Back issues

July/ August 2014

• Product focus: extruded confectionery
• Equipment: forming and extrusion
• Ingredients: flavours and colours
• Packaging: pick and place and robotics
• Show report: Interpack

June 2014

• Product focus: chocolate;
• Equipment: chocolate processing, coating;
• Ingredients: glazing and polishing;
• Packaging: sleeve wrapping

May 2014

• Product focus: chewing gum
• Equipment: chewing gum processing
• Ingredients: chewing gum ingredients
• Packaging: chewing gum packaging
• Show special: Interpack, Sweets and Snacks Expo

April 2014

• Product focus: Aerated confectionery
• Equipment: Aeration
• Ingredients: Dairy ingredients, emulsifiers
• Show preview: Interpack

March 2014

• Product Focus: Fudge, toffee, caramel
• Equipment: Cocoa processing
• Ingredients: Cocoa
• Packaging: Packaging materials
• Show report: ISM

February 2014

Regulars:

• News Round Up
• Industry Expert
• Standing Out

Features:

• Supporting World Commerce
• The Complexity of Sustainability

December 2013/January 2014

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• Edible packaging
• Mixing technology
• Ingredients trends

November 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• Hard candy production
• Twist wrap
• Lollipops

October 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• Nut inclusions
• Focus on snacks
• Robotic technology

September 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• Bakery products
• Bakery technology
• Oils & fats
• Functional ingredients
• Flow wrapping

July/August 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• Jellies and gums
• Weighing and detection
• Gelling agents
• Bagging
• The wholesale market

June 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• Extruded confectionery
• Forming and extrusion
• Dairy ingredients
• Pick and place and robotics

May 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• Toffee talk
• Sweets & Snacks Expo
• Caramel coatings
• Stabilisers
• Labelling

April 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment

Features

• The art of aeration
• Flavours & colours
• Conveyors explained
• Cocoa sustainability
• Marshmallows
• Cocoa roasting

March 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment…Geoff Bryant, R&D director for Mars Chocolate UK

Features

• ProSweets/ISM review
• Wrigley reveals production methods
• Sweeteners
• Good things come in small packages
• Chewing gum ingredients
• Chewing gum

February 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment…Richard Cullen, joint managing director of The Jelly Bean Factory

Features

• ProSweets/ISM preview
• Flaw free polish
• A good temper
• Wrapping up chocolate
• Both sides of the coin
• A closer look at China
• Sliding sugar free sales

December 2012/January 2013

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Confectioner’s comment…Kieran Murphy, head of marketing at The In Thing, Magic Choc distributor

Features

• A healthier future
• Pump it up
• Perfect paper
• EU sugar quotas could stay
• Choosing a consultant
• SUPPLIER PROFILES

November 2012

Regulars

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Ingredients news
• Processing and packaging news
• End Product news and features
• Confectioner’s comment…Markus Rustler, managing director of Theegarten Pactec

Features

• The taste and colour of success
• Twist and shout
• Making a deposit
• Lollipops lose sales
• Choco Tech 2012
• Here’s to health
• Best before end

October 2012

Regulars:

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Products, packs promotions
• Ingredients news
• Processing & packaging news
• Diary
• Confectioner’s comment…Sue Stone, chocolate taster at Thorntons

Features:

• Health and safety issues
• Just plain nuts
• Going green
• Snacking with less guilt
• Valves ‘think’ for themselves
• Pretzel power
• Dissolving costs

September 2012

Regulars:

• Editorial comment
• News round up
• Products, packs promotions
• Ingredients news
• Processing & packaging news
• Diary
• Confectioner’s comment… Rachel Felwick, senior marketing manager, Echo Brand Design

Features:

• Maximising your assets
• Butter me up
• Bags of bakery
• Fill me up
• Cocoa is good for your health
• The green approach
• Getting your fats right
• Packing a punch
• It’s a wrap