A winning combination
Susannah Millen meets Ed Smith and Richard Wilkinson, the founders of ‘superfood’ chocolate brand Doisy & Dam.
Fresh innovation
Confectionery Production talks to Dan Shrimpton, co-founder and brand director at UK-based gum and mint company Peppersmith.
A taste of Colombia
Confectionery Production caught up with Simon Hasslacher, director of Hasslacher’s, the company that recently introduced ‘solid bar’ Colombian drinking chocolate to the UK market.
Lower sugar snack bars
Wild Trail is launching lower sugar versions of their snack bars. The new bars combine wholegrain oats, fruit, buts, and coconut oil, and contain no added sugar. The bars contain eight wholefoods and are 100% natural. They are stocked in around 700 stores across the UK, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Thailand. Each 35g bar retails for […]
Improved recipe snack bars
Wild Trail is launching a range of new and improved wholegrain snack bars with lower sugar content and healthier ingredients. The bars contain wholegrain oats, fruits and nuts, coconut oil and no added sugar. Wild Trail snack bars contain up to 35% less sugars and fats than the average premium health bars currently on the […]
“We now produce 36 flavour varieties ranging from passion fruit to Pina Colada”
In 1998 my father and I identified a niche in the European confectionery market for a gourmet jelly bean brand that would bring a premium product to the sugar confectionery market.
Fazer to launch Angry birds products
Finnish bakery and confectionery group Fazer has signed an agreement with Rovio Entertainment to develop and sell confectionery related to the mobile game Angry Birds.
Berry good discovery
The lingonberry, an unlikely foraged fruit from the forests of the Nordics, is set for its UK debut as graze.com, who offer healthy snacks by post, bring the berry to the UK this December.
Cloetta and Leaf to merge
Swedish confectionary company Leaf, owned by Nordic Capital and CVC, has merged with OMX-listed Cloetta. The deal values Leaf at €755 million.