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GNT group unveils colouring trend for purple
Global colouring food specialists, the GNT group, has forecast one of the major product themes for this year is set to be based around the colour purple.
Sugar supply
EU sugar quotas may boost production in the short term, but the long term impacts remain unclear. Diana Yordanova reports from Brussels, Belgium.
Ferrero to acquire US confectionery business Ferrara
Confectionery giant Ferrero Group is to acquire Ferrara Candy Company, which claims to be the third largest US non-chocolate confectionery company.
Changing tastes to drive global sugar market slowdown
Consumers’ shift away from sugar consumption is an important driver behind significant changes in the food and beverage industry, according to a new report.
Savoury snack showcase
Some 155 exhibitors descended on Vienna, Austria, for the biennial Snackex trade show and conference from 21-22 June. Katie Smith reports.
Mondelēz opens R&D hub in Poland
Snack giant Mondelēz International has opened a new research and development hub in Poland as part of a $65 million investment aimed at accelerating growth and innovation.
Uncertainty after TPP U-turn
Trump’s destruction of the TPP has sparked a major rethink within the American and Asia Pacific confectionery sector. Ed Zwirn, Barbara Barkhausen, Julian Ryall and Jens Kaster report.
Biscuit anyone?
We’re all partial to a biscuit or two as an afternoon snack, or after dinner treat, but new research suggests a decline in the consumption of high-calorie food items will promote structural shifts in the US cookie and cracker market.
Nestlé cuts FY sales target on softer environment
Swiss food giant Nestlé has cut its full-year sales outlook, blaming the current softer environment, which has been marked by deflation and low raw material prices.
Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
First fully automated lollipop coating line
GEA, which supplies process technology for the food industry, has developed what it claims is the world’s first fully automated lollipop coating line.
Magic Candy Factory 3D printer to launch in US
AIB International has developed a tool which it says will allow bakeries to validate their food safety preventive controls and accurately evaluate Salmonella destruction in soft cookies.
ColdBake technology enters next phase
Carritech Research has developed ColdBake technology for producing new ranges of sweet and savoury ‘baked’ foods that are capable of carrying heat sensitive ingredients that provide health, nutrition and medicinal benefits.
Sweet celebrations
With wedding season in full swing, it’s hard not to notice all the appealing pastel coloured confectionery that has appeared – from personalised rock to candy buffets and towering layers of cup cakes and colour coded macarons.
Palsgaard sets CSR standards
Palsgaard’s newly released 2014 CSR report details how the Denmark-based food ingredients producer continues to set sustainability standards, including working towards an ambitious goal to achieve CO2-neutrality by 2020.