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News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Biscuits 25-Jan-2024
TOP HEADLINES
Shift towards private-label chocolate steadies Barry Callebaut's sales
According to analysts, Barry Callebaut has posted a slight rise in sales volumes in three months to the end of November ahead of a challenging and overall declining chocolate confectionery market due to inflation that is squeezing household budgets.... Read more
Thai confectionery market recognised at ISM 2024
Ekachai Savetsomphob, Managing Director of Sino-Pacific, Thailand’s largest food and snack imported is being honoured with the ISM Award 2024 for his contribution and fluence in the development of the market in Southeast Asia.... Read more
Hill Biscuits eyes boosted growth with new team, new directions and new investments
Approaching its 170th anniversary, the Manchester-based company is one of the largest and longest established biscuit (cookie) manufacturers in the UK, producing hundreds of millions of biscuits annually.... Read more
High-level delegates set to attend World Cocoa Foundation's Partnership Meeting in Amsterdam
The World Cocoa Foundation’s Partnership Meeting promises two days of busy high-level discussions when leading industry figures gather in Amsterdam from 6 to 7 February. ConfectioneryNews is the official media partner and shall be reporting live from the event held this year in the historic Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam as part of Amsterdam Cocoa Week.... Read more
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Breaking good: First KitKat using cocoa from the Nestlé Income Accelerator launches in Europe
KitKat, one of Nestlé’s most popular and innovative confectionery brands, will now become its most sustainable after the company announced the snack bar will be made with 100% chocolate sourced from the Income Accelerator Programme (IAP)... Read more
 Chocolate Cordillera achieves early wins for its female cocoa farmers
At the end of 2023, Colombian sustainable brand Chocolate Cordillera announced that 106 female cocoa farmers from Urabá Antioquia had completed the first module of its ATENEA sustainability program, giving some the confidence to become fully independent and start their own businesses. Alejandra Sarasty, Chief Global B2B Officer at Colombia’s Compañia Nacional de Chocolates (owners of Chocolate Cordillera), explains the significance of the milestone for the women directly involved and the cocoa sector in general.... Listen now
ON-DEMAND WEBINARS
Time’s up: new European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) comes into force at the end of 2024 - how ready is cocoa?
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...
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GLOBAL INDUSTRY NEWS
Pairing aspirin with a probiotic may reduce stomach lining damage
Co-ingestion of aspirin with probiotic strain Bifidobacterium breve Bif195 in a group of healthy adults significantly reduced damage to the stomach lining associated with prolonged or high-dose aspirin consumption, according to a recent study.... Read more
The 'promising' role of saffron in stress resilience
New research conducted in partnership with botanical product manufacturer Pharmactive reveals that its standardized saffron extract Affron was able to normalise HPA axis dysregulation following chronic mild stress stimulation in a rat model.... Read more
Experts advocate for new quality control position within C-suite
Industry experts propose the creation of a new executive position within organizations to help combat a rise in Food and Drug Administration citations against supplement companies who don’t meet quality control standards.... Read more
Going 'raw': A business opportunity or a risk not worth taking?
Once banned by the Food and Drug Administration, raw milk sales are now being legalized across an increasing number of US states. But is selling - and consuming - raw dairy products worth the risk?... Read more
How GT’s Living Foods is leveraging social media to inform kombucha innovation
GT’s Living Foods is leveraging social-media to find new SYNERGY kombucha flavors, as the brand revamps its strategy to better engage with consumers about the importance of gut-health, the brand’s director of social media marketing, Sam Ayers, told FoodNavigator-USA.... Read more
The impact of modern living on microbiome profile and allergies
A new review by Australia-based researchers suggests there is a shortage of proven and reliable microbiome-based interventions for allergic disorders. Writing in the World Allergy Organization Journal, the scientists connect this to the interaction between modern lifestyles and microbiomes.... Read more
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