Chocolate and confectionery giant Ferrero’s Canada unit will be financially supported by the Ontario government in its C$90m ($72.31m) expansion project that is aimed at boosting productivity of an existing plant. The provincial ...
Santa Barbara Chocolate, founded in 1992 has launched the new Cocoa Butter Vegan Chips. The chips, made from 100 percent fresh pressed cocoa butter, are 100 percent cacao fruit product and have no added fillers like shea butter, milk, ...
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Mars Symbioscience, the health and life sciences venture of confectionery giant Mars, has launched a new cocoa extract food supplement in the UK and Ireland. The food supplement product, CocoaVia, has been made available for online ...
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Barry Callebaut has published its new sustainability strategy “Forever Chocolate” with the ambition to move sustainable chocolate from niche to norm in less than a decade. Barry Callebaut CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique said: ...
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Cargill reported financial results for the fiscal 2017 first quarter ended 31 August, 2016. Key measures include: Adjusted operating earnings rose 35 percent to $827 million in the first quarter, compared with $611 million in the ...
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Belgian researchers from University of Leuven and the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology have found that the yeasts used to ferment cocoa during chocolate manufacture can help alter the aroma of the end chocolate product. The research ...
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Swiss confectionary company Barry Callebaut has entered into a licensing agreement with Naturex Group, the producer of specialty plant-based natural ingredients, which would enable Naturex to use the Swiss confectioner’s approved ...
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Swiss confectionery company Barry Callebaut has launched Horizons range of sustainable cocoa and chocolate products. These sustainable products are part of an initiative which is aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and ...
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Swiss business-to-business chocolate manufacturer Carma has changed its chocolate covering to UTZ Certified cocoa. The Barry Callebaut-owned company is believed to be the first major Swiss B2B manufacturer to have made the shift to UTZ ...
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KitKat is set to become the first global chocolate brand to use only sustainably sourced cocoa in the manufacture of all its products. This move comes as the confectionery industry faces allegations over employing child labor in cocoa ...
French chocolate manufacturer CEMOI is planning to launch a factory in Ivory Coast, targeting the local and West African market, a company official said. CEMOI senior employee in Ivory Coast was quoted by Reuters as saying: "I can ...
Hershey is planning to reformulate its products by using simple and easy-to-understand ingredients. This forms a part of the company's strategy to responsibly source ingredients it uses in its product range. The company will use ...
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Chinese chocolate market would see a $4.3bn growth by 2019, a 60% increase from $2.7bn in 2014, says chocolate manufacturer Hershey. Hershey president Bert Alfonso told Reuters that the growth will be driven by demand from the growing ...
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US-based chocolate manufacturer Hershey has decided to use genetically modified (GM)-free ingredients in its chocolate products. The firm said that its milk chocolate bars as well as chocolate drop 'Kisses' packs would no more contain ...
All the art of selecting and roasting outstanding cocoa beans to provide a unique taste experience is concentrated in BELGIAN PIERR's chocolates. At this Christmas, BELGIAN PIERRE MARCOLINI's chocolate decorate streets in Belgium. ...