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Food innovation success demands consumer perception of benefits

18-Nov-2009 - information from the internet. Or in the US, says XTC, people can make their own M&M [chocolate coated 100 calorie chocolate bar, for example, that effectively hands over responsibility for calorie intake

Barry Callebaut profits grow as chocolate market shrinks

13-Nov-2009 - Barry Callebaut profits grow as chocolate market shrinks ... Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reported increased profits and sales volumes for the full 2008/09 fiscal year, despite shrinking global chocolate consumption. ... Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reported increased profits and sales volumes for the full 2008/09 fiscal year, despite shrinking global chocolate consumption. ... speculation that chocolate might prove to be recession proof. The theory was that consumers would continue to treat themselves to small luxuries like chocolate even as they cut back on other non-essentials. However ... chocolate, recession

AAK seeking acquisitions

12-Nov-2009 - , since it is affected by world market price fluctuations. Chocolate and confectionery fat sales have been especially affects by reduced demand for chocolate in the recession. It drew attention

First shipment of UTZ cocoa reaches Europe

10-Nov-2009 - Cocoa and Chocolate. At the moment Cargill is the only company shipping UTZ certified cocoa, as two Cocoa & Chocolate said: “We currently have 12 other co-operatives moving towards certification

Taura takes tiny fruit bits to market

05-Nov-2009 - possibilities for moulded chocolates and biscuits to boast real fruit content. ... possibilities for moulded chocolates and biscuits to boast real fruit content. ... to be in response to market feedback from chocolate and dry biscuit makers, is made up of the smallest fruit pieces in chocolate tablets or thin, rotary moulded biscuits, said Mattias van Uffelen, sales manager for Europe

Barry Callebaut to buy Spanish chocolate maker

04-Nov-2009 - Barry Callebaut to buy Spanish chocolate maker ... the chocolate giant its first manufacturing plant in Spain. ... the chocolate giant its first manufacturing plant in Spain. ... makes a total of 30,000 tonnes of chocolate and specialty products per year at its factory in Gurb ; in the past it has imported chocolate into that market from plants elsewhere. Overall, Barry Callebaut

Processed food could have role in depression, says study

02-Nov-2009 - lot of processed meat, chocolate, sweetened desserts, fried foods, refined cereals and high fat dairy

Inulin may offer low-sugar, tasty milk chocolate

29-Oct-2009 - Inulin may offer low-sugar, tasty milk chocolate ... chocolate, without affecting consumer acceptance, suggests a new study. ... chocolate, without affecting consumer acceptance, suggests a new study. ... Milk chocolate with up to 25 per cent fewer calories was produced by replacing sugar with inulin increased by almost 50 per cents since the late 1990s. While low sugar chocolates are currently ... chocolate, low-sugar, inulin

Nostalgia boosts UK food market growth

16-Oct-2009 - to chocolate and confectionery products, even as they are choosing private label products and cutting back that chocolate does very well in a recession, and it has done.” He said that Mars in particular has done well

News in brief

Food companies celebrate their community commitment

16-Oct-2009 - Chocolate UK (Local Community); McDonald’s Restaurants (Culture, Media and Sport): Nestlé UK (Workplace

Hershey launches travel confectionary range

19-Nov-2009 - exclusive products including Hershey’s Kisses, Hershey’s Nuggets chocolates and Reese’s and Hershey ... exclusive products including Hershey’s Kisses, Hershey’s Nuggets chocolates and Reese’s and Hershey ... claims brand’s popularity is built on its 'distinct chocolate taste, unique conical shape, individually wrapped foils, and paper plumes'. Hershey’s Nuggets chocolates are now being sold in a travel retail

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Child food allergies on the rise in the US

17-Nov-2009 - ,241 manufactured food products and found that 17 percent included advisory labels, with chocolate confectionery

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Dark chocolate could be stress buster

16-Nov-2009 - Dark chocolate could be stress buster ... Daily consumption of 40 grams of dark chocolate for two weeks can reduce stress and benefit ... Daily consumption of 40 grams of dark chocolate for two weeks can reduce stress and benefit ... their results show that eating dark chocolate daily reduced stress hormone levels in those who had high anxiety implications of dark chocolate constituents, with the flavonoids in cocoa linked to better cardiovascular

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Packaging innovation aimed at low scale confectionery makers

13-Nov-2009 - ConfectioneryNews.com that it is seeing a resurgence of tins in candy, chocolate, mint and gum packaging for 70 years for its seasonal Roses brand of chocolates for a lighter cardboard box version, citing

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Nestle may move Fairtrade with Kit Kat

10-Nov-2009 - Media reports have suggested that Nestlé's leading chocolate brand Kit Kat is set to become chocolate. ... Media reports have suggested that Nestlé's leading chocolate brand Kit Kat is set to become chocolate. ... KitKat is the biggest selling chocolate bar in the UK and it sales in that country have risen 8 of Fairtrade into the minds of chocolate consumers. However, a spokesperson for the UK arm of Swiss giant

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Anti-ageing snacks market forecast to grow

09-Nov-2009 - on a high-in-antioxidants platform, including chocolate and cereal bars, most do not specifically refer

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Antioxidant levels in chocolate show stability - study

05-Nov-2009 - Antioxidant levels in chocolate show stability - study ... The levels of antioxidant activity and flavan-3-ol levels in chocolate products are stable over a ... The levels of antioxidant activity and flavan-3-ol levels in chocolate products are stable over a ... found in cocoa and chocolate are among the highest dietary sources of these compounds so shelf life chocolate, cocoa powder and beans, the products were stored for one year under conditions designed

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Cadbury cites eco concerns for tin swap

05-Nov-2009 - is part of the chocolate maker’s wider environmental strategy, which includes a pledge to reduce packaging range, the equivalent of 1,352 trees, according to the manufacturer. Chocolate makers have come

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Kraft rolls out sustainable chocolate range

30-Oct-2009 - Kraft rolls out sustainable chocolate range ... Kraft Foods said its premium dark chocolate range is the first to carry the Rainforest Alliance ... Kraft Foods said its premium dark chocolate range is the first to carry the Rainforest Alliance ... said its sustainably sourced Cote d'Or premium dark chocolate will initially be rolled out to consumers News.com that while the company would like to ensure all of its chocolate brands used sustainably sourced cocoa

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Barry Callebaut to help steer cocoa programme

28-Oct-2009 - Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut’s decision to join the UTZ Certified sustainable cocoa programme ... Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut’s decision to join the UTZ Certified sustainable cocoa programme

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