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News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Biscuits
 
 
04-Dec-2019
 
 
 
TODAY'S HEADLINES
 
 
Tony’s Chocolonely endorses call for more EU regulation of the cocoa industry

SUSTAINABILITY

 
Time to act is ‘now’ says brand’s own head of impact and issues its own statement on regulation in the sector... Read
 
 
Olam brings its deZaan TrueDark cocoa powder to Fi Europe in Paris

FI EUROPE

 
Natural ingredients take centre stage at this year’s Fi Europe, the annual, and world's largest, gathering of ingredient buyers and decision makers in the food industry... Read
 
 
Forever Ghana: How Barry Callebaut’s subsidy of efficient cooking stoves for cocoa farmers is also helping its carbon footprint

SUSTAINABILITY

 
In the second of a series of articles on Barry Callebaut’s operations in Ghana we look at the company’s carbon reduction strategy in West Africa – as the group announced that it is contributing to the collective efforts of climate change to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius... Watch now
 
 
Hostess Brands to acquire Voortman for $320m
 
Hostess Brands, which owns Twinkies, has entered into an agreement to acquire Voortman from private-equity firm Swander Pace Capital, expected to be completed in January 2020... Read
 
 
Turnover, technology, and trade: FoodDrinkEurope reports latest data and trends
 
European food sector body FoodDrinkEurope has published its 2019 Data & Trends report, revealing the latest statistics from the largest manufacturing sector in the bloc... Read
 
 
 
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
 
 
New cocoa coalition calls for tougher stance from the EU

REGULATION

 
Cocoa companies, NGOs and Fairtrade issue joint statement for human rights and environmental due diligence requirements to be urgently imposed by European Union... Read
 
 
 
 
 
GLOBAL INDUSTRY NEWS
 
 
 
The legal status of CBD is again attracting attention after the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed the ingredient is classified as a Novel Food and therefore requires pre-market authorisation. But with a lack of enforcement action, where does this leave the burgeoning category?.. Read
 
 

EDITOR'S SPOTLIGHT

 
Clinical trials involving diet are severely under-funded and more difficult to complete than drugs studies, say researchers who warn that nutrition studies are prone to bias, are often too small and of too short duration and regularly change outcome measures along the way... Read
 
 
 
China’s revised regulations of the Food Safety Law regulation has been enforced as of December 1, 2019, with a focus on priorities such as enhancing its law enforcement and emphasising the protection of consumers... Read
 
 
 
Snacking has become an ‘all-day habit’ in the US, which is a positive trend, especially among children from ethnically-diverse and low-income populations... Read
 
 
 
 
 
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» Flower & White to expand its bars and bites range, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary
 
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