Top trends of 2017
As 2017 nears to a close, we’re looking at what the most-read articles to appear on the Confectionery Production website were this year.
Business, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks
Diary dates
After a busy few months of travelling for various international trade shows, conferences and factory visits, it has got me thinking about upcoming events, including ProSweets Cologne and ISM.
On the road
My blog comes to you this week from the Netherlands, where I’m on a two-day trip visiting various ingredients and equipment manufacturers.
A new generation
Dave Bird explains how packaged plate heat exchange technology can support clean in place and washdown processes by providing increased energy efficiency, carbon reduction and a reduced risk of legionella.
Just confectionery
Matt Pye, vice president of trade relations and corporate affairs at Just Born Quality Confections, discusses distribution growth, packaging challenges and the so-called demonisation of sugar.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Seasonal
Savoury snack showcase
Some 155 exhibitors descended on Vienna, Austria, for the biennial Snackex trade show and conference from 21-22 June. Katie Smith reports.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks
Green credentials
Plamil sales and marketing manager Julian Lucas talks about the chocolate company’s free from products and why the trend is here to stay.
Battle Oats launches first plant based protein cookie
UK based nutrition brand Battle Oats has announced that it is launching a new protein cookie product to complement its ‘free from’ range of high protein oat bars next week (15 May).
SuperSeedz unveils pumpkin seed snacks
SuperSeedz has launched a new line of organic pumpkin seed snacks, SuperSeedz Organic.
Tayto enters popcorn market with latest buy
Northern Irish crisp and snack producer Tayto has bought London-based Tavern Snacks and partly acquired Devonshire business Portlebay Popcorn.
Confectionery feed
After hundreds of red Skittles, produced by confectionery giant Mars, fell off a truck in the US last week, questions have been raised about what they were intended to be used for.
Sugar free and reduced sugar Fruittella arrive
Confectionery business Perfetti Van Melle has launched a range of sugar free and reduced sugar products under its Fruittella brand.
Health and nutrition
If I had to pick two words to sum up Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) this week it would be ‘health and nutrition’.
New flavours for free-from crisp range
Free-from brand Enjoy Life Foods has expanded its line of Plentils chips with two new flavours: Thai Chili Lime and Moroccan Spice.