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With six months to go, ProSweets Cologne is looking to make its sixth annual trade show bigger — and better — than last year’s event.

Foils will be flying for Lindt & Sprungli this week.

With the addition of a state-of-the-art test kitchen and more warehouse space, Nielsen-Massey Vanilla’s newly renovated headquarters addresses growth and customer-centric demands .

Barry Callebaut’s latest ingredient list includes cocoa, plantain, coconut, mango, pineapple, beans, maize and … rubber. The company is hoping it will be a recipe for better farming in Cote D’Ivoire.

About a week after Farley’s & Sathers and Ferrara Pan Candy Co. made their merger official — creating the Ferrara Candy Co. — they’re announcing plans to close some facilities.

GrowCocoa — a sustainability effort recently established by Blommer Chocolate Co. and supply chain manager Olam International — will help farmers do exactly what its name asserts: grow cocoa.

There is a group that chocolate makers, confectioners and suppliers can all call their own. Where independently owned businesses and multi-million dollar corporations can meet, share ideas, and solve mutual problems.

Dennis Witzel has been in the chocolate business for more than 40 years, working for Nestlé Chocolate Division, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate and Linnea's Cake & Candy Supplies. And now, he’s been recognized for his sweet contributions to the confectionery world.

The holidays are coming early for Divine Chocolate this year.