Features
Special focus: Preparing for the future of biscuits and cookies
Confectionery Production examines the latest innovations in cookie and biscuit products and technology, and how they are meeting trends while ensuring compliance with health and sustainability requirements. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Interpack special focus: Theegarten-Pactec CEO Markus Rustler offers key event insights
Ahead of this year’s fast-approaching Interpack show in May, the event’s advisory committee president and Theegarten-Pactec CEO and president, Markus Rustler offers key insights into the current challenges facing the packaging industry, the “sustainability” and “digitalisation” megatrends and how these will be shaping the industry for years to come, as well as his expectations for the upcoming trade fair.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Special feature: Ethical cocoa sourcing under the spotlight
Sustainability standards in cocoa sourcing have remained rightly high on the global agenda. Neill Barston examines the core issues and developments making major headlines
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Fudge, toffee and caramel: Creating modern nostalgia
Daisy Phillipson examines the latest products, ingredients and machinery in the world of caramel, toffee and fudge, as nostalgic treats are reimagined with modern twists.
A Day in the Life: Julian Lucas, marketing manager, Plamil Foods
After a strong stint of service with UK vegan pioneering business, Plamil Foods, sales and marketing manager Julian Lucas is set for retirement. Neill Barston quizzes him on his eventful career
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: DT&G continues global confectionery equipment development
UK chocolate coating and polishing equipment business DT&G Limited has sixty years of engineering heritage to its name. Neill Barston meets managing director Lyn Pitt at its headquarters in the Liverpool area, to discuss its continued evolution
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Processing, Sustainability
Editor’s outlook: A year of challenges and opportunities ahead
The past year in the confectionery sector has proved momentous in a considerable amount of respects in terms of product development, consumer trends, and wider geopolitical events that are continuing to have a major impact.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: Ferrero World Confectionery Conference preview interview
The World Confectionery Conference will be returning as a live showcase this autumn. Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to Francesco Tramontin, Ferrero’s vice president of EU institutional relations and the group’s public policy centre, who will be featuring as part of a dynamic line-up of speakers for our must-attend event of 2023
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: Gerhard Schubert champions greater digitalisation in packaging systems
Anyone who operates modern production lines such as those in the packaging industry is now facing the question of whether, how and to what end digital machine data should be evaluated. The answer to these questions calls for producers to closely examine the expenditure and effort digitalisation requires, security concerns and pragmatic everyday production, according to Germany’s Gerhard Schubert.
Exclusive: Plant-based chocolate: delivering a real alternative
The past couple of years has seen an explosion in the plant-based movement – including the development of chocolate offerings. Confectionery Production board member and industry consultant, Graham Godfrey, offers his view on potential for the segment
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability
Sweet success in chocolate production
Confectionery Production examines how the chocolate processing sector is being driven by rapid innovation, both in new products and production solutions, despite market challenges. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Process control and automation: Weathering the storm with smart solutions
Confectionery Production considers how the latest process control and automation technology can help offset myriad challenges facing the confectionery and bakery sectors. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Behind the scenes: Driving cocoa sustainability in West Africa
Among core topics for this year’s World Confectionery Conference was the key issue of sustainability as it relates to core cocoa supply chains. Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to Alex Assanvo, executive secretary of the Ivory Coast and Ghana Cocoa Initiative on tackling major sector issues
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability
Exclusive preview: Behind the scenes of Gulfood Manufacturing 2022
With record attendance expected for this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing equipment and processing event in the UAE, editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to show’s director Mark Napier on its key prospects ahead
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability