck gold…and bronze… at the fourth annual Academy of Chocolate Aw... more >PepsiCo acquires Peruvian Karinto snacks
Date: 23/04/2009PepsiCo has acquired the maker of Peru's top-selling corn chips, Karinto. “The Karinto brands span a broad array of snack foods, offer... more >Brussels warns of dangerous fake confectionery
Date: 23/04/2009The EU rapid alert service for dangerous products has warned of a spate of imports of realistic fake confectionery and sweet desserts wh... more >Critique of palm oil as substitute
Date: 23/04/2009Confectionery and sweet bakery ingredient palm oil should not be used as an alternative to transfats according to a study from the USA A... more >North American cocoa grindings down
Date: 23/04/2009North American cocoa grindings in the first quarter dropped 12.97% from a year earlier, to 99,875 tonnes, according to data from the Nat... more >Dick Brittle joins Tangerine
Date: 16/04/2009Tangerine Confectionery, the UK’s largest independent confectionery company, has appointed industry veteran Dick Brittle as a non-exec... more >Wrigley launches new gum brand
Date: 16/04/2009The chewing gum company Wrigley is set to introduce the new brand 5 to US consumers this summer. “5 appeals to the senses and is the ... more >Puratos opens chocolate innovation centre
Date: 16/04/2009Puratos has celebrated the opening of its new chocolate innovation centre in Wisconsin, US. The opening coincided with the formal launch... more >Callebaut signs agreement with Bunge in Brazil
Date: 16/04/2009Barry Callebaut Brasil, subsidiary of the manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, and Bunge Alimentos, a subsidiary of Brazilian a... more >Danish-Turkish confectionery venture
Date: 16/04/2009Yildiz, the parent company of the big Turkish confectionery producer Ülker Group, is to set up a joint venture with Denmark’s chewing... more >Rainforest Alliance and Mars team on sustainability
Date: 16/04/2009Mars and the Rainforest Alliance have unwrapped new goals in their campaign to help cocoa farmers get on the path toward sustainability.... more >TNA unveils flavouring system
Date: 09/04/2009TNA has introduced the Intelli-flav 2 flavouring system that combines consistent application with delicate handling for even flavour dis... more >Confectionery crossroads
Date: 09/04/2009Turkey is at the crossroad between East and West in more ways than one. Its confectionery tradition is inspired by both cultures and sho... more >Going nuts for popcorn
Date: 09/04/2009In the snack food business, success often hinges on the efficiency and reliability of the snack-making equipment. C Cretors has enabled ... more >Gelita hosts customer symposium in China
Date: 09/04/2009More than 80 guests attended Gelita's symposium on March 26 in Shanghai. Gelita’s CMO, Dr Axel Alber and the company's Chinese general... more >Unilever to close Massachusetts, US plant
Date: 09/04/2009Unilever is to close its manufacturing ice cream manufacturing plant in Framingham, Massachusetts, US. Steve Rosemary, director of manu... more >Tangerine expands Taveners sweets
Date: 09/04/2009UK confectionery company Tangerine has completed a major expansion of its traditional sweet shop confectionery brand Taveners Proper Swe... more >Welsh chocolate packaging plant closes
Date: 09/04/2009The Anson Packaging in Wrexham, North Wales is to close after a dip in orders from chocolate and bakery manufacturers. This comes only ... more >Cadbury considers bid for Leaf
Date: 09/04/2009Cadbury is reportedly planning a surprise EU expansion with a bid for Leaf International's Scandinavia and Benelux operations, according... more >New sweetener from Ajinomoto
Date: 09/04/2009Japanese company Ajinomoto, the leading global supplier of the high intensity sweetener aspartame, has applied to the US Food and Drug A... more >Sweet ambitions
Date: 02/04/2009Waste creation in the confectionery industry is substantial as in the wider food industry, and while much of the used material is non-ha... more >In the folds of the future
Date: 02/04/2009Folding, bending and minimising – packaging specialists go out of their way to work with confectionery manufacturers and develop new way... more >Sugden launches grouper stacker
Date: 02/04/2009Following the formation of a strategic partnership with the Forpak Division of US-based MultiSource, Sugden has launched the Forpak “Gro... more >Greet Vivartia reorganises
Date: 02/04/2009Greek food company Vivartia has reorganised into four subsidiaries through the separation of divisions. The secession will take place t... more >Unsold cocoa piling up, says German cocoa association
Date: 02/04/2009Unsold cocoa is piling up as consumers turn to budget brands of chocolate with low cocoa contents, Andreas Christiansen, the chairman of... more >Keychoc launches moulding machines
Date: 02/04/2009KeyChoc, the machinery division of Keylink, has launched its new range of “MM†series moulding machines. The range includes the MM0... more >ADAS to protect British food
Date: 02/04/2009ADAS, a leading UK environmental consultancy, has been awarded a major contract to manage the delivery of the EU Protected Food Names Sc... more >BCCC Technology Conference 2009
Date: 02/04/2009The British biscuit, cake, chocolate and confectionery sector group (BCCC) has held its 56th technology conference. The conference, hel... more >CEO Patrick De Maeseneire to leave Barry Callebaut
Date: 02/04/2009After seven years with Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, CEO Patrick De Maeseneire ha... more >Integrated bagger and weigher
Date: 25/03/2009An integrated multihead weigher and bagging machine for mid-speed duties up to 80 bags a minute was launched in the UK at Pro2Pac by Ita... more >Worries for vanilla
Date: 25/03/2009Recent political unrest in Madagascar may affect the vanilla output of the world’s top producer Tensions have risen sharply in the co... more >Cadbury and Mars slammed for banned additives
Date: 25/03/2009Cadbury and Mars have been accused of irresponsible behaviour by the independent watchdog The Food Commission as they have not removed h... more >The structure of baking
Date: 24/03/2009The bakery ingredients and filling sectors offer new developments, such as mixes, bar fillings and fibre options, to help manufacturers ... more >No silver lining
Date: 24/03/2009Two recent US studies claim high fructose corn syrup, widely used in gummy confectionery, is being contaminated by mercury via corn syru... more >Mini cocoa bean winnower for artisan producers
Date: 24/03/2009US company Bottom Line Process Technologies has introduced a new Winn-15 Mini Cocoa Bean Winnower that is available for artisan chocolat... more >The art of inclusions
Date: 18/03/2009Nuts and fruit snacks are predicted to be the most dynamic sub sectors of the snacking market by 2010, according to Euromonitor, but all... more >Budget multihead offers high accuracy
Date: 18/03/2009PFM Packaging Machinery has announced a new budget-priced multihead combination weigher that employs the same software as its top-of-ran... more >Adapting to local tastes
Date: 18/03/2009Recent growth in the Australian and New Zealand markets has seen Cargill opening texturising sales and customer service offices in Melbo... more >Gum litter bugs Britain
Date: 18/03/2009Packaging accounts for just 1.3% of the number of littered items dropped in the UK but chewing gum is the single most littered item with... more >New violet natural colour
Date: 18/03/2009Made from purple carrot, the new anthocyanin colour offers beverage producers a vivid and stable violet colour with increased shelf life... more >Nordzucker acquires Danisco Sugar
Date: 18/03/2009Danisco has announced the sale of its subsidiary Danisco Sugar to German company Nordzucker. The subsidiary has been sold for DKK 5.45b... more >Online mixing tool for bakers
Date: 18/03/2009Marion Mixers, based in Iowa, US, is launching an industry-first online industrial mixer tool that will begin the mixer selection proces... more >Tax on chocolate
Date: 18/03/2009Media headlines were guaranteed when Dr David Walker, a GP in Lanarkshire, warned the British medical association conference in Scotland... more >Four indulgence products in one carton
Date: 18/03/2009‘Sweet as you like’ is a new dessert concept from Danisco that allows the consumer to choose from four different desserts – all fr... more >Unilever launches ice cream in Romania
Date: 18/03/2009As part of its growth strategy in South Central Europe, Unilever has announced plans to launch an ice cream business in Romania. Global... more >Hershey to buy Van Houten Singapore
Date: 18/03/2009Barry Callebaut has sold 100% of its consumer company in Asia, Van Houten Singapore, to The Hershey Company. While Callebaut will retain... more >Anthon Berg celebrates 125 years
Date: 04/03/2009In its 125th year, Danish chcocolate maker Anthon Berg has brought out a range of new products. Its famous chocolate liqueur bottles, c... more >The right twist and turn
Date: 04/03/2009Twister is Polyphane’s new twist wrap, aimed at replacing cellophane while ensuring identical twist capabilities In the twist wrapper c... more >Building on cocoa experience
Date: 04/03/2009ADM is one company that has brought in new staff despite the recession. Katrine Kjoeller speaks to the new director of chocolate, Benoît... more >Carle & Montanari to showcase integrated systems at Ipack IMA
Date: 04/03/2009The spotlight will be on its new HFI 518 five-rolls chocolate refiner, this new machine features technical innovations of increased capa... more >New Aero campaign
Date: 04/03/2009Nestle UK has launched its latest ad campaign for its chocolate bar Aero brand featuring skateboarding champion Bob Burnquist. The ad, ... more >More confectionery manufacturers move outside US
Date: 04/03/2009The Hershey move of some confectionery lines from its Reading, US plant to Canada and Mexico seems to be a trend in confectionery manufa... more >New Aero campaign
Date: 04/03/2009Nestle UK has launched its latest ad campaign for its chocolate bar Aero brand featuring skateboarding champion Bob Burnquist. The ad, ... more >Carle & Montanari to showcase integrated systems at Ipack IMA
Date: 04/03/2009The spotlight will be on its new HFI 518 five-rolls chocolate refiner, this new machine features technical innovations of increased capa... more >PepsiCo snack targets women
Date: 04/03/2009US snack and drink firm PepsiCo has brought out a new low-calorie popcorn snack, free of artificial colours, flavours and preservatives ... more >Barry Callebaut to sell consumer chocolate business to Natra
Date: 04/03/2009Barry Callebaut, the leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products has signed an agreement with Spanish private labe... more >Tna unveils flavouring system
Date: 24/02/2009Tna has introduced the Intelli-flav 2 flavouring system that combines consistent application with delicate handling for even flavour dis... more >Thorntons profits not so sweet
Date: 24/02/2009Pre-tax profits at the UK Thorntons chocolate chain has dropped 39 per cent to £7.3 million (€8.2m) in the six months to 10 January a... more >ICA to coordinate global cocoa quality and regulation
Date: 24/02/2009The International Confectionery Association has held two meetings in Cologne, Germany on cocoa supply chain issues. In addition to ICA, ... more >Strong sales for speciality fat supplier
Date: 24/02/2009AarhusKarlshamn (AAK), the supplier of speciality fats and oils for the confectionery industry, ended 2008 with net sales up 28%. “In... more >PCA files for bankruptcy
Date: 24/02/2009Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company at the centre of the US salmonella scare, has filed for bankruptcy protection as legal ... more >The art of inclusions
Date: 23/02/2009Nuts and fruit snacks are predicted to be the most dynamic sub sectors of the snacking market by 2010, according to Euromonitor, but all... more >The conche that rules the chocolate world
Date: 23/02/2009In the journey from pod to palate, master chocolatier Bill McCarrick, a member of the Academy of Chocolate, deepens the flavour of his c... more >Extrusion – a proven process
Date: 23/02/2009The option of replacing traditional savoury fillings with real fruit brings positive nutrition into the co-extruded snack arena Taste a... more >Exhibition highlights
Date: 19/02/2009Despite lower visitor numbers, exhibitors at ISM and ProSweets Cologne 2009 showed cautious optimism and a general consensus that qualit... more >New product innovation at ISM 2009
Date: 19/02/2009The 2009 ISM show is once again showing a strong focus on new products for the industry. As companies are facing up to the much-debated ... more >Givaudan posts 19% profits
Date: 17/02/2009Swiss flavours and fragrance maker Givaudan has seen net profits rise 19% to 111 million Swiss francs. The company makes ingredients for... more >M&S wins teacake battle after 13 years
Date: 17/02/2009After a legal battle lasting 13 years, British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has won the fight over the classification of its teacakes.... more >Possible ban on artificial colouring
Date: 17/02/2009The US state of Maryland is considering a ban on artificial colouring in food served in public schools and labelling on artificially col... more >Lareka introduces two-stage chocolate packaging
Date: 17/02/2009Netherland-based Lareka Confectionary Equipment has introduces a new machine for packing premium chocolate tablets in two stages at ProS... more >Scottish teacake maker in lending problems
Date: 17/02/2009Bakery manufacturer Lees of Scotland may have to postpone an acquisition aimed at diversifying the group due to problems finding a bank ... more >New engraved gravure concept creates sensory appeal
Date: 17/02/2009Sun Chemical and Keating Specialist Cylinders have developed a concept, which will enable confectionery brand owners to apply effects wi... more >Cadbury forced to share purple
Date: 17/02/2009Cadbury's has lost its latest monopoly claim on the colour purple in Australia's Full Federal Court after a six-year battle. The company... more >Visitor numbers slightly down at ISM and ProSweets
Date: 04/02/2009Visitor numbers decreased slightly at this year's ISM and ProSweets. The 39th ISM and the third ProSweets shows still saw more than 32,0... more >ISM update
Date: 04/02/2009The ISM partner associations have released figures showing that while the German confectionery business shrank slightly from 9 to 8 per ... more >Herb sweet wins Best New British Product Award at ISM
Date: 04/02/2009Dr Stuart’s Herb Candies have been named Best New British Product at this year’s ISM in Cologne. The range, which launched last yea... more >M-real shows high-performance cartonboards at ProSweets 2009
Date: 04/02/2009M-real, a European producer of primary fibre cartonboards, has adviced visitors to ProSweets 2009 on the best way to control the sensory... more >New product innovation at ISM 2009
Date: 03/02/2009The 2009 ISM show is once again showing a strong focus on new products for the industry. As companies are facing up to the much-debated ... more >Synergy between the industry and confectionery training
Date: 03/02/2009Klöckner Hänsel supports confectionery training by letting ZDS, the German confectionery college, loan jelly manufacturing equipment In... more >ProSweet exhibitors confirm success of annual show
Date: 03/02/2009The decision to run ProSweets alongside ISM annually has been deemed a success by exhibitors after judging the number of visitors on the... more >Whipped into shape
Date: 27/01/2009The creation of aerated confectionery products is made easier with a precisely attuned process line and the ability to incorporate all n... more >Functional chewing gum
Date: 27/01/2009Italian gum supplier Gum Base uses chewing gum for a wide range of functional benefits traditionally associated with supplement pills ... more >Easier artisan ice cream production
Date: 27/01/2009Leading Italian ice cream equipment manufacturer Carpigiani has launched its Quartetto machine – a compact, vertical batch freezer, sp... more >Tate & Lyle confirms health benefits of soluble gluco fibre
Date: 27/01/2009A new study, led by researchers at the University of Toronto’s Department of Nutritional Sciences and commissioned by Tate & Lyle, the... more >Efsa funds honey study
Date: 27/01/2009A €100,000 European food Safety Authority (EFSA) grant has been awarded to an EU science consortia to investigate the impact of the so... more >Zetar profits fall
Date: 27/01/2009UK confectionery, nut and dried fruit brand Zetar has reported a 73% fall in profits and is set to sell the loss-making Baked Snacks uni... more >Rise in peanut butter recalls
Date: 27/01/2009The number of products containing peanut butter or paste has risen dramatically as the FDA continues to investigate the Salmonella conta... more >Further price increases for cocoa
Date: 27/01/2009Chocolate manufacturers might have to either absorb or pass on even more price increases as cocoa prices have broken through the £2,000... more >ADM acquires Schokinag
Date: 27/01/2009Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has expanded its global cocoa and chocolate business with the signing of an agreement to purchase S... more >The world of sweets - ISM and ProSweets Cologne 2009
Date: 20/01/2009The global confectionery sector is about to convene again for the International Sweets and Biscuits Fair (ISM) and Prosweets, 1-4 Februa... more >Getting to grips with gelatine
Date: 20/01/2009Choosing the ideal gelatine to suit you product is a matter of attaining the desired formation and modification of textures while showin... more >Setting the pace
Date: 20/01/2009A new high speed multihead weigher is achieving speeds of 450 bags per minute finding a niche in sticky, difficult to handle products an... more >Restructure at Real Good Food
Date: 20/01/2009The UK company Real Good Food Company is consolidating two of its businesses, the bakery ingredients division Renshaw and sugar division... more >FDA investigates peanut butter Salmonalla outbreak
Date: 20/01/2009Peanut butter and peanut paste have been recalled as the US FDA investigates the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) concerning a recent... more >Lower profits for Glisten snacks
Date: 20/01/2009Snack foods group Glisten expects to report a 6% increase in total sales for the year despite first half operating profits being behind ... more >Bell's 'Top 10 Flavours for 2009' published
Date: 20/01/2009Global company Bell Flavors & Fragrances, which supply ingredients for the food, beverage, soap and cosmetics industries, has published ... more >30th edition of Sigep opens
Date: 20/01/2009The Italian Sigep show, which covers artisan gelato, confectionery and bakery production, has opened its doors for the 30th year. Rimini... more >Barry Callebaut opens new factory in Mexico
Date: 20/01/2009Barry Callebaut, the leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has opened its new chocolate factory located in ... more >South Korean confectionery firm to build plant in Russia
Date: 14/01/2009South Korean confectionery producer Orion Corporation is to construct a plant in the Russian city of Tver estimated at 2.7 billion ruble... more >AHD launches chia seed flour
Date: 14/01/2009Producers of finished baked goods looking for a gluten-free, omega-3-rich alternative to white flour can now look to AHD International's... more >Sugar competition under microscope
Date: 14/01/2009The lack of competition in the sugar sector could become a particular target of European Commission competition authority action over co... more >Honour for fairtrade pioneer
Date: 14/01/2009Sophi Tranchell, managing director of the UK fairtrade chocolate company Divine Chocolate, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s H... more >Tootsie Roll to Open new distribution centre
Date: 14/01/2009US company Tootsie Roll Industries, which produces the famous chocolate sweet and other products, is to open a new distribution centre i... more >New fat replacer for baked goods
Date: 14/01/2009UK-based clean label ingredients specialist Ulrick & Short has developed a new fat replacer as a cost effective alternative to vegetable... more >Dairy Milk bar contains… milk
Date: 14/01/2009Cadbury UK's decision to print the words CONTAINS: MILK on the wrapper of its famous milk chocolate brand Dairy Milk and CONTAINS: NUTS,... more >The benefits of active packaging
Date: 17/12/2008By addressing oxygen and moisture problems in packaging, sorbent technology can preserve flavour and colour in confectionery, while reta... more >SIGEP celebrates 30th anniversary
Date: 17/12/2008The 30th edition of SIGEP, the International Exhibition of Artisan Ice cream, Confec-tionery and Bakery production, takes place at the R... more >Drive technology reduces costs for liquorice
Date: 17/12/2008An economic extrusion line is set to open up the liquorice market to small-run producers Liquorice is a product that has been around fo... more >Fudge manufacturer closes
Date: 17/12/2008One of the UK's leading independent fudge manufacturers has closed. Devon fudge-maker Bristow's has gone into receivership with the loss... more >Royalty visits House of Dorchester
Date: 17/12/2008HRH The Prince of Wales has made a return visit to the House of Dorchester chocolate factory, which he opened ten years ago House of Do... more >AB Foods buys sugar unit
Date: 17/12/2008Associated British Foods (AB Fooods), the owner of British Sugar, is to buy Ebro Puleva SA’s sugar unit for €385 million, gaining ha... more >Krispy Kreme reports third-quarter loss
Date: 17/12/2008US doughnut company Krispy Kreme has reported a loss of $5.9 million (€4.2m) in the third quarter, which ended 2 November. The compan... more >Cadbury to sell final drinks business
Date: 17/12/2008Cadbury is to sell its last remaining drinks business to focus on chocolate and sweets as the group re-confirms guidance for strong prof... more >Nestlé appoints UK marketing director
Date: 04/12/2008Nestlé has appointed Terri Tinella as UK marketing director for its confectionery division. It follows the promotion of David Rennie e... more >Ferrero signs Greek deal
Date: 04/12/2008Ferrero has signed an agreement with Greek company Elgeka to exclusively distribute the resell Ferrero's dry and chilled products within... more >British food and drink breaks records
Date: 04/12/2008The global popularity of British food and drink has hit record heights, with annual exports on track to exceed £13bn for the first time... more >Food colour ban
Date: 01/12/2008UK ministers have agreed that six artificial food colourings should be phased out after research found a link with hyperactivity in chil... more >Food colour ban
Date: 01/12/2008UK ministers have agreed that six artificial food colourings should be phased out after research found a link with hyperactivity in chil... more >New name after Swedish de-merger
Date: 27/11/2008The confectionery side of Swedish company Cloetta Fazer is due to trade by the name Fazer Konfektyr Service by the end of the year follo... more >Jelly Belly aims for EU expansion
Date: 27/11/2008US company Jelly Belly Candy Company has acquired German food and confectionery distributor Starkfried. The move positions the confectio... more >Puree and simple
Date: 27/11/2008Ocean Spray’s Ingredient Technology Group has introduced a cranberry purée to meet growing demand for 100% fruit ingredients. The pu... more >Wynn Hotel chocolatier wins US Chocolate Master title
Date: 27/11/2008Lionel Clement, chef chocolatier at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, has won the US finals of the World Chocolate Masters, a top-level compe... more >SinoSweet opens in UK
Date: 27/11/2008SinoSweet, the Chinese manufacturer of the low-calorie sweetener Aspartame, has opened a new UK sales office, Sinosweet UK Ltd. In addit... more >Jelly Belly aims for EU expansion
Date: 27/11/2008US company Jelly Belly Candy Company has acquired German food and confectionery distributor Starkfried. The move positions the confectio... more >New name after Swedish de-merger
Date: 27/11/2008The confectionery side of Swedish company Cloetta Fazer is due to trade by the name Fazer Konfektyr Service by the end of the year follo... more >The healthy connection
Date: 20/11/2008Healthy additions to confectionery were hotly debated at the Health Ingredients Europe show in Paris Though the confectionery industry ... more >Where quality is key
Date: 20/11/2008Godiva needed to ensure zero tolerance on contamination. Sieving and filtration units at critical control points provided the answer ... more >Cadbury sales up in third quarter as job cuts continue
Date: 20/11/2008Cadbury is cutting around 580 jobs from its UK headquarters and its operations in Australia and New Zealand. As part of its operational ... more >Equipment news: Robotic top loading for Jaffa Cakes
Date: 20/11/2008Sewtec Automation’s newly launched high speed robotic case loading system has been selected by United Biscuits for the packing of its ... more >Ingredients news: Natural melanges come to the UK
Date: 20/11/2008BakeMark UK has launched the UK’s first melanges as part of its new Optinature range of all-natural products. Produced under the Bake... more >New products: Growing appeal for branded alcohol in cakes
Date: 20/11/2008Thomas Lowndes has seen greater innovation than ever before in the development of food products containing branded alcohol. The range of... more >Japanese leaders join forces
Date: 20/11/2008Japan’s leading producer of chocolate products, Meiji Seika Kaisha, is to merge with Meiji Dairies Corporation in a bid to improve com... more >Equipment news: Fast-fill solution for ice cream producers
Date: 20/11/2008Packaging Automation (PA) is targeting ice cream manufacturers with its Fastfill volumetric container filling and sealing equipment foll... more >Hershey growth sales
Date: 20/11/2008Hershey says it expects full year sales growth to be in the region of 3-4%, with earnings at the lower end of the $1.85 (€1.43) to $1.... more >Ingredients news: Stabilisers put the icing on the cake
Date: 20/11/2008Cargill is introducing two new stabiliser ranges that enable baked goods manufacturers to produce bakery icings that work with various p... more >Tate & Lyle to fight sucralose ruling
Date: 20/11/2008Tate & Lyle faced a setback in its fight to defend its sucralose patents when a US judge for the International Trade Commission (ITC) ru... more >Imperial may join Cargill in refinery venture
Date: 20/11/2008Imperial Sugar has begun discussions with Louisiana Sugar Refinery (LSR) to participate in the construction and operation of a new state... more >Cadbury becomes official 2012 Olympic sponsor
Date: 20/11/2008Cadbury has become an official sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and will supply all confectionery and packaged ice cream at the... more >Downturn follows robust growth
Date: 18/11/2008An economic downturn is slowing the growth of sugar confectionery in India, in an industry marked by huge disparities between branded an... more >Health & indulgence
Date: 13/10/2008Consumers are getting fatter and more fitness conscious at the same time, prompting confectionery manufacturers and Caobisco to think ha... more >Almonds crack the market
Date: 13/10/2008After impressive growth in both 2006 and 2007, almonds could become the global ingredient nut of choice by 2009. But The Almond Board of... more >Almonds crack the market
Date: 13/10/2008After impressive growth in both 2006 and 2007, almonds could become the global ingredient nut of choice by 2009. But The Almond Board of... more >Laurens puts Tetra Pak into the mix
Date: 13/10/2008Laurens Patisseries, the UK’s largest cream cake manufacturer, is enjoying improved systems efficiency and increased product output, tha... more >Mars raises the bar on nutrition
Date: 13/10/2008Mars Snackfood UK has made nutritional improvements to its filled confectionery bars and launched a new consumer marketing campaign with... more >Mars raises the bar on nutrition
Date: 13/10/2008Mars Snackfood UK has made nutritional improvements to its filled confectionery bars and launched a new consumer marketing campaign with... more >Tate & Lyle trades 'satisfactorily' in first half year
Date: 13/10/2008The departure of group finance director John Nicholas prompted Tate & Lyle to release its trading update for the first six months of 200... more >Breast milk ice cream... the next big thing?
Date: 13/10/2008Could human breast milk provide a healthy basis for ice cream in the future? Animal rights campaigner PETA certainly thinks so. In a le... more >Natra makes inroads in China and US
Date: 13/10/2008Valencia-based Natra is strengthening its positions in China and the US with new offices in both countries. The two new branches join N... more >Barry Callebaut extends Chocolate Academy network
Date: 13/10/2008Zurich-based Barry Callebaut has added to its global network of Chocolate Academies with two new facilities – one in Russia and the ot... more >Thorntons enjoys good growth
Date: 13/10/2008Strong performances across all sales channels have helped boost pre-tax profits at Thorntons by almost 20%. The UK confectioner has als... more >Competition hots up for Q awards
Date: 13/10/2008Supermarket own brands look set to scoop several of the UK’s Quality Food Awards next month. The ‘Q’ Awards, which are in their 2... more >Melamine found in confectionery around the globe
Date: 13/10/2008Multinational confectionery giants have defended the integrity of their products in the wake of the melamine in Chinese milk powder scan... more >The sweet taste of sugar free
Date: 12/09/2008Sugar replacements are taking an increasing role in confectionery with consumers increasingly opting for sugar-free products in their ow... more >Extruding improvement
Date: 12/09/2008A new micro extrusion line has been developed to meet the needs of smaller speciality confectioners as well as manufacturers in developi... more >Tailor-made organic chocolate
Date: 12/09/2008ADM Cocoa is now supplying tailor-made organic chocolate to the UK market. This development offers manufacturers a customised solution ... more >Hershey announces price hike
Date: 12/09/2008Hershey has announced an increase in wholesale prices across its US, Puerto Rico and export chocolate and sugar confectionery lines. A ... more >Vanilla research is consumer-driven
Date: 12/09/2008Givaudan has undertaken significant investment and global research into ‘what’s next’ for one of the world’s favourite flavours.... more >Cococin puts coconut on the map
Date: 12/09/2008Sabinsa Corporation has received Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status for its branded ingredient Cococin, coconut water solids. T... more >‘Rebalanced chocolate’ responds to healthy choices
Date: 12/09/2008Barry Callebaut has developed a range of chocolate products that offer an improved, rebalanced nutritional profile. “Rebalanced choco... more >Move over goji, here comes Baobab
Date: 12/09/2008The fruit pulp of the Baobab tree is the latest ingredient for confectionery, cereal bars and smoothies, following Novel Foods approval ... more >The art of darkness
Date: 25/07/2008Growing consumption rates of premium dark chocolates with high cocoa contents is both benefiting cocoa bean processing companies and ma... more >Chocolate traditions renewed
Date: 25/07/2008Striking the right balance between tradition and renewal is the key to maintaining impetus in the chocolate industry says Nicolas Dorff,... more >RFID for gum maker
Date: 25/07/2008Wrigley has improved its chewing gum production efficiency by implementing RFID in its Polish plant Wrigley, the world’s largest manufa... more >Pasteurised under vacuum
Date: 25/07/2008Buhler Barth AG introduced a new CCP nut and almond sterilisation system at this year’s Interpack. This latest innovation was developed... more >Welcome to the new website
Date: 25/07/2008Welcome to the new website Welcome to the new website... more >Guylian acquired by Lotte
Date: 25/07/2008The Belgian premium boxed chocolate company Guylian has reached an agreement to partner with South Korean Lotte Confectionery. Guylian w... more >Tate & Lyle sells sugar operations
Date: 25/07/2008Tate & Lyle has sold its international sugar trading operations to Bunge Ltd for an undisclosed amount. It represents another step in th... more >Sugarfree gum market grows
Date: 25/07/2008European market research has shown a worldwide increase in the consumption of sugarfree chewing gum. 85% of the chewing gum bought in G... more >Kellogg acquires Chinese biscuit manufacturer
Date: 25/07/2008Kellogg has acquired the Zhanghang Food Company (Navigable Foods), a manufacturer of biscuits and crackers in the north and northeastern... more >Cadbury confirms strong start to 2008
Date: 25/07/2008British confectionery company Cadbury has shown a strong first half of 2008 with growth expected to be above 4-6% and double-digit growt... more >Pasteurised under vacuum
Date: 25/07/2008Buhler Barth AG introduced a new CCP nut and almond sterilisation system at this year’s Interpack. This latest innovation was develop... more >Symrise joins forces on heart products
Date: 25/07/2008Symrise AG and Cambridge Theranostics Ltd have entered into a strategic partnership under which Symrise will contribute up to €8 milli... more >Fruit Up natural sweetener for fruit jellies
Date: 25/07/2008Fruit Up is a natural fruit sweetener from WILD with an appealing sweetness profile and proven nutritional value, for the use in the man... more >Obituary Ken Goddard
Date: 25/07/2008Kenneth Goddard, the packaging and confectionery editor died on 10 June, losing his fight to cancer. He was 62. Ken started life as a... more >Organics come of age
Date: 00/00/0000It seems to have taken a fluffy calf called Phoenix to change the UK government's policy of slaughtering and then burning healthy anim... more >EZ-Seal gets to grips with curvy containers
Date: 00/00/0000To label the many modern containers designed with curves and angles, Axon offers its EZ-Seal shrink sleeve labelling system. Able to a... more >Dairy wastes
Date: 00/00/0000Ernest Mann reviews world literature on dairy waste treatment and use A general review on waste water treatment in the food industry fr... more >Out on a lims
Date: 00/00/0000El Puerto de Santa Maria, deep in southern Spain, saw LabSystems launch Nautilus, its new laboratory information management system. DII ... more >Back to school
Date: 00/00/0000Education and training are essential in ensuring optimal use of ingredients at large dairies, says ingredients producer Chr Hansen. Pete... more >Parlour games
Date: 00/00/0000High Jervaulx farm processes the milk it produces — next to the milking shed is an ice cream parlour. Frances Griss went to North Yorksh... more >
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