In a move that looks to take advantage of the rising value of corn as a base ingredient for a broad range of food products, White Plains, N.Y-based Bunge Ltd.,

Food giant General Mills acquired Denver-based Humm Foods, the manufacturer of Lärabar and Lärabar Jocalat  energy bars on June 11. The brands will become part of Small Planet Foods, the

In an unprecedented effort to unlock the secrets of the cocoa plant, Mars, Inc. announced it’s teaming up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and

Nevertheless, the three partners anticipate that it will take approximately five years to complete the entire sequencing, assembly, annotation and study of the cocoa genome.  Scientists from USDA-ARS and Mars

Gerardo Castillo, a 30-year-old employee of the Blommer Chocolate Co., died on June 8 when overcome by fumes at the company’s chocolate processing facility in Chicago. The accident occurred in

It’s expected to take six years, but when completed, U.S. Sugar Corp. will have sold 187,000 acres (about 300 square miles) of cane fields to Florida as part of a

Most of you are probably thinking that I’m referring to marketing as the “m” word in the headline. And trust me, I’m usually one of the first to emphasize the

The news is nearly two months old by now, but that doesn’t make it any less astonishing: chocolate giant Mars Inc. purchased gum kingpin Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., creating a

Despite celebrating its 50th birthday this year, interpack 2008 showed no signs of a midlife crisis. With more than 2,700 exhibitors showcasing their accomplishments in confectionery processing as well as packaging, the triennial event filled all 19 halls of the Dusseldorf Trade Fair Center. 

The Company: Enjoy Life Foods, Schiller Park, Ill.The Product: boom Choco boom barsThe Hook: Customers don’t have to shy away from chocolate anymore because of allergies. Enjoy Life Foods has