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Behave launches low-sugar candy: ‘We’re good so you don’t have to be’

Founder Mayssa Chehata on formulating the better-for-you candy, navigating COVID-19, and working with Celebrity Chef Elizabeth Falkner.

Crystal Lindell

August 19, 2020

Founder Mayssa Chehata said she wanted to create a delicious candy that people could eat guilt-free. Something that made them feel like they were “behaving” while breaking the rules.

5 gum partners with makers of Marvel's Avengers game to offer in-game content

Players can access content through purchase of 5 gum starting Aug. 17.

August 19, 2020

5 gum is the exclusive gum partner of Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics for Marvel's Avengers game, set for release on Sept. 4.

Lindt to open Home of Chocolate this fall

Company spent three years, 100 million Swiss francs developing the attraction.

August 18, 2020

Lindt & Sprüngli will open the Lindt Home of Chocolate in Kilchberg, Switzerland to visitors this fall after three years of construction.

Halloween 2020

With Halloween on the horizon, how pandemic-proof will candy prove to be?

The fall holiday accounts for $4.6B in sales for the confectionery industry. But expected changes in trick-or-treating could have a massive impact on that.

Crystal Lindell

August 12, 2020

It’s hard to imagine that a country navigating a pandemic is going to send its children to collect candy from a bunch of strangers this year.

NCA accepting applications for 2021 class of Future Leadership Program

Candidates 40 years old or younger can apply through Oct. 10, 2020.

August 11, 2020

The National Confectioners Association’s Young Professionals Network has opened the application for the 2021 class of its Future Leadership Program, which provides professional development resources to young professionals aspiring to leadership roles in the confectionery industry.

Sour Patch Kids, IT’SUGAR launch branded store in NYC

Store offers Sweets Bar, limited-edition merchandise.

August 11, 2020

Situated between New York University’s Washington Square campus and the SoHo Shopping district, the first Sour Patch Kids store is a permanent location operated by specialty candy retailer IT’SUGAR.

Breaking the mold: How Beyond Good is reinventing the chocolate business

Beyond Good looks to expand its model of chocolate production at origin from Madagascar to East Africa.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 5, 2020

Though Africa supplies 70 percent of the world’s cocoa, the “statistical equivalent of 0 percent” of the world’s chocolate is produced there, says Tim McCollum, founder of Beyond Good. He's hoping to change that.