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European Cocoa Association elects Barry Callebaut’s Steven Retzlaff as president

Retzlaff to serve two-year term.

July 6, 2018

The European Cocoa Association elected Steven Retzlaff, president of global cocoa at Barry Callebaut, as chairman during its last General Assembly in Zurich.

Hershey names former Panasonic exec Damien Atkins general counsel

Atkins served Panasonic, AOL before joining Hershey.

Christian Metzger

July 6, 2018

The Hershey Co. has named Damien Atkins as its new senior v.p., general counsel and secretary, effective Aug. 13.

Nordic chocolate brand kAAKAO pushing for change in EU sugar legislation

Brand uses dates as sweetening component.

Christian Metzger

July 6, 2018

Nordchocolate Ltd., the company behind kAAKAO bars, is pushing for change in EU legislation that prevents it from calling its products chocolate.

Bosch Group seeking buyer for packaging machinery division

Company aims to have division’s locations, employees retained by buyer.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

July 3, 2018

Bosch Group will seek a buyer for its packaging machinery division with the goal of the eventual buyer maintaining all 6,100 global employees.

Jacques De Waele receives RCI’s Henry J. Bornhofft Memorial Award

De Waele, sales manager for Savage Bros. Co., honored at RCI Annual Convention.

Christian Metzger

July 3, 2018

Retail Confectioners International (RCI) has announced that Jacques De Waele, sales manager for Savage Bros. Co., has won the Henry J. Bornhofft Memorial Award, presented last month at RCI’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo in Cleveland.

Caribbean chocolate brand Richmond now available in the U.S.

70-gram milk chocolate bars available in three varieties.

Christian Metzger

July 2, 2018

Roxiana Foods has launched in the United States the Richmond chocolate brand, featuring 70-gram bars made with fine-flavor Caribbean cacao and Caribbean cane sugar.

German startup planning to scale up production of allulose

Company founded in 2017 through sugar producer Pfeifer & Langen.

Christian Metzger

July 2, 2018

German startup Savanna Ingredients has begun producing initial quantities of allulose with the goal of producing the virtually calorie-free sugar on a larger scale.