Blogs
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
Primed and under starter’s orders for the Indianapolis edition of Sweets & Snacks Expo
With editorial deadlines pressing, this week’s blog is very much focused on a direct message of looking ahead to the fast approaching Sweets & Snacks Expo, which is due to kick off with its supplier showcase on 13 May.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Blackpool Rock firms’ plight needs urgent UK government backing
Hearing the plight of British-based Blackpool Rock producers these past few days who are fearing the loss of their industry owing to a food of imitation Chinese imports is something that surely stands as a clear wake-up call for our sector.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Hope for a global cocoa sector at a pivotal crossroads in history
Perhaps the most striking comment among many standout moments of this week’s thoroughly excellent World Cocoa Conference came from Voice Network’s Antonie Fountain, who said: “If not now, when are we going to solve the problems within cocoa?”
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Guest blog: Major sector tests set to be unravelled at the World Cocoa Conference
With the World Cocoa Conference set to begin this weekend in Brussels, Belgium, Frank Joosten, Programme Director, Cocoa, at the IDH sustainable trade initiative, offers his view on some of the most pressing challenges facing the sector
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
50% Cocoa farmer pay rises in Ghana and Ivory Coast could prove decisive for sector
These past few months, and even weeks have seen the full glare of the media spotlight upon the global cocoa sector as never before, with mainstream media picking up on its core significance right around the world.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Celebrating crafting a new confectionery category
For this week’s blog, the team at Confectionery Production would simply like to wish all at Plamil Foods success with the company’s latest launch of its Coffee Bar, which appears very much to be a genuine first in the global market.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Guest blog: “Eggflation” hits shoppers amid Easter cocoa price crisis
Leading players in the UK chocolate industry have their eyes on the prize this Easter. However, there are many challenges to overcome, especially “eggflation,” explains Ramsey Baghdadi, of consumer analyst group, GlobalData.
Cocoa industry calls for systemic change to solve pricing crisis
The global cocoa and chocolate world has been rocked this week as prices have continued to surge to an alarming new high of $10,000 a tonne on the US stock exchange which will have major implications for the wider industry.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability