Marcia Mogelonsky

Exclusive: Christmas confectionery round-up video: Mintel market interview

With the Christmas chocolate and broader confectionery sector gaining a healthy slice of the global annual market worth an estimated $300 billion a year, marketing new product ranges for the festive season remains especially big business.

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

Exclusive: Global chocolate market’s resilience offers major Christmas cheer

The chocolate confectionery market remains one of the highlights of the annual calendar, as editor Neill Barston discusses with Mintel’s director of insights, Marcia Mogelonsky, as we examine some of the industry’s key Christmas releases

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

UK is ‘top of the chocs’ for global Easter confectionery innovation, says latest research

Chocolate production volumes have increased by a total of 19% in the past year, paving the way for a strong array of sales this Easter for classic bunny ranges, candy chicks and seasonal novelties, as the UK leading the way in innovation, according to new research from Mintel, writes Neill Barston.

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

Mintel research shows optimism for confectionery market gains in 2022

While the pandemic continues to impact confectionery trends, there’s hope for revival this year, as Neill Barston finds speaking to Marcia Mogelonsky, director of insight, food and drink, at Mintel

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

Mintel insights: Marcia Mogelonsky confectionery trends interview

Neill Barston, editor of Confectionery Production magazine, speaks exclusively to Marcia Mogelonsky on the major challenges facing the confectionery sector, and hopes for 2022.

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

Easter chocolate innovation falls 25% amid Covid-19, according to Mintel studies

Despite relative buoyancy reported across key global confectionery markets as Easter approaches, coronavirus conditions have resulted in a 25% cut in chocolate product innovation over the past year, according to Mintel research, reports Neill Barston.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability

Continued rise of the global snacking market

Confectionery Production explores the latest trends in snack products, from DNA mapping to bedtime biscuits. Daisy Phillipson reports

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products

Mintel reveals top five snack trends at Sweets and Snacks Expo

Speaking at this year’s Sweets and Snacks Expo in Chicago, Marcia Mogelonsky offered Confectionery Production an update on the organisation’s top five confectionery trends that it expects will be making headlines for the remainder of this year.