Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has completed the acquisition of the cocoa ingredients business of Singapore-based Petra Foods for $860m. This acquisition makes Barry Callebaut the world's leading cocoa and ...
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Mars Chocolate North America has announced the launch of an expanded collection of its American Heritage Chocolate products of four different formats in new packaging. American Heritage will be available in four formats - Chocolate ...
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Mars Chocolate North America has unveiled an expanded collection of American Heritage Chocolate products in four different formats and commemorative packaging. American Heritage Chocolate line includes Chocolate Sticks - single serving ...
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UK-based chocolate company Thorntons has recalled three varieties of its Chocolate Smiles Glass Jars as some of them may contain small pieces of glass, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). The products subject to the recall ...
Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has reported that its net profit for the first half of 2012-13 declined 7.4cto CHF116.4m ($124.5m), compared with CHF125.7m ($134.4m) for the same period in 2011-12. The ...
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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli are partnering with the US Department of Agriculture to support genetics research on fine-flavor cocoa varieties grown in Ecuador. The USDA's Agricultural ...
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Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli has announced the launch of Lindor Caramel truffles and the Excellence Wasabi and Excellence Strawberry bars. According to the company, the new Lindor Caramel truffle is a milk chocolate shell ...
Newfoundland Chocolate is voluntarily recalling its own brand chocolates in Canada as they contain egg and wheat that are not mentioned on the label, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The products subject to recall ...
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Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has entered into an agreement to acquire Sweden-based chocolate company ASM Foods from Carletti, as part of its efforts to strengthen its presence in Scandinavia. Carletti, ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has acquired ASM Foods in Sweden from Danish confectioner Carletti. The deal includes transfer of a speciality plant that produces compound chocolate products. Barry Callebaut will also take over ...
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Chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli has reported a 7% rise in net sales for 2012 and estimated that profit margins widened during the year. For the 12 months to the end of December, Lindt reported sales of CHF2.67bn (US$2.8bn), ...
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Swiss chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has agreed to acquire cocoa ingredients unit of Singapore-based Petra Foods for $950m. The proposed acquisition is expected to expand Barry Callebaut's cocoa sourcing and processing ...
Divine Chocolate, a Ghana-based manufacturer of Fairtrade chocolate products, has introduced new products to its Easter range. The new additions in the range include chocolate chickens & eggs and chocolate bees with a honeycomb crunch, ...
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Barry Callebaut said today (12 December) it had become the world's largest cocoa processor after agreeing to buy Petra Foods' cocoa ingredients business for US$950m. The Switzerland-based group, which supplies cocoa and chocolate ...
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Swiss chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has announced that its cocoa bean supplier Biopartenaire has gained Rainforest Alliance Certification. Barry Callebaut noted that Biopartenaire works with cocoa farmers across 292 ...
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