CHOCOA 2024
Event:CHOCOA 2024
Location:Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Organizer:Equipoise
Email: info@chocoa.nl
Website: https://www.chocoa.nl/copy-of-programs-back-up
Event Details:
CHOCOA is an annual marketplace for cocoa and chocolate for quality and sustainability: A place where cocoa and chocolate are traded, new business contacts are made, and existing ones reinforced. Where research results, new innovations, ideas, and concepts are shared.
Organized by Equipoise in cooperation with the Chocolate Festival Foundation, CHOCOA contributes to a world with more good, sustainable cocoa: The basis for better chocolate.
A world in which the production of cocoa is good for farmers, their communities, and the environment alike. One where good quality chocolate is available to environmentally conscious chocolate lovers everywhere. With this in mind, we started CHOCOA in 2012. Since then, the event has grown from a small chocolate festival with less than 20 stands at the Maritime Museum to an internationally recognized business event.
In 2020 CHOCOA boasted over 150 exhibitors and over 1500 professional visitors. When Chocoa went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, we took the quality and sustainability discussion online with over 600 participants, setting a new industry standard for virtual events. In 2022 we organised a 3 days live event again for professionals, a hybrid version including a live trade fair. We are now looking forward to meeting you in February 2024.
The goal has remained: Together, we bring progress to sustainability and create consumer awareness to develop the market for sustainable cocoa and chocolate. Now, you can enjoy multiple days of conferences, forums, and partner programs in the heart of Amsterdam, facilitating knowledge exchange, networking, and plenty of business opportunities.
REGULATORY NEWS
17 Sep 2024 --- Competere has written to the European Commission (EC), proposing an approach that reduces costs for vulnerable smallholder farmers and European consumers in light of the incoming... Read More
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
17 Sep 2024 --- The plant-based space is diversifying to accommodate evolving consumer trends as convenience and indulgence fuel increasing demand for on-the-go snacks. The rise of flexitarian... Read More
TECH & INNOVATION
16 Sep 2024 --- Time-consuming tasks (60%), data entry errors (39%) and miscommunication (32%) are plaguing F&B suppliers, half of whom still rely on manual spreadsheets for managing daily... Read More
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
09 Sep 2024 --- Renewed calls for the forthcoming EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to be postponed are being voiced this week as palm oil stakeholders from Indonesia and Malaysia meet with... Read More
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
09 Sep 2024 --- Ferrero has launched a plant-based Nutella spread on track to be sold in select European markets this autumn. According to Ferrero, Nutella Plant-Based delivers the “same... Read More
23 Aug 2024 --- Christopher Callanan, global licensing lead at Mondelez, discusses the consumer trends behind the company’s recent licensing agreement with Arla Foods, allowing the dairy cooperative to produce, distribute and market chocolate milk under the Mondelez-owned Milka brand. He dives into how “snackification” — the trend of eating smaller meals — drives the food and beverage sector, particularly the confectionery space.
15 Aug 2024 --- Nexus, Palsgaard’s specialized R,D&I sister company, aims to replace 10% of the eggs used globally as ingredients in baked goods, dressings, desserts and ready meals. Claus Hviid Christensen, CEO of Nexus, discusses the challenges in emulating eggs’ multiple functionalities like emulsification and foaming, which the company aims to achieve through plant-based ingredients. He also spotlights the ingredient’s role in sustainability and animal welfare.
08 Aug 2024 --- “Summer in Paris” and “Campfire Hot Chocolate” are among the “experiential” ice cream flavors Agrana showcased at IFT First in Chicago this summer. Rachel Grant, product development lead at Agrana, explains how encapsulating multisensory moments in flavors can excite consumers. She also notes that vegan ice cream development has slowed, but brands are still keen to keep at least one in their portfolio.
07 Aug 2024 --- At IFT First 2024 in Chicago, US, Ingredion’s Dr. Michael Leonard, SVP, chief innovation officer and head of Protein Fortification explored the company’s latest protein, sugar reduction and clean label starch solutions. Leonard also picks out the key consumer trends driving innovation at Ingredion and discusses its environmental sustainability performance and ongoing R&D focuses.
05 Aug 2024 --- Dutch start-up Vivici has introduced its beta-lactoglobulin whey protein produced via precision fermentation. Beta-lactoglobulin is the most common whey protein in cow’s milk and boasts unique nutritional and functional advantages, in addition to being more sustainably produced. Stephan van Sint Fiet, CEO of Vivici, explains how the ingredient’s higher leucine and branched-chain amino acid content can deliver more value to consumers in the US.
