Key trends
Following our trip to Food ingredients Europe in Paris this month, the joint December/January issue of CP will have an ingredients focus and an image showing a selection of so-called ‘functional ingredients’ on the cover.
Big in Japan
Julian Ryall considers how the Japanese chewing gum market is evolving.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks
Form and function
In the confectionery industry, product innovation is the lifeblood of market growth and evolution is important to the continued success of existing product areas.
Emerging economies drive gum sales
Global retail value sales of gum totalled $26.4 billion (€19.5bn) in 2012, up two per cent on 2011 (constant 2012 prices/fixed 2012 exchange rates).
Beneo presents new candy concepts at ISM
Beneo is presenting a range of innovative sugar-free and sugar reduced candy ideas from its ‘Sweets Collection’ creative think tank at ISM this year. These include two recently developed concepts: ‘Dessert Candy’ and ‘Candy in Candy’. Beneo’s ‘Sweets Collection’ think tank is the basis for new innovative candy ideas that include both visual concepts as […]
Snacking for every occasion
Few product categories have undergone such dramatic changes as the functional bars category.