Features
Exclusive extended feature: ProSweets Cologne 2024, editor’s preview
This year’s ProSweets offers an eclectic mix of exhibitors, as the event returns to its full strength after a shortened version last year, as Confectionery Production’s editor, Neill Barston discovers with this extended preview of the show
Region focus: New Zealand’s diverse confectionery market
Industry consultant Graham Godfrey, who is also on our editorial board, offers an assessment on his travels of the intriguing New Zealand confectionery market
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability
Special Q&A: Daniel Keller, Bühler UAE, division manager discusses the region’s thriving market
Drawing an eclectic mix of visitors from around the World, Gulfood Manufacturing saw a host of machinery and solutions providers head to Dubai. Editor Neill Barston quizzes to Daniel Keller, divisional manager at Bühler, on recently taking on the task of heading up its UAE operations
Special focus: A perfect flavour match
Confectionery Production examines how colours and flavours in 2023 are all about cherishing the past, indulging in the present and innovating for the future. Daisy Phillipson reports
Exclusive: Extended Gulfood Manufacturing 2023 event review
As it nears its decade milestone, Gulfood Manufacturing has grown from strength to strength across equipment, systems and ingredients markets for the Middle East, as editor Neill Barston reports.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Focus: Luker Chocolate’s Cacao Effect project records Colombian success
With sustainable sourcing at the centre of its business, Luker Chocolate has been at the forefront of delivering best practice in supply chains. Here, the company offers an overview of its longest running “Chocolate Dream’ project, the Cacao Effect in Colombia.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Special focus: Chocolate and cocoa processing markets powered by high-tech solutions
Chocolate and cocoa processing markets remain big business around the world, with the segment set for considerable expansion according to industry studies, as editor Neill Barston evaluates
Exclusive: Behind the scenes at TNA’s UK equipment manufacturing facilities
As a key regional base for its equipment operations, TNA’s Birmingham facilities are a vital cog within its global work, as associate editor Kathryn Brand discovers
Standing out from the sugar-reduction crowd
The market for health-conscious sweeteners within confectionery is continuing apace, as editor Neill Barston discovers, evaluating global markets.
Exclusive: World Confectionery Conference 2023 review
This year’s World Confectionery Conference took up the mantle putting a spotlight on major issues facing the sector, from supply chains, through to shared environmental and
social corporate responsibilities. Editor Neill Barston reports (pics by Philip Taylor).
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Iba set to welcome global stars of the bakery and confectionery world
After a major pandemic-enforced break, iba is set to return this month, showcasing the bakery and confectionery sector’s key developments for the global marketplace, as Neill Barston discovers speaking to the event’s director, Susann Seidemann
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Utilising the power of cacao for confectionery excellence
Over the past two years, Barry Callebaut brand Cabosse Naturals has gone about delivering a major shift in how cacaofruit is used within the sector. As editor Neill Barston found speaking to sales director William Angleys, its latest powder-based solution holds the keys to major confectionery breakthroughs.
Special focus: Artisan confectioners battle major challenges of rising costs of operating
Artisan chocolate and confectionery segments around the world has been impacted just as much as any other segment of the industry. As Neill Barston discovers speaking to two key chocolatiers, Britain’s Paul A Young, and US-based William Poole, major challenges are having a concerning effect on the industry
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Special focus: Mondelēz International’s HQ stars of the candy capital
Regarded as the ‘candy capital of the world,’ Chicago remains home to some of the biggest businesses in the sweets and snacks sector. Neill Barston explores the area’s confectionery heritage, and exclusively goes behind the scenes of Mondelēz International’s global HQ