Alcoholic cherry yogurt

The Collective is adding a cherry SKU to its range of gourmet yogurts for the very first time with the release of its New Year Limited Edition, an alcoholic Morello Cherry & Kirsch variety, to all major UK retailers.

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Alcoholic pastilles and more

Having reached its crowd funding target at the end of last week, alcoholic explorer Smith & Sinclair is inviting the curious and adventurous to jump down the rabbit hole and embark on a multi-sensorial journey, exploring cocktails like never before.

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Time flies

It’s hard to believe that the October issue of Confectionery Production is on its way. Here in the UK, autumn is in the air, and it’s the time of year when we start planning the content of the magazine for 2016.

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Products gain veggie approval

A selection of Ferrero products have gained the prestigious Vegetarian Society Approved Trademark. Products approved include Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder Surprise and Kinder Bueno. Vanessa Brown, head of business and catering services, said: “We are very pleased to announce this news it’s great that an international group such as Ferrero is taking its vegetarian customers […]

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Nestlé trademarks KitKat shape

Nestlé has won a long running trademark row against rival Cadbury. The EU ruling prevents competitors from manufacturing confectionery, bakery products and biscuits in the same shape as KitKat bars, ie four trapezoidal bars aligned on a rectangular base. In 2006, Nestle registered the shape of the Kit Kat as a trademark but its rival […]

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Sweet purple victory

Cadbury has won a trademark dispute with Nestlé over the rights to the colour purple. Nestlé challenged the trademark on a number of grounds including that the application was being made in bad faith and that the mark in relation to which an application was being made lacked distinctiveness. Generally, colours are only capable of […]

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The battle for the colour purple

Cadbury has won a partial victory against Nestlé in their long-running legal dispute of the use of purple branding as the UK Intellectual Property Office denied Nestlé’s bid to have Cadbury’s trademark of the colour revoked.

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