While much of the world is currently struggling with rising costs of living and steeply increasing energy prices, it seems that chocolate is still one of the simple pleasures that consumers turn to during the holiday season. The German confectionery industry reports that it has produced about 5.6% more chocolate Santas for this year’s Christmas […]
GERMANY’S CHOCOLATE SANTA EXPORTS SOAR AMIDST COST OF LIVING CRISIS Read More »
More than 300 domestic and foreign organisations from around the world recently participated in the eighth International Coffee and Chocolate Exhibition at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The 5-day exhibition, which began on 29 November and ended on 3 December, was designed to attract investors, importers and individuals interested in new coffee and
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Premium Belgian chocolate brand Guylian has confirmed it will partner with Fairtrade America, which the company says marks a step towards more ethical trade for the company. The new deal will see the chocolate company use 100% Fairtrade Cocoa in its US confectionery lines, with the new products clearly labelled as Fairtrade to distinguish them.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Mondelez International, Inc. over chocolate labelling. He ruled that a reasonable consumer would not assume that the chocolate contains unprocessed cacao. The consumer protection lawsuit was filed in February. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff. C.K. Lee had purchased Green & Black chocolate based on the front
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Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut has recently launched a brand new chocolate bar that it claims is the “second generation” of chocolate. The company says that the new bar uses innovations in Cocoa processing to reduce the bitterness of the final product. The chocolatier said it had reduced the sugar content in the bars by
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Every year, Côte d’Ivoire holds National Chocolate and Cocoa Day to honour Cocoa farmers and promote the importance of the Cocoa sector to the country’s economy. This year, the annual celebrations were organised by Côte d’Ivoire’s coffee and Cocoa regulator, the Conseil du Cafe-Cacao, with support from Hershey’s. The event took place in Abidjan and
HERSHEY’S BACKS CÔTE D’IVOIRE’S NATIONAL CHOCOLATE & COCOA DAY CELEBRATIONS Read More »
The annual EuroChocolate festival in Central Italy takes place this year from 14 to 23 October and is expected to showcase chocolate traditions from around the world. International chocolate producers will gather to showcase Fairtrade chocolate products, with an emphasis on tradition and social and economic sustainability at the heart of the event. The festival,
EUROCHOCOLATE FESTIVAL 2022 TO FOCUS ON TRADITION AND SUSTAINABILITY Read More »
Scharffen Berger is an established US chocolate maker with a focus on sustainability, and in particular, it seems their approach to sustainable farming. The company has gone through a rebranding exercise to focus on this aspect of its business, which underlines the value of sustainability as a competitive edge. As the company explains on their
SCHARFFEN BERGE CHOCOLATE MAKER UNWRAPS NEW BRANDING TO FOCUS ON ‘FARM TO BAR’ Read More »
Sometimes an afternoon walk through London can lead to an entirely new direction in life and, sometimes, business. An instant affinity was born between Albert Chau of U.K.-based Fifth Dimension Chocolates (5D) and Chau-Jean Lin, founder of Marulin teas in London and a teacher at the U.K. Tea Academy, which has turned into one of
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Nicaragua: A Land of Flavour Diversity With a yearly production of around 10,000 tonnes, cacao is small beer in the Nicaraguan economy. Especially compared to coffee of which the country produces some 140,000 tonnes per year. Though small in size, the cacao industry has grown steadily and is expected to have a yearly production of
