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The commissioning and start-up of Bartek's new Maleic Anhydride Reactor system will add 22,000 metric tons of capacity to its existing three maleic anhydride reactors.

The snack company is backing the next phase of Cocoa Life with an additional $600 million, for a total $1 billion investment since 2012.

Peter Boone, chief executive officer of Barry Callebaut, has also been named the WCF’s new chairman, the first CEO to hold the chairmanship.

The World Cocoa Foundation has closed pre-event registrations for its 2022 Partnership Meeting due to a surge in demand for its first in-person gathering in three years.

IRI's Dan Sadler recently spoke to Candy Industry about projections for the 2022 Halloween season and what the research firm expects heading into the holidays.

Airheads has introduced candy-flavored dental floss to ease the longstanding tension between candy makers and dentists.

Valio analyzed over 1.5 million public milk chocolate-related social media discussions around the world with artificial intelligence and surveyed hundreds of people about their preferences regarding chocolate. 

Through Dec. 24, for each gift purchased from the company's Season of Giving holiday collection, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. will donate 20 percent of the net proceeds to Feeding America. 

Grocery pickup and delivery platform Instacart has revealed insights surrounding consumers’ Halloween candy buying habits.

Dart joined Perfetti Van Melle on Oct. 6 to establish this new executive leadership team role for North America.