Boulder, Colo.-based candymaker finds natural sourcing a blueprint to customer loyalty.
January 24, 2017
Decades ago little Chris Mears slipped a piece of candy into his jeans and roller-bladed away. He was stopped, did his time and reformed his ways, but now he has found a way to make enjoying candy less incriminating.
Vanilla prices are expected to remain high the first half of 2017 amid projections of adequate-to-poor bean quality, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas says in a new state-of-the-market report.
According to a recent flavor report from Geneva, Ill.-based FONA International, the use of honey as a sweetener is on the rise. Last year, 10 311 products were rolled out globally using honey.
If you missed the column, which appeared in Sweet & Healthy Issue 1, it dealt with a mother’s proposal to create candy- and tabloid-free checkout aisles for parents who are shopping with their children.
After an introductory pastry course at The French Pastry School, Ramona Thomas knew what she wanted to do. She put plans in motion to develop an all-natural sweets business.
The National Confectioner’s Association (NCA) has announced winners of its 2017 Confectionery Leadership Awards, which celebrate honorees’ effective business collaboration, category management best practices and innovations in in-store merchandising.
Earlier this week, Sioux City, Iowa-based Palmer Candy Co. issued a limited recall of certain chocolate products after being informed by Valley Milk Products, a Maryland-based cooperative, that the milk powder used in a compound chocolate coating supplied by Blommer Chocolate Co. to Palmer Candy Co. has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.