Blogs
A successful Parisian ingredients mission
Last week’s Food Ingredients Europe offered some excellent industry insights into an array of major developments being fashioned across the sector.
Global food ingredients sector heads to Paris
With well over 1,000 exhibitors, Food Ingredients Europe appears set to reveal some intriguing global market trends for this week in Paris.
Entries set to open for World Confectionery Awards
For next year’s World Confectionery Conference, we are proud to unveil a new series of accolades that will celebrate the brightest and best achievements in our industry.
Concerns over the next generation of manufacturing engineers
One of the key themes to emerge from this year’s Food Matters Live has been the issue of innovation in manufacturing, and where the next generation of engineers will come from within the UK sector.
Caobisco marks its 60th anniversary in Brussels
This week finds me in Brussels covering the 60th anniversary celebrations for Caobisco, the chocolate, biscuit and confectionery trade organisation for the European market.
The grand saga of Brexit continues to cast a shadow
Just when you started to suspect that there might finally be an end in sight to the Brexit saga, it takes yet another twist in its grand, and at times dizzying soap opera.
A wealth of industry insights revealed at Gulfood
This week finds the Confectionery Production team at Gulfood Manufacturing, which is proving to be an extremely fascinating event.
Gulfood set for major industry showcases
With just a few days before this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing takes place in Dubai, and final preparations for the event are being put into place, as the global sector gathers to celebrate a broad array of new development
Action is required, but banning public transport snacking is unworkable
The release of former UK Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies’ report on obesity makes a number of notable key findings, including claims relating to the damage that un-checked snacking habits are having on youngsters.
The World Confectionery Conference set for the Grand Place in Brussels
Having officially launched next year’s World Confectionery Conference, we are proud to reveal the venue for our title’s debut international event.
Improving cacao farming techniques set to offer major sector breakthrough
The past week has seen the launch of Barry Callebaut’s latest series of sustainably sourced chocolate in San Francisco, which promises a significant breakthrough in terms of making use of the whole of the cacaofruit as part of its product.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
All systems go for our global confectionery conference showcase
Marking 20 years in business for our parent company, Bell Publishing, we believed that the timing was right to launch our debut World Confectionery Conference event in Brussels next year. The team here at Confectionery Production has been working hard behind the scenes to develop the event with its key goal of delivering an event […]
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Changing global tastes
According to research group Globaldata, consumers in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly seeking healthier options as part of their regular snacking behaviour.
The season of major international trade shows begins
With autumn around the corner for us here in the northern hemisphere, the season heralds a particularly busy period for our events calendar.