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The death of the Italian billionaire this past Valentine's Day triggered rumors that the family-owned group, now led by the family's third generation, might strike a deal to sell to one of its rivals.

Mondelez Int’l is acquiring Enjoy Life Foods, a private U.S. snacking company that focuses on creating "free-from" snacks.

Nestlé says it plans to replace artificial colors and flavors with ingredients from natural sources.

Unreal, an "unjunked" food company, is relaunching its line of unjunked candy, with new packaging and new flavors like crispy quinoa, coconut and almond butter.

Michele Ferrero, the richest man in Italy and owner of the Ferrero group that created Nutella and the Ferrero Rocher chocolates, died at 89 on Valentine's Day.

A father’s foresight. A mother’s business acumen. And a daughter’s resolute commitment to the family business.All three elements have helped build Waukegan, Ill.-based Cornfields Inc.

More and more consumers are saying, “Quiero dulces!” And while that may be Spanish for “I want candy,” it’s retailers in the United States who are hearing it.

Thanks to new AILP technology, the AeroCore is especially suitable for dosing aerated pressurized masses, which keeps the pistons “always in line,” both in the suction and in the dosing phase of the product.

"On the back of every Lovely Candy Co. Package, you’ll find the company’s story. “The journey started when Jackie asked her husband Mike to go on a quest for her favorite candy... licorice,” it reads. “Hers was a special request, it needed to be consciously crafted with select gluten-free ingredients.”"

Terry Ullman has worked as a machinist in a shipyard and as an environmental planner for Green Bay, Wis. During that time, however, he often would reflect about the summers spent as a teenager helping his Uncle Ken and Aunt Joyce at their Caramel Crisp Shop in Estes Park, Colo.