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Are freeze dried sweets the holiday treats you’re looking for? Tik Tok at least believes so…
This coming week is the start of a family break that I’ve been very much looking forward to and comes after what has been a pretty intense first half of 2024, with a huge array of events and key news breaking across the industry.
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
Exclusive video: Ferrero prepares for the World Confectionery Conference
Editor Neill Barston meets Francesco Tramontin of Ferrero at its HQ in Luxebourg for an exclusive interview previewing his appearance at this year’s World Confectionery Conference taking place in Brussels, Belgium.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
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
Cooking up a storm in functional ingredients
With the health boom showing no signs of slowing, Confectionery Production explores how cutting-edge cooking and depositing technology, coupled with the expertise of machinery suppliers, is boosting efficiency in fortified candies. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
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
Driving efficiencies with ancillary equipment
The confectionery equipment and systems market remains well-stocked with core machinery lines, and, as Daisy Phillipson reports, there’s an almost bewildering array of additional ancillary kit that manufacturers can add to their respective operations
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, 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
Beneo explores challenges and opportunities within plant based confectionery
The plant based confectionery movement is seemingly continuing to gather pace, with new releases emerging regularly around the world. Dr Isabel Trogh, customer technical support manager at ingredients group, Beneo offers her view on some of the biggest trends hitting markets around the world.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory
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
Nestle: behind the scenes at York KitKat and the Income Accelerator scheme
Editor Neill Barston meets the Nestle UK team to tour its flagship York site, and discuss its Income Accelerator project supporter cocoa sector workers.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
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
The keys to success with inspection and sorting equipment
Consumers are demanding an ever-greater level of protection around product manufacturing, as Neill Barston reports on key developments within the sorting and inspection market
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, 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