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News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Biscuits 18-Sep-2023
TOP HEADLINES
Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana civil society organisations demand more for cocoa farmers – amid calls for COCOBOD head to resign
Platform for Sustainable Cocoa in Cote d'Ivoire (PICD) and the Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) are calling on their respective governments to raise the price of beans for the important 2023-24 season to make sure farmers can receive a living income.... Read more
Invent, invest and amplify: The inaugural class of innovators leading the charge with Mondelēz’s tech-forward engagement programme
CoLab Tech is is designed to build a venture pipeline of early-stage snack brands focused on ideas that address tech-driven processes, sustainability and other priority areas for the Oreo maker.... Read more
Free-to-attend webinar on the impact of reformulation: health hazard or brand boost?
Industry leaders take the podium to discuss the movement that is increasingly impacting all areas when it comes to creating stand out snacks, from trickier better-for-you formulations that do not compromise on indulgence, to simpler labels and being as good for the planet as they are for the body.... Read more
Riding popularity wave: Bangkok Cookies eyes export expansion, local supermarket entry on the back of travel retail success
Thailand-based Bangkok Cookies is planning to expand its presence into more export markets as well as eyeing plans for local supermarket retail after having achieved resounding success as a souvenir product in the travel retail scene.... Read more
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
ICE set to launch Traceability Service to ready cocoa sector for EU Deforestation Regulation compliance
International soft commodities exchange has announced it has launched a new Traceability Service to support cocoa suppliers and other commodities, such as coffee and sugar, affected by the EU Deforestation Regulation.... Read more
ON-DEMAND WEBINARS
Sweetest Innovations
In this webinar ConfectioneryNews will profile some of the key innovations in the sector that are being driven primarily by consumer trends. As R&D budgets are increased, we have seen ground-breaking innovations in the gummy market and in vegan chocolate, but where are the next...
13-Sep-2023
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Creating Gummies with Unique and Impactful Taste Using Buffers, Untapped Formulation Tools
While buffers are well-known as pH regulators, in gummies they also have an untapped potential: modulating taste and flavor in dimensions such as intensity, juiciness, sourness, true-to-fruit, and complexity. Bartek conducted sensory analysis on fruit-flavored gelatin and pectin gummies made with different buffers to...
13-Jul-2023
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GLOBAL INDUSTRY NEWS
Ignorance to sex differences may explain why nutrition interventions fail in research
A review has explored how the differences between men and women might heavily influence the impact of nutrition on heart health, asserting that ignorance of such discrepancies may explain why some promising interventions appear to fail in later stage research.... Read more
Protein consumption up across age groups, but sodium, saturated fat and added sugar still high
While overall dietary patterns are poor for American adults and adolescents who are exceeding the recommended limits for sodium, saturated fat and added sugar, toddlers are eating better and protein consumption across age groups is on the rise, according to recent findings from the Dietary Guidelines subcommittee.... Read more
Seaweed start-up secures fresh funds million to scale and commercialise
Scotland-based OCEANIUM announces a $2.6 (€2.4) million fundraise to scale up its proprietary biorefinery technology to meet market demand for its seaweed ingredients and materials.... Read more
Snackex gears up for Stockholm in 2024
Held biannually for the past 50+ years, Snackex is considered the ultimate event on the savoury snacks and nuts sector’s annual calendar to showcase new ideas and success stories, to catch up with other industry professionals and to learn from the experts.... Read more
Howdy Homemade expands retail presence, furthers mission to create jobs for people with disabilities
Ice cream brand Howdy Homemade is expanding its retail footprint and mission of employing people with individual intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDDs) beyond its homestate of Texas, brand founder Tom Landis told FoodNavigator-USA.... Read more
FTC settles case on privacy, security of genetic information with1Health.io
The agency claims precision health company 1Health.io failed to protect privacy and security of DNA data and unfairly changed its privacy policy.... Read more
PREVIOUS HEADLINES
New packaging innovations are addressing sustainability issues, survey finds
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