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ISM offers more of the good things

48th show continues to reflect consumer trends of better-for-you, permissible indulgence

April 13, 2018

Certainly there were plenty of traditional sweets for candy lovers to sample and enjoy. Still, it was clear that more fruit, more indulgent chocolate, more whimsy, more intensity, more color and more authenticity permeated the show displays.

Dragon Fruit wins Morinaga America’s flavor vote

New flavor to hit U.S. shelves in 2019.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 12, 2018

The results are in: Voters in Morinaga America’s East Meets West Flavor Challenge have decided to make Dragon Fruit the newest HI-CHEW flavor in the United States.

Davis Chocolate expands from private label to branded items

Wonka-like founder Brent Davis turns passion for chocolate, manufacturing experience into Indiana's only bean-to-bear operation.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 12, 2018

Brent Davis, a veritable Wonka himself, founded Indiana's only bean-to-bar chocolate operation, Mishawaka-based Davis Chocolate.

Candystore.com sees NECCO wafer sales boom after news of potential layoffs breaks

Sales of NECCO wafers went up 63 percent.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 11, 2018

Online bulk candy retailer Candystore.com says it has seen a boom in NECCO wafer sales after Revere, Mass.-based New England Confectionery Co. announced in March it could face major layoffs and possible closure if it doesn’t find a buyer.

Nestlé sets goal to use 100 percent recyclable packaging by 2025

Company to focus on three key areas to reduce waste.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 11, 2018

Nestlé has announced its goal to make 100 percent of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with the hope that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill or as litter.

2018 RCI annual convention set for June 18-22 in Cleveland

Author Mark Kamp to give ‘Opportunity Rocks’ keynote address.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 11, 2018

Candy makers and chocolatiers are invited to discover how they can reinvent and revolutionize their businesses at Retail Confectioners International’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo, set for June 18-22 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Olam Intl. predicts continued problems in smallholder communities.

Olam launches ‘net-positive,’ cross-commodity sustainability policy

Company to implement policy in two phases.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 10, 2018

Olam International has launched the Olam Living Landscapes Policy, an approach to agricultural supply chains and landscape management designed to give more than it takes.

Bosch Packaging offers Ritter Sport flexibility, reliability

The companies have been working together since 2000.

April 6, 2018

Currently Ritter operates 22 Bosch systems in Waldenbruch, of which 19 are modular, servo-controlled flow wrappers.

flavor trends in the confectionery industry

Flavor trends: Bold, bright and better-for-you

More adventurous consumers mean more experimentation for confectioners, flavor technologists.

Bernie Pacyniak

April 5, 2018

It's a wild, wonderful and at times wacky world of flavor fusion, alternative sweetening and exotic experimentation for confectioners and flavor technologists.