New blend makes antioxidant rich chocolate easier to create, says Wild
31-Jul-2009 - Wild has launched a blend of plant extracts to help chocolate manufacturers create antioxidant rich...
Chocolate cake: Leavening agent key to healthy profile
27-Jul-2009 - Maintaining cocoa’s heart healthy compounds in a finished product depends on the presence of other...
New UTZ certification for world’s biggest cocoa producers
25-Jun-2009 - Producers in the world’s largest cocoa-producing country, Côte d’Ivoire, are taking part in the first...
Petra Foods ups cocoa game as new plant gets going
22-Jun-2009 - Delfi Cocoa, a division of Petra Foods, has started production at its new processing plant...
Pecan Deluxe buys kit for chocolate beasts
18-Jun-2009 - Pecan Deluxe Candy has invested in new equipment for its plant in the UK that...
Finding inspiration from bread tastes past
14-May-2009 - Puratos’ CEO talks about consumers’ tastes for bread and patisserie – past and present –...
Natra extends origin portfolio with Colombian co-operative cocoa
06-May-2009 - Broadening its portfolio of origin sources for cocoa formulations, private label player Natra will buy...
Cocoa farmers safety project could boost yields
17-Apr-2009 - A confectionery association has joined forces with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) to improve the...
You are what your mother eats: High GI diets may give obese kids
15-Apr-2009 - Snacking on foods with a high glycaemic index like white bread and chocolate during the...
Mars pledges sustainable cocoa only by 2020
10-Apr-2009 - Mars has pledged that its entire cocoa supply will be certified as sustainably produced by...
Sharp fall in price for cocoa as investors sell
08-Apr-2009 - Prices for chocolate makers' key ingredient cocoa fell this week after speculators on the futures...
Declining chocolate market felt by Mars and Barry Callebaut
02-Apr-2009 - Clear signs that falling consumer demand for chocolate is starting to impact the supply chain...
Confectionery firms criticised for not removing colours
20-Mar-2009 - Cadbury and Mars are attracting severe criticism from food campaigners, who say they have not...
Dispatches from IFE
Madagascar unrest raises interest in Indian vanilla
20-Mar-2009 - The political unrest in Madagascar, the world’s leading producer of vanilla, has highlighted the need...
FDF defends industry against fat tax for chocolate
12-Mar-2009 - As the prospect of a fat tax on unhealthy food is raised once more, the...
Cadbury builds Fairtrade awareness, bar-by-bar
04-Mar-2009 - Cadbury’s commitment to source cocoa for its popular Dairy Milk chocolate bars is a strong...
Anti-scuff glaze for enrobed chocolate to keep up appearances
04-Mar-2009 - Edible coatings and films firm Mantrose UK rolls out an anti-scuffing innovation that it claims...
Barry Callebaut welcomes new cocoa anti-depressant link
26-Feb-2009 - Barry Callebaut is a step closer to boasting about the antidepressant properties of cocoa...
Cemoi has 'big ambitions' for industrial choc markets
13-Feb-2009 - Media-shy Cemoi, France's number one chocolate maker, ramps up its image with a new...
Flavanol-boosting chocolate to double in 2009, projects Barry Callebaut
03-Feb-2009 - While industry observers and stakeholders continue to speculate on whether chocolate is, or is not,...
ADM strengthens European position with Schokinag acquisition
26-Jan-2009 - Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is continuing its march into the European chocolate market...
Recession bites into Barry Callebaut chocolate sales
23-Jan-2009 - There is further evidence that the market for chocolate is not as recession proof as...
Chocolate could lose its ‘recession-proof’ reputation, warns ICCO
07-Jan-2009 - London cocoa prices hit a 23-year high at the end of December, but emerging questions...
Cut cocoa-butter for beta-glucan hydrocolloid, suggests study
12-Dec-2008 - Beta-glucan-rich hydrocolloids may be able to replace cocoa-butter in chocolate products, according to new research...
Saharan wind whips up cocoa supply fears
10-Dec-2008 - Troubles for West African cocoa supplies look set to continue following reports that the harmattan,...
