India’s confectionery market has a ‘bright future’ and will be bolstered by a growing gifting culture and increasing rural consumption, a report suggests.
Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut is to become the globe’s largest cocoa processor with the acquisition of the Cocoa Ingredients Division of Petra Foods, based in Singapore for $950M.
Mars has announced the launch of a limited edition M&M’s mix containing new colors picked exclusively by fans on Facebook; including purple, aqua and dark pink.
Barry Callebaut’s joint venture partner Biopartenaire, a specialized village-to-port cocoa bean supplier based in Côte d’Ivoire, is now Rainforest Alliance Certified™.
Barry Callebaut’s joint venture cocoa partner Biopartenaire is now Rainforest Alliance Certified - a move that forms part of a wider puzzle of efforts towards sustainability, it said.
The chief executive of Danish chocolate and extruded whipping cake emulsifiers major Palsgaard has outlined the reasons behind the company's recent significant investment in the Asia-Pacific region.
With curtains down on Diwali, the festival season in India has come to an end, but most food testing labs in the country are yet to give their reports on samples collected by FDAs and FDCAs during the period.
Ferrero UK has lined up a flurry of seasonal promotion totting up to £6m ($9.6m) that it says puts it in second spot for food media spend this year, just behind Coca Cola.
As a member of the Advisory Council, Hershey will help develop reporting standards for the food and beverage industry that will support greater transparency.
The confectionery market of Australia is set to continue growing momentum in the next five years, finds a new research by UK-based research firm Canadean – Food.
BENEO, one of the leading manufacturers in functional ingredients, will present a range of sugar-free and sugar-reduced candy ideas from its Sweets Collection think-tank at the forthcoming edition of ISM.
The Hershey Company has joined other major chocolate manufacturers in signing a new cocoa pledge to give Ivorian farmers a fair deal and ensure a sustainable supply.
Belgian supplier Beneo’s dessert thinktank is showing off some product concepts using sugar-free, ‘tooth-friendly’ isomalt and an already launched oligofructose-stevia blends for functional fibre candy.
Wrigley, a subsidiary of Mars Inc, has announced the appointment of Deepak Iyer as the managing director of its India operations effective January 3, 2013. The appointment follows the departure of Gautam Sharma, who resigned to pursue a new career.
