U.S. Easter confectionery sales surged 6 percent, higher than expected, with chocolate eggs and bunnies leading the surge during the second biggest candy-selling holiday
New tests conducted by Malaysian authorities found that chocolate bars made by British confectioner Cadbury do not contain pig DNA, contrary to a previous finding, the country's Islamic affairs agency said on Monday.
Cocoa shortages are poised to extend into the next decade as West African growers struggle with underachieving farms or switch to more lucrative crops, such as rubber.
Muslim retail and consumer groups in Malaysia on Thursday called for a boycott of products made by Britain-based confectioner Cadbury and its parent Mondelez International Inc
Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles has announced it is to launch a new product which will see one of the UK’s confectionery brands given a new fruity twist – two flavours in one sweet.
International agribusiness Olam International Limited (Olam), has announced that it will be investing US$61 million to establish a new cocoa processing facility in Indonesia.
Senior executives from 12 of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa companies are signing a joint agreement with the Government of Ghana as part of an unprecedented strategy to accelerate actions to make cocoa farming in the country sustainable.
Mondelez International is lending its support for the chocolate industry's "CocoaAction" sustainability strategy announced earlier this week during the visit by its board of directors in West Africa.
Hershey and Nestlé have announced that they will be founding members of CocoaAction, a new strategy to align the cocoa sustainability efforts of the world’s largest cocoa and chocolate companies.
Twelve of the world’s largest chocolate and cocoa companies have signed an agreement with the government of Côte d’Ivoire as part of an effort to accelerate actions to make cocoa farming in the country sustainable.
World No.3 cocoa bean producer Indonesia should push to more than double output to 1 million tonnes a year to meet Asia's growing appetite for chocolate and demand from local grinders, a senior official at Barry Callebaut said on Wednesday.
A Moscow court has upheld a decision to freeze the Russian accounts of chocolate maker Roshen, owned by Ukrainian presidential front runner Petro Poroshenko, the Moscow Times reports .
