Discover how climate pressures, shifting consumer expectations, new technologies, and bold innovation are reshaping the ...

This broadcast explores the future of chocolate through three critical lenses - innovation, sustainability, and shifting ...

Long-awaited US government-funded report from National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago (NORC) that assesses progress in reducing child labour in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana’s cocoa ...

A new year brings new concepts, creations and culinary confectionery twists to surprise and delight sweet treat shoppers. According to Statista, the confectionery market will be worth $619bn in 2025, ...

It began during the early days of the cost-of-living crisis – inputs went up, profits were threatened and so retail prices rose too. This inevitably led to higher chocolate and confectionery revenues ...

The Hershey Company has completed its acquisition of Lily's, the high-growth maker of low-sugar, better-for-you (BFY) confectionery products, for a purchase price of $425m. Hershey’s entered into a ...

Halloween is over, which can mean only one thing... The countdown to Christmas has officially begun. Present lists are being written, parties planned, and the ultra-keen among us are already getting ...

The global food and beverage flavours market is worth over $20bn (€17.2bn) and is projected to top $28bn by the end of the decade (industry analysts Grand View Research). No surprise there, since the ...

Sourcing to fair trade standards, such as UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade, is an important first step for chocolate makers towards cocoa sustainability, but will not necessarily bring farmers ...

Price is on the mind of all confectioners as attention turns to the strategies sweet makers will be adopting to navigate the changing and complex confectionery landscape. With the ongoing cocoa ...

Mondelēz International’s 2024 State of Snacking report identified mindful consumption as a core trend, with 96% of global consumers confirming they engage in mindful snacking behaviours. Of those ...