Chocolate brand FlavaNaturals will launch FlavaBar chocolate bars and FlavaMix drinking chocolate with cocoa flavanols at levels shown to support brain, heart, skin and circulatory health.
What many people don't know is that Brazil's unique offering of exotic flavors, combined with its competitive position as one of the few countries self-sufficient in producing milk and sugarcane, has placed the country among the major global players in the confectionery industry.
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, La Maison du Chocolat launched "Icons in XXL," fan favorites spanning 40 years of chocolate making from the masters of ganache.
Call it an epiphany? Maybe. Life-changing? Most certainly. For Andrew Schuman, who had traveled across two-thirds of the country to visit Hammond's Candies, the moment certainly struck a nerve.
The Big Chocolate Show held its second annual event in New York City on Saturday, Oct. 7. The event’s highlight was honoring four experts as “Legends of Chocolate” for their contributions to the craft chocolate industry. The four honorees included cacao and chocolate flavor expert Ed Seguine; the father of American craft chocolate John Scharffenberger; authors Sophie & Michael Coe, and cacao geneticist Juan Carlos Motamayor.
L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates has had a big year. The Wapole, N.H.-based company, known for crafting European-inspired bonbons for a devoted following in New England, marked 30 years in operation.
Indonesian cocoa farmers who adopted good agricultural practices through Mondelez International’s Cocoa Life program saw average cocoa yields grow by 10 percent in 2016, the confectionery and snack giant announced Tuesday.