Blogs
World Confectionery Awards set for Brussels conference presentation
With deadlines due, this week’s blog is very much a simple one of thank to all those who have engaged with our awards for this year’s World Confectionery Conference taking place on 12 September.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Caramac’s back and tapping into a wave of confectionery nostalgia
Much to many fans’ delight, Nestlé has revived its classic British caramel flavoured bar, the Caramac, which is seemingly going to be on a temporary basis after being surprisingly discontinued at the end of last year.
Make the most of our World Confectionery Awards and nominate your enterprise today
The deadline for our World Confectionery Awards at our World Confectionery Conference is fast drawing for us on 8 August, and we sincerely welcome your entries across the board and celebrate industry achievements.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory
Inflation drop welcomed by industry, though cocoa and confectionery product prices remain impacted
Today’s news that UK inflation within the food and drink sector has fallen to 1.5% is something that the industry is clearly welcoming amid a time of ongoing operating challenges within supply chains in terms of broader operating costs, including sustained spikes in the price of ingredient sourcing.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Final call for our World Confectionery Conference early bird rates
With just over two months to go until our 2024 edition of the World Confectionery Conference, this is our final week of the early bird rates to what we are anticipating will be one of the most memorable events of the year.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Global confectionery sector seeks a kick-start after ongoing supply challenges dent some international markets
There’s no getting away from the fact that the past couple of years in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have served up a significant raft of challenges for the confectionery, snacks and bakery sectors on an international level.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing
Will the EUDR regulations resolve remaining issues before its deadline day?
As far as policy making impacting the confectionery and snacks sector is concerned, there can be few, if any issue that has dominated global headlines like the emergence of the EUDR deforestation legislation making its way noisily through the EU parliament this summer.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
World Confectionery Conference early bird visitor rates extended into July
As the latest edition of the World Confectionery Conference continues to take shape, early bird visitor rates to this year’s event have been extended until July 15, so we are encouraging industry professionals to make the most of this key offer for our must-see show.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Will AI potentially help or hinder snacks shopping?
There’s little doubting the impressiveness of just how rapidly AI has risen as a phenomenon over the past two years, which has stacked up huge media interest around the world.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory
Guest blog: Exploring the dynamics of the global cocoa supply chain
As Confectionery Production has covered extensively over the past couple of years, the cocoa sector continues to face significant multiple challenges on a global level. Here, Dwiti Gaggar, Associate Consultant, Food and Nutrition, offers an overview on how the industry is navigating present key tests.
Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability
Fairtrade Foundation’s mission remains vital three decades on
While the Fairtrade Foundation laid the groundwork for the movement in the early 90s, it was a couple of years later in 1994 when the UK gained its first glimpse of Fairtrade chocolate, which made notable national and international headlines.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Time to shine again with our awards at the World Confectionery Conference
An especially significant element of our World Confectionery Conference in Brussels this September is set to take shape with our annual World Confectionery Awards, which this year have been enhanced to include an additional category of best emerging enterprise.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Make sure to be part of our 90th anniversary celebrations at the fourth edition of the World Confectionery Conference
Plans for our World Confectionery Conference in Brussels, Belgium are continuing to take shape, with our event on 12 September set to highlight key sustainability developments and innovation right across our sector.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Sweets & Snacks Expo celebrates record attendance in its new Indianapolis home
This week in Indianapolis, there has been much enthusiastic talk of “Hoosier Hospitality,” the local warm welcome that the region has become particularly recognised for, and the city did not fail to deliver on the sense of anticipation of Sweets & Snacks Expo’s return to the city.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability