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21 May 2013
21 May 2013 --- Listed Spanish multinational Natra, a reference in the manufacture of chocolate products and cocoa derivatives, with a specialised focus on the retail industry and other food companies, will set up production in the coming months in Ontario (Canada), to directly address its customers demand in North America.
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25 April 2013
25 Apr 2013 --- Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has unveiled a unique addition to its Cocoa Horizons sustainability initiative – the Cocoa Horizons Truck: A multi-purpose mobile unit powered by solar energy, which provides space for farmer training sessions in good agricultural practices, basic health care services, literacy training ....
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18 April 2013
18 Apr 2013 --- The Hershey Company has announced plans to bring an enhanced food labeling system to its U.S. product portfolio. Hershey will provide front-of-pack nutrition information to make it simple and easy for consumers to make choices about the role of confection in their lifestyle.
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04 April 2013
04 Apr 2013 --- Barry Callebaut leads cocoa farmer training program in joint initiative with the Rainforest Alliance to help protect Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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29 March 2013
29 Mar 2013 --- Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, announced today that Standard & Poor's Rating Services (S&P) assigned a 'BB+' corporate rating to Barry Callebaut AG, down from BBB-.
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22 March 2013
22 Mar 2013 --- Cargill has announced that it has achieved the Standard National of Indonesia (SNI), for its Gerkens cocoa powders produced in the Netherlands, which will enable it to export its high quality powders to the country.
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22 March 2013
22 Mar 2013 --- During the past half-century, The Hershey Company has helped family cocoa farmers and communities develop more productive agriculture practices, build educational and community resources, and improve labor practices.
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21 February 2013
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has appointed Dr. Kai-Uwe Ostheim as General Manager – Global Sustainability Cocoa. He will lead ADM Cocoa’s global sustainability programme, as the company looks to build on the success of its existing initiatives and meet growing customer and consumer interest in supporting farming communities around the world.
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20 February 2013
The Flavor Lab will include a sensory panel that will be trained in objective flavor evaluation, an invaluable tool for commercialization and research based on flavor characteristics. Farmers will learn by tasting chocolate from their own beans, usually for the first time, how product quality depends on good fermentation and drying methods.
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13 February 2013
The smaller boxes, or ‘Unplanned Tokens’, are based on the idea that the best gifts are unexpected. These little boxes of 8 chocolate pralines enable consumers to share the joy with spontaneous gestures that can act as top-ups to main gifts. The larger boxes, or ‘Thoughtful Surprises’, enable consumers to share the joy at key occasions throughout the year, with ready-to-gift chocolates that will b....
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06 February 2013
ADM Cocoa has completed the expansion of its production capabilities at its cocoa processing facility in Singapore. The expansion, which involved the upgrading of existing equipment as well as the installation of new machinery, will increase the total output of cocoa products by about 17 percent.
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01 February 2013
The Hershey Company has announced sales and earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012. Consolidated net sales were $1,751,035,000 compared with $1,567,145,000 for the fourth quarter of 2011. Reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 was $149,879,000 or $0.66 per share-diluted, compared with $142,133,000 or $0.62 per share-diluted for the comparable period of 2011.
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30 January 2013
Printed in six-colours (four process colours plus two specials), a luxurious finish has been achieved by Benson Group with the addition of two varnishes – a satin touch varnish for that overall feeling of quality, and a spot-UV varnish to add that special look and feel. As a finishing touch of quality gold foil blocking is added to the carton, which utilises 460 micron Linofreeze board and 36 micr....
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27 January 2013
Due to the latest consumer trends the numbers of confectionery with “clean label” in the supermarkets are growing in the last years. Coloring food ingredients are as popular as never before! The trend for more naturalness and “clean label” seems to be unbroken and coloring foodstuff is not used anymore just for children’s products.
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27 January 2013
Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has presented its unique Cameroon origin cocoa powder at the ISM 2013 in Cologne. This cocoa powder is the first Cameroon origin cocoa powder on the market. At the company’s booth, visitors were offered a special tasting of cakes made with Cameroon origin cocoa powder.
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24 January 2013
Barry Callebaut Americas has also initiated a sustainable palm oil program, and working towards being able to offer customers mass balance sustainable palm oil during the course of 2013 if and when requested.
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18 January 2013
Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, is strengthening its presence in Scandinavia by acquiring ASM Foods AB in Sweden from Carletti A/S of Denmark. The transaction includes a specialty factory in Mjölby, focused on the production of specialty compound chocolate, fillings and inclusions. This acquisition will add a total production capacity....
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17 January 2013
ADM Cocoa is restructuring its organisation into five key regions and business units, as it looks to enhance the level of service and support offered to customers by its global cocoa and chocolate team.
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09 January 2013
A key player in the sustainable cocoa industry, ADM Cocoa was one of the main sponsors of this international cocoa conference, attracting 1,200 delegates from around the world. Experts warn that by 2020, there will be a shortfall of cocoa.
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02 January 2013
The packaging perfectly suits prestige presentation at confectionery shops, gourmet food and specialty markets, as well as inclusion in gift baskets and coffee house point-of-sale displays. Classically understated package coloring and materials allow the shopper to view the product inside, and impart a responsibly minimal feel that environmentally conscious buyers will appreciate.
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19 December 2012
Certified cocoa is sourced from farms that have met comprehensive sustainability standards that strive to protect the environment and the safety and well-being of workers, their families and communities.
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05 December 2012
The wood-pulp is sourced from managed plantations. The renewable biobased content of NatureFlex films is typically 95% by weight of material according to ASTM D6866.
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04 December 2012
With the relocation of the current manufacturing activities in Chester, consolidation of liquid and solid industrial chocolate production will be carried out in Great Britain.The Chester plant is to be closed at the end of March 2013.
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30 November 2012
Barry Callebaut has turned the decades of expertise built up by the family-run company into an exciting new range of nut-based inclusions, fillings, toppings and decorations.
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29 November 2012
Mondelez International, Inc. has unveiled “Cocoa Life” – the company’s largest, most comprehensive cocoa sustainability effort to date. As the world’s largest chocolate company, it will invest $400 million over the next ten years to improve the livelihoods and living conditions of more 200,000 cocoa farmers and about one million people in cocoa farming communities.
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