Lake Champlain Chocolates, a Vermont-based artisan chocolatier, has earned a Safe Quality Food (SQF) Level 2 Certification, meaning it has met requirements for one of the food industry’s leading food safety and quality designations.
Four months ago, I was a small-town newspaper journalist covering city council meetings and community events in rural West-Central Illinois, never dreaming my work would send me beyond the fringes of Northeast Missouri. But last Wednesday I found myself riding a tram out to the edge of the Palm Jumeirah. As the monorail glided past island residences and the city’s ultra-modern skyline, I couldn’t help being in awe.
Recent findings from the Nutritional Physiology Research Center at the University of South Australia, the University of Maine and LIH Luxembourg Institute of Health suggest that chocolate improves cognitive function.
Ruxton Chocolates, the Baltimore-based manufacturer of Mary Sue Easter Eggs, has broken ground on a new 100,444-sq.-ft. facility in the city’s suburbs.
The Good Food Awards, which recognizes authentic and delicious food throughout the United States, announced 291 finalists for 2017. There were 2,059 entries from 38 states and 14 categories, including chocolate, confections, honey, oils and more.
China’s confectionery market will continue to boom over the next few years, thanks to the population’s increasing disposable income and interest in Western-style sweets, according to a new report.
Swiss cocoa and chocolate producer Barry Callebaut Group has announced plans to expand its California production facility following a string of investments in Asia.