Features
Capturing the market for niche confectionery product ranges
The issue of new product development amid highly testing times is an intriguing one, as Confectionery Production board member Graham Godfrey discusses in his latest feature
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Behind the scenes: Läderach continues its global growth with US sites
Läderach is fast gaining a global confectionery foothold, including within the US, as its North American regional president Nathanael Hausmann explains to editor Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory
Behind the scenes at Love Cocoa and H!P pop-up confectionery event
The potential for oat milk based confectionery is continuing to take a notable leap forward, as Kathryn Brand discovers speaking to James Cadbury, whose two fast-rising chocolate businesses are making an impact on the British market.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
The appliance of science, as QOA develops cocoa-free chocolate series
The brother and sister scientific team behind QOA are bringing a potential sector revolution in developing a chocolate series using industry ingredient by-products instead of cocoa. Neill Barston reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Behind the scenes: Plamil living the vegan dream by the sea
With a million-pound investment in new chocolate processing equipment and latest vegan product lines, Plamil Foods is facing wider production challenges of recruitment and navigating Brexit fallout with genuine optimism, as editor Neill Barston reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Packaging focus: Flexible and sustainable solutions gain key industry momentum
According to Innova Market Insights’ top trends for 2022, the health of the planet is now the top concern of consumers. Daisy Phillipson takes a look at how new innovations in smart and sustainable flexible packaging can help confectionery manufacturers meet core environmental goals
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Bakery focus: Sugden eyes expansion with 50th anniversary on the horizon
With recent substantial investment in new bakery machinery manufacturing facilities, Sugden, is anticipating a strong year ahead, as Neill Barston discovers
speaking to managing director Chris Baldwin
Exclusive feature: Behind the scenes with Prestat’s new CEO Micaela Illy
Becoming CEO of Prestat while still in her 20s may have been a daunting prospect for Micaela Illy, but as Neill Barston discovers, she appears to be taking it very much in her stride
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive feature: Driving development of confectionery finished products
Challenging conditions amid the pandemic have driven demand for healthier and functional jellies and gums, representing key opportunities for manufacturers. We explore some of the latest equipment and finished products. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive feature: ProSweets Cologne 2022 extended review
Having experienced a pandemic-enforced absence of two years, this year’s ProSweets was always destined to be a memorable event, as editor Neill Barston found in Cologne
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Brexit trade crisis continues to impact UK confectionery sector
The UK confectionery market continues to grapple with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic while dealing with price changes and labour shortages caused by post-Brexit trading issues. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Behind the scenes: Ritter Sport aims high for a sustainable confectionery future
Delivering chocolate confectionery with a core focus on sustainable production is paying dividends for Ritter Sport, as Neill Barston discovers speaking to Benedict Daniels, managing director of its UK division
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Koelnmesse chief operating officer Oliver Frese anticipates ISM and ProSweets
Q: It’s now been two years now since we last saw ISM and ProSweets staged due to the pandemic, so how special will that make the 2022 edition of these events?
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Pandemic purchasing: Consumers turn to healthier ingredients including almonds within confectionery
The pandemic has posed a huge challenge for many food producers during the past two years, but there have also been opportunities for the food sector, as the Almond Board of California has highlighted in its latest market reflection.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability