Confectionery
Europe: Barry Callebaut opens center in Italy
Barry Callebaut opens its 20th Chocolate Academy center in Milan, Italy, led by Davide Comaschi, winner of 2013’s World Chocolate Masters.
“The success of our...
Americas: Nestlé to build operations center in Uruguay
Nestlé will invest nearly CHF 17 million (US$17.8 million) in a new operations center in Uruguay that will include a production plant and a...
Americas: Mars to clear artificial colors from human food offerings
Mars, Incorporated says it will remove all artificial colors from its human food products to meet evolving consumer preferences.
Though many of the company’s products...
Europe: Mondelēz International opens technical center
Mondelēz International opens a global Technical Center in Wroclaw, Poland to support new products and technologies for brands such as Milka and Cadbury Dairy...
Asia Pacific: India poised to be huge consumer of chocolate, report
While the global chocolate confectionery market posts slow growth, research from Mintel finds that India is defying the odds as one of the world’s...
Asia Pacific: Azelis buys Indian distributor MK
Azelis has bought the distribution activities of MK Ingredients & Specialties and SSD Industries (MK) in India.
The Indian distributor is a family owned company,...
Europe: Herza launches sucrose-free, organic chocolate pieces
Herza launches a range of organic chocolate pieces that is produced without sucrose.
The sweet taste is achieved with natural sweeteners such as coconut sugar,...
Europe: 95% of carton FSC certified, Barry Callebaut
Barry Callebaut says it now purchases 95% of its corrugated carton boxes as Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified in the EMEA Region.
This...
Asia Pacific: Dupont launches enzymes for baked sweets in Japan
DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (DuPont) has launched POWERFresh Special and POWERSoft Cake 8010 in Japan.
These enzymes offers improver houses and industrial bakeries an anti-staling...
Asia Pacific: Ferrero opens innovation center in Singapore
Ferrero opens its first Asian innovation center in Singapore to house functions in the areas of health and nutrition, new raw materials and product...