The Surucuá community in Brazil's state of Pará is the first to receive an Amazonian Creative Laboratory, a compact mobile biofactory designed to help kick-start the Amazonâs bioeconomy to process, package and sell bean-to-bar chocolate and similar products at premium prices.... Read more
Brand owner Mars Wrigley is rolling out a new flavour âworld-firstâ innovation across Australia this month, combining consumersâ love of chocolate & cookie dough into one bite-sized treat.... Read more
With a mission to expand access to nutritious food worldwide, The EVERY Companyâs CEO, Arturo Elizondo explained to FoodNavigator-USA how its B2C partnerships allows for its products to appear âmore broadlyâ in the market, from retail products to food service.... Read more
ConfectioneryNews will be presenting a special live webinar on Tuesday 23 January 24 at 17:00Paris / 10:00AM Chicago to discuss the new requirements for market access for cocoa and chocolate suppliers into the European Union.... Read more
Since the World Cocoa Foundationâs last Partnership Meeting in Brussels at the end of 2022, the organisation has undergone significant internal changes â but its mission remains the same â to âcreate a thriving and equitable cocoa sector.â After skipping 2023 for a reset, WCF partners are set to gather in Amsterdam from 6 to 7 February to outline its agenda for 2024 and beyond.... Read more
Although there are three pieces of legislation to the bill: Deforestation; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; & Forced Labour Regulation, this latest ConfectioneryNews webinar will focus primarily on deforestation, which has been in force since the law was passed in June 2023, but applicable from...
Microplastics, which research suggests could be harmful to human health, are well-known infiltrators of a wide variety of food and beverages. Now, researchers have found that nanoplastics, the even smaller offspring of microplastics, are present in stratospheric quantities in bottled water, unbeknownst to us until now.... Read more
Communicating science and supplement benefits is particularly tricky within the microbiome health arena, but there are some companies and individuals who have achieved great success after mastering how to simplify this science and jargon-laden space.... Read more
Attempts to restrict access to weight management supplements for minors took a step forward in California as the Stateâs Assembly Health Committee advanced a controversial bill on the issue.... Read more
It's January - meaning the spotlight is well and truly on the low and no alcohol category. The latest data from IWSR sets the scene and pinpoints where future growth is most likely to come from.... Read more
A recent analysis of consumer attitudes towards food supplements finds that food safety knowledge (FSK) significantly affects the behavioural intentions (BIs) towards supplement consumption, suggesting that increased transparency and consumer information would improve their usage.... Read more
As we head into 2024, the focus turns to where the European landscape on insect protein is currently and how it may evolve in the coming year.... Read more
