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The International Cocoa Organisation announces World Cocoa Conference 2024 Report
The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) announced on 7 August the publication of the report on the 5th edition of the World Cocoa Conference, held in Brussels from 21 April to 24 April 24, 2024.
Indiana governor displays ‘Hoosier Hospitality’ as Sweets & Snacks returns to Indianapolis
An emphatic sense of ‘Hoosier hospitality’ was on display by the Governor of Indiana, Eric Holcomb, as he welcomed the Sweets & Snacks Expo back to Indianapolis this week, writes Neill Barston.
World Confectionery Conference plans coming together for 2024 event
Plans for our World Confectionery Conference 2024 edition are now starting to gather momentum once again, with Brussels set to once again host the key industry event this autumn.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Editor’s outlook: A year of challenges and opportunities ahead
The past year in the confectionery sector has proved momentous in a considerable amount of respects in terms of product development, consumer trends, and wider geopolitical events that are continuing to have a major impact.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Wishing you all a very happy and enjoyable Christmas time
This week’s column will be extremely short, but hopefully fairly sweet in offering everyone working within the confectionery, snacks and bakery markets a very happy Christmas indeed, and thanks for all your engagement and support throughout this year.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging
Exclusive: Belgian market World Confectionery Conference focus
As this year’s World Confectionery Conference draws ever closer, food and drink journalist Dominique Huret offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes on the region’s confectionery sector
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Fairtrade International: World Confectionery Conference preview
Neill Barston, editor of Confectionery Production magazine, exclusively interviews Jon Walker, senior cocoa advisor with Fairtrade International, ahead of his appearance at the World Confectionery Conference this September.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
ProSweets organisers confirm revised 2023 show plans alongside global ISM trade fair
The organisers of the key ProSweets event have given a green light holding the event in 2023, at a ‘one-off’ revised later date alongside ISM in Cologne, with a shortened timetable, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory
Encouraging response to our upcoming World Confectionery Conference
With deadlines upon us, this is going to be something of a brief entry for this week’s blog, but it’s an upbeat one regarding how encouraging the response to our World Confectionery Conference has been so far.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Chocoa event raises concerns for cocoa sector, yet hope remains
As Michel Arrion, president of the International Cocoa Association asserted opening this year’s Chocoa conference, the price of cocoa needs to be increased by a factor of three for farmers to earn a living wage.
Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Mars Wrigley forms new retail support ‘transaction zone’ team backing stores
Mars Wrigley has unveiled a major business strategy at the recent Snacks Expo in Chicago, with its latest initiative to support retail customers – The Transaction Zone Team, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
World Confectionery Conference countdown continues – your award nominations are of key importance
After experiencing several highly successful shows and sector gatherings over the past few months including Cargill’s House of Chocolate last week in Belgium, there’s no doubt that the live events industry is well and truly back.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: Sweets & Snacks Expo 2022 review
Neill Barston, editor of Confectionery Production magazine, reviews this year’s Sweets & Snacks Expo, with exclusive interviews with Barry Callebaut, Ferrara, Haribo, National Confectioners Association, Freedom Mallows and PS8.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
PPMA Total set for UK return showcasing key packaging and processing developments
The PPMA Total Show 2022, dedicated to packaging, processing and robotics developments is set to return in the UK this autumn, with a renewed focus on equipment and systems across sectors including confectionery and snacks, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability