US-based company Xan Confections is voluntarily recalling 13 of its gourmet peanut butter chocolate products over salmonella contamination. The voluntary recall was issued upon learning that Sunland, supplier of the peanut butter used in ...
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Barry Callebaut, the Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer, today (5 July) reported a 2% increase in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with contracts in the Americas helping revenue. Sales were up 2.3% to CHF3.59bn ...
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Barry Callebaut has signed a deal for the supply of compound and chocolate products to Argentine confectioner Arcor-Dos en Uno in South America. The outsourcing agreement, announced today (23 October), will involve an investment of EUR13m ...
Tags: chocolate products, outsourcing agreement, Chilean market
Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has revealed it plans to close its liquid chocolate facility in Chester, with the loss of around 25 jobs. The company said it would relocate the production of liquid milk chocolate products to ...
Barry Callebaut is to build a chocolate plant in Turkey, a market it says has low per capita consumption of the product but where demand is growing quickly. The world's largest business-to-business chocolate manaufacturer plans to open ...
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Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut has broken ground at its first Center of Cocoa Excellence in west Africa. The CHF1m (US$1.3bn) training and research centre, which will be operational from October, will be used to test ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut insisted it is "confident" on the outlook for the coming fiscal year after investments weighed on the group's bottom line. Barry Callebaut booked a drop in net profit this morning, with earnings for ...
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India has extended the ban on import of milk and milk products from China till 2013 over concerns of poor quality standards. This ban affects chocolates, chocolate products, candies, confectionary, and food preparations with milk or milk ...
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Ukrainian confectionery firm Roshen has initiated operations at its UAH600m (€59.1m) plant in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The new factory has a production capacity of 120,000 tons of chocolate products, and is spread over an area of ...
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has signed a long-term sourcing agreement with Industria de Alimentos dos en Uno, a subsidiary of Argentinian food firm Arcor. Under the terms of the agreement, Barry Callebaut will supply ...
Swiss chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has reported that its net profit for the fiscal year 2011/12 declined 8.5% to CHF241.1m ($255.49m), compared to CHF263.6m ($279.34m) in the same period the previous year, due to higher ...
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US-based chocolatier Lindt and Sprungli has launched Lindt Mocha Coconut,a new limited edition dark chocolate bar,in collaboration with the Culinary Institute of America. The Lindt Mocha Coconut bar was selected as the winner of The Lindt ...
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Anne of Green Gables Chocolate has opened a new factory in Georgia, US, as a part of its effort to boost the production of chocolate products. The new factory, which is located in Camden County, will supply the company's chocolates to ...
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Germany-based Theegarten-Pactec will be exhibiting the FPC5 horizontal flowpack machine at the ProSweets 2013 event. FPC5/280 model variant extends the wrapping material area to widths of up to 280mm, and product format widths of up to ...
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