Confectioners are succeeding in looking beyond the lucrative Easter period to cut down on their packaging use, though the industry may yet have to commit to future waste reductions across the supply chain, says one organisation.
US functional food manufacturer Mastix Medica has acquired the private label division of edible novelties firm Koko’s Confectionery & Novelty. The business, operating from a 28,000 square foot facility in Baltimore County, US, currently manufactures...
With current tougher times in the economy impacting disposable income, a charity for past and present confectionery employees, Sweet Charity, affirms its key aim in 2009 is to raise awareness and reach out to more people in need in the industry.
Gum makers must continue initiatives for a sustainable solution to gum litter, with new research finding discarded chewing gum makes up more than three-quarters of the litter found on UK streets.
German firm Wiese Förderelemente has rolled out a magnetically detectable polypropylene pendulum bucket for quick detection of unwanted plastics, in response to growing demand for detectable plastic materials in conveyor buckets.
Slovakian firm Moneta's presented an ecologically clean substitute to cellophane 'with excellent twist characteristics' at last week's ProSweets trade fair in Germany.
Confectionery Manufacturers of Australasia (CMA), the main industry body for confectioners in Australia and New Zealand, has announced the dates of its two main events for 2009.
An industry initiative to reduce seasonal confectionery packaging waste has gathered pace with many manufacturers embracing biodegradable packaging and reducing package volume.
Continuing our focus on innovative product ideas showcased at this year's SIAL event in Paris, we present a round-up of new food designs yet to hit the market.
Pressure-sensitive tear tape supplier Payne will provide European confectionery manufacturer Look-O-Look with gold tear tape for a new flip-top box format launched in France.
New product launches for organic sweets in Europe increased by a factor of six from 2006 to 2008 suggesting confectioners are starting to tap into new organic revenue streams as this burgeoning food trend spills over into confectionery.
Chewing gum: an anxiety reliever; an alertness kick; and a stress reducer, all rolled into one. So finds new research from Australia, adding fresh ammunition to boost a challenging market led by major players Wrigley and Cadbury.
Innovation in the use of functional ingredients and packaging is expected to dominate worldwide growth in the confectionery market, according to a new report.
The owner of the confectionary company Chocolove has joined an expert taste panel to identify the unique flavors of different cocoa plants as part of a preservation project which could see old varieties of cocoa re-introduced to the market.
In a week of major upheaval for a number of leading confectioners, reports suggest Cadbury may enact a number of job cuts in its New Zealand and Australian operations, while Mars joins rival Hershey in pushing up prices for its brands.
Confectionery groups are playing up their efforts to strike a balance between Christmas spirit and green packaging, claiming the focus reflects an all year round environment drive not just consigned to the festive period.
A China-based manufacturer of weighing and packaging products is looking for greater collaboration with confectioners and other food manufacturers to establish itself on the European market.
Spanish chocolate firm Natra sets its sights on the booming health and wellness market for adults and children, launching a chocolate bar with a healthy twist for the private label market.
Confectionery behemoth Mars plunges into the world of online sharing, with the launch of an ad campaign for the Gummi Burst addition to its Starburst sweets line.
The world's number one confectionery group ups the stakes in the
gum war with the launch of Trident Sweet Kicks, a mint-flavoured
gum with a chocolate-flavoured liquid centre.
Rising costs cause Cloetta Fazer profits to drop, Haagen-Dazs puts
salt in ice-cream, and the UK Food and Drink Federation (FDF) holds
a conference on the changing confectionery market.
Cadbury Schweppes has pledged to remove all artificial colourings
from its confectionery products by the end of the year in response
to concerns over their possible effects on behaviour.
The growing trend for healthy products meant a drop in the value of
the UK confectionery market but an increased popularity of dark
chocolate, says a new report.
Confectionery manufacturers are increasingly looking to new
processing and packaging firms for new technology, in order to
create products specifically targeted at the health market.
Alfred Ritter is moving production of its chocolate bars out of
Russia and back to Germany to use the same milk materials for
products sold the world over.
Lallemand Health Ingredients (LHI) yesterday announced the launch
of chewy sweets containing PACran cranberry powder, as it moves to
find a foothold in the functional confectionery market.
UK-based confectioner Tangerine agreed Friday to purchase some of
the country's most iconic confectionery brands including Barratt
Sherbet Fountains and Butterkist popcorn from market leader Cadbury
Schweppes.
Cadbury has this week confirmed it will continue with
plans to switch some UK production to Poland, sparking accusations
that the confectioner will be adding 12 million food miles to its
brands.
The acquisition of Finnish gum manufacturer Fennobon Oy by Cloetta
Fazer today comes into force, as the Sweden-based confectionery
company moves to make its mark on the sugar-free and functional gum
market.
Hershey may remove mint packaging that looks like drug pouches;
Wrigley's credit rating is improved by analyst; and internet viewer
vote the Cadbury gorilla ad the best commercial of 2007.
The seemingly opposing trends of health and indulgence will
dominate the confectionery market over the next few years, and
manufacturers who do not target both risk losing market share, says
a new report.
Sweden-based confectionery firm Cloetta Fazer today announced it is
investing SEK 270m (€29m) in two new chocolate manufacturing lines,
as part of a drive to boost its market share in the Nordic region.
Wrigley claims that chewing gum focuses the mind; Global Exchange
organised a Fairtrade chocolate protest at Halloween; and the
Jamaica's cocoa board says it has invented a chocolate bar that can
be eaten or mixed with water...
US-based confectioner Wrigley yesterday posted a 13 per cent
increase in sales for the third quarter on the back
of strong sales outside the US, increased marketing spend and
positive exchange rates.
Halloween is one of the top holiday in terms of volume
sales for confectioners, as consumers will spend more than $2.1bn
(€1.5bn) on chocolate and sweets later this month in the US alone,
states a new report.
Cadbury's planned acquisition of the Turkey-based chewing gum
manufacturer Intergum has been approved by the competition
regulator, the company said today.
Niche markets offer the UK company better profit opportunities than
the traditional chocolate and sweets sectors, according to a
Euromonitor report on Cadbury's strategy.
Cadbury Schweppes has bought a 93 per cent stake in Romanian sweets
maker Kandia-Excelent, from Kandia, a private equity investment
holding company managed by Meinl Bank.
Eastern European confectionery company Roshen has produced more
than 80,000 tonnes of confectionery in the year's first quarter,
taking $140 million (€104m) in sales and confirming its position as
a market leader in Ukraine's...