Live from ProSweets and ISM
Today, my blog comes to you live from the ProSweets and ISM trade fairs in Cologne, Germany, where everything from automatic panning and moulding machines to chewy sweets and turn into gum are being presented.
Ethical Christmas chocolate
The festive season is always a good opportunity to overindulge in chocolate, but when it comes to what types of product UK consumers buy at Christmas, new research suggests they look for those with ethical credentials.
A mellow experience
Oonagh Simms discusses the motivation behind launching her gourmet marshmallow brand The Marshmallowist.
Sustainable palm oil labels on confectionery
Confectionery accounted for only 1% of packaged food with sustainable palm oil labels in 2015, the latest research shows.
Chocolate company triumphs
Sophi Tranchell, CEO of Divine Chocolate, has been named Schwab ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’, the international award for social innovation.
The next level for Corbion
Megan Humphrey visits Corbion’s new R&D and applications centre in the Netherlands.
Supply chain transparency
It’s about time that consumers really understood what is behind moves within the food industry to ensure there is true supply chain transparency.
Rising to the challenge
Ben Slater, writer/analyst at market intelligence provider Key Note, discusses the key challenges in the UK biscuits and cakes market.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks
Made in Africa social enterprise
Proudly Made in Africa (PMIA) – a new label aiming to get more quality African-made products into UK retail and more money in the producer’s pockets – has hit supermarket shelves for the first time appearing on the new Madécasse packaging in Waitrose, Whole Foods Market and Selfridges.
Cailler enters premium market
Cailler, part of the Nestlé portfolio of brands, is entering the super premium chocolate market with its almost 200 year old Swiss chocolate brand.
It’s all good…
Kate Hamilton and Jane Shandley are the co-founders of ’functional‘ chocolate brand iQ Chocolate.
The future’s sweet
Sweets provide the perfect imaginarium for fun, creative innovation and experimentation, say food futurologist Dr Morgaine Gaye and chocolatier Paul A Young.
Award for candy innovator
Verve Inc, a natural candy company based in Providence, has won the US Small Business Administration (SBA) award for Rhode Island Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year. The award recognises founder and president Deborah Schimberg’s leadership in developing a successful business, increasing jobs, growing sales significantly, and creating innovative products like Glee Gum and new […]
From fad to trend
A new Canadean report finds that half of UK consumers are now aware of the health benefits of protein, presenting an expanding opportunity for protein enriched food and drinks. A survey in the report shows that 49 per cent of UK consumers are now ‘very aware’ of the health benefits of protein. Almost one-fifth of […]