AI
Puratos Taste Tomorrow reveals major North American confectionery and snacks trends
Global ingredients business Puratos shone a light on some of the latest confectionery and snacks consumer trends and preferences at its annual Taste Tomorrow event, which took place in Austin, Texas, US, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Flavour fusion of East meets West leads the way with ofi’s latest AI-enhanced research
AI-generated research has led ingredients specialist ofi to deliver latest insights anticipating a greater fusion of flavours across product categories including confectionery, bakery and snacks markets around the world, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Hancocks wholesaler engages AI-enhanced platform driving customer engagement
UK confectionery wholesaler Hancocks, part of the World of Sweets Group, is set to use an advanced customer engagement programme from Algonomy to drive more effective product recommendations for its customer base, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory
Givaudan launches key AI-enhanced customer foresight system
The Givaudan fragrance, taste and wellbeing group has launched its AI-enhanced Customer Foresight platform that is anticipated to have a major impact on future product development, writes Neill Barston.
Confectionery sector seeking AI solutions could pave the way for key production breakthrough
There have been a number of standout developments within the confectionery sector in terms of finished product development in the past few years that have engaged technology to its best effect.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Gerhard Schubert unveils AI robotics packaging developments at Fachpack event
The Gerhard Schubert group unveiled its latest motion technology robots designed for packaging machinery at the Fachpack trade fair in Germany, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Barry Callebaut praises AI mapping of forests at risk in Malaysia, Indonesian and Philippines
Barry Callebaut has welcomed the results of a groundbreaking large-scale High Carbon Stock map, using artificial intelligence (AI) offering precise coverage of areas at risk of deforestation in cocoa-growing territories of Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Mars Wrigley aims high with Google Cloud partnership for world’s first Maltesers AI Cake
Mars Wrigley UK has posed a key culinary question of whether taste can ever be digitised? The answer, it seems, is yes, with its Google Cloud partnership developing the world’s first Maltesers AI Cake, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing
Givaudan reveals avdvanced AI tools for creating latest product ranges
The Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing group has released its Advanced Tools for Modelling (ATOM) using artificial intelligence for optimising food and flavour formulation and collaborative ventures, including confectionery and bakery applications, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Rainforest Alliance calls on developers to help cocoa farms
The Rainforest Alliance has launched the Ag-Tech Developer Challenge, a competition to create a remote sensing data product to support the mobile-enabled FDPs on cocoa farms.