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ISM Cologne 2020 50th anniversary event
Confectionery Production covers this year’s ISM global confectionery event. Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to Camille Lannoy of Barry Callebaut, Andy Baxendale of Sweetdreams, Sian Holt from Fudge Kitchen, Yasmin Atun of Abicab, and James Cadbury, from Love Cocoa
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
Patrick Poirrier gains ISM Award at 50th anniversary event
Patrick Poirrier, CEO of French confectionery company Cemoi, has been named as the ISM Award winner, as the event celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Barry Callebaut moves towards complete traceability of cocoa supplies in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
Swiss-headquartered Barry Callebaut has confirmed that it has established 100% farm traceability of its direct cocoa supply chain within Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire that are considered at risk of sourcing from protected forest areas.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability
Chocolate producers set out plan to end deforestation
Top cocoa-producing countries Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and chocolate and cocoa giants have announced Frameworks for Action to end deforestation and restore forest areas.
Cemoi acquires moulded chocolate specialist
French chocolate manufacturer The Cemoi Group has acquired US based molded chocolate specialist Chris Candies from private investors.
Cocoa and chocolate research centre
Cemoi has inaugurated it’s new cocoa and chocolate research centre. Some public figures attended the event, including the Ivory Coast Minister of Agriculture, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly. The new laboratory is dedicated entirely to the research of cocoa products, such as beans, masses, cake and butter. The move came as part of the group’s innovation process […]
Cocoa companies join forces
Cemoi and Indcresa have joined forces to launch Sélection Cacao, a complete range of cocoa powders that has been designed to meet the needs of the French food industry. Both major players in the chocolate and cocoa powder market, Cemoi and Indcresa have combined their talents to offer a unique range of superior quality cocoa […]
Sensory analysis tool for cocoa
French chocolate maker CEMOI has created a sensory analysis tool for the cocoa world called Pantarôme. The Pantarôme colour chart identifies the different aromatic notes perceived in a cocoa mass. It was created by CEMOI to help its professional customers such as industrialists, distributors and artisans with the conception of their chocolate recipes. With the […]
PACTS and Mars commit to sustainable cocoa
PACTS (a Blommer, Petra Foods/Delfi brand, and Cemoi alliance) and Mars have both signed a Memorandum of Understanding confirming their commitment to sustainable cocoa farming in Ivory Coast. Both are convinced that only a long term commitment of the entire cocoa sector will achieve results and they also believe that the farmer is the principal […]
Caobisco elects new president
29 June 2012 – Caobisco has elected Tobias Bachmüller, CEO of Katjes Fassin GmbH + Co in Germany, as president, for a two year mandate. He succeeds Didier Focking, Nestlé. Bachmüller is a lawyer who started his professional career in the food industry in 1992 when he became marketing director of Chocolate for Kraft Foods, […]
Record breaking cocoa shipment
15 February 2011 – Blommer Chocolate, North America’s largest processor of cocoa beans and ingredient chocolate products, has announced the single, largest cocoa bean shipment from West Africa is destined for their facility. The vessel, the Atlantic Tramp, carried 18,400 metric tons of cocoa, most of which is sustainably farmed, Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa and Blommer […]