Archives for June 22, 2011

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Cocoa shortage by 2020 unless industry acts now, warns Mars

By Jane Byrne

Confectionery giant Mars predicts a major cocoa shortage by 2020 and reveals harmonization of global cocoa certification programmes to ensure meaningful income hikes for farmers is one of its sustainable cocoa project goals.

EUFIC publish global update on nutrition labelling

By Nathan Gray

More research is needed to appreciate how consumers can be helped to understand and use nutrition labels, according to a new report on nutrition labelling from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC).