James Ede

Exclusive review: The World Confectionery Conference marks 90th anniversary of Confectionery Production in style

A genuine buzz surrounded this year’s World Confectionery Conference, as the event proved a worthy celebration of our publication’s 90th anniversary, offering a key platform for debating major issues facing the industry. Editor Neill Barston reports

Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability

Exclusive video: World Confectionery Conference 2024 review

This year’s World Confectionery Conference offered up a dynamic range of presentations covering the entire spectrum of the global industry, with key topics across equipment, systems, ingredients and finished products from right across the sector.

Exclusive: Cargill delivers Deventer manufacturing expansion meeting chocolate coatings and fillings demands

The Cargill group has revealed a significant uprating of production capacity from its coatings and fillings plant by 60% in Deventer, The Netherlands, to help its European customers meet expanded demand for chocolate supplies, reports Neill Barston.

Exclusive: Cargill places sustainability at the heart of the World Confectionery Conference

With our World Confectionery Conference fast approaching, editor Neill Barston offers an exclusive interview with Cargill on its ongoing sustainability mission within key agricultural supply chains including the vital cocoa sector.

Cargill World Confectionery Conference 2024 preview

Confectionery Production magazine editor Neill Barston speaks to James Ede, senior sustainability lead at Cargill, ahead of his appearance at this year’s World Confectionery Conference. You can register for the event at confectioneryconference.com

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability

Exclusive video: Cargill World Confectionery Conference preview interview

With the 2024 World Confectionery Conference celebrating our 90th anniversary as a publication fast approaching, we offer a behind the scenes preview interview with James Ede, a sustainability lead at Cargill, who is among our major event keynotes, writes Neill Barston.

Cargill gains major silver benchmarking recognition for its stevia production

Cargill has confirmed a major step for its stevia-based ingredients portfolio, claiming a first for the sector after its programme has been benchmarked at Silver Level by SAI Platform’s Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) 3.0, reports Neill Barston.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory

Cargill develops plan for sustainable sourcing of key red seaweed ingredient

Global ingredients group Cargill has launched an initiative to promote sustainable harvesting of red seaweed, which is widely used as a source of food ingredients including confectionery.

Business news, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability