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Exclusive video: State of the Industry Conference AI special focus
This year’s State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) event in Miami, Florida, shed some significant light on major trends impacting the US confectionery sector, which has attained sales totalling $54 billion in the past year despite a range of background challenges.
Early bird rates available for World Confectionery Conference 2025 edition
Early bird rates for our 2025 edition of the World Confectionery Conference are now available to both readers and potential exhibitors at our key annual event that will place a major spotlight on issues and opportunities across the sector, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Bakery processing market remains buoyant despite market challenges
The bakery sector is set to witness significant growth in the coming years, with innovation and sustainability key to its evolution. From digital tools to energy-efficient processes, Confectionery Production dives into the latest advancements that are shaping production processes. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
State of the Industry Conference, Miami, 2025 report
Editor Neill Barston goes behind the scenes at the State of the Industry Conference in Miami, where key topics of tariffs, cocoa supplies, product innovation and
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: Chocoa shines a light on cocoa’s future
Finding long-term solutions for the future of cocoa formed the hot concluding topic of key presentations for the final session of Chocoa’s Amsterdam Sustainable Cocoa Conference, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
ISM and ProSweets 2025 event reviews
Editor Neill Barston offers an exclusive review of this year’s ISM and ProSweets events in Cologne Germany, that placed a wide array of new products, equipment and technology under the spotlight
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive video: ISM & ProSweets 2025 event reviews
The organisers of this year’s ISM and ProSweets events have hailed the shows as another notable success, with more than 1,500 exhibitors, and a total of 32,000 visitors from 135 countries, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: TNA ProSweets 2025 interview
Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to Thiago Roriz, chief operating officer of Australia’s TNA Solutions on this year’s ProSweets 2025 event in Cologne, discussing its range of moguls, form, fill and seal lines as well as virtual reality applications that it hopes will make a mark in 2025.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Caotech sets its sights on ProSweets confectionery machinery showcase
With an established global reputation, Netherlands equipment firm Caotech, based in Wormerveer, has continued to expand the export of its ball mills and conches for cocoa and chocolate sector, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: Global excellence across the confectionery sector is set to shine at ISM 2025
The countdown to ISM Cologne 2025 in Germany is fast approaching, with a vast array of creative confectionery and snacks products taking their place in the limelight, writes Lily Blackmore.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Stage set for Sacmi’s ProSweets unveil of new chocolate wrapping systems
Two major developments from Sacmi packaging and chocolate will be on show at this year’s ProSweets, including a new hollow figure wrapping system, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Exclusive video: ISM & ProSweets 2025 preview
This year’s ISM & ProSweets events in Cologne, Germany, have combined forces to their greatest-ever degree for their latest instalments, showcasing the some of the world’s most anticipated finished product, equipment, systems and ingredients innovations.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Digital gains sought by Mondelēz with new Amazon web services deal
A major strategic deal has been struck by Mondelēz International, as it partners with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance digital innovation across the company.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Choco Tec event review 2024
Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to key contributors at this year’s Choco Tec 2024 event in Cologne Germany, including Andreas Bertram of ZDS, plus Palsgaard, California Cultured, Sollich, and NuKoko alternative cocoa, who were among many exhibitors at the key industry gathering, attended by hundreds of industry executives from around the world.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability