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Barry Callebaut is launching BC LIVE, a new digital events platform, the week of June 22 with a series of webinars to understand lifestyle trends and how chocolate can play a role to meet these specific consumer needs. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to all food manufacturers, from anticipating supply issues to instituting new, even stricter safety protocols. Blommer Chocolate Co. was ready to meet these challenges head on.

Cargill's FATitudes study revealed consumers closely read labels of packaged foods, with fat and oil type as a strong purchase consideration factor.

The Whatchamacallit brand is asking fans to name a new candy bar for a chance to win $5,000.

Ferrero USA, Inc. is opening a 728,000 sq. ft. distribution center in McDonough, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

Poelma succeeds Steven Retzlaff, president of global cocoa, Barry Callebaut, as chairman of the European Cocoa Association.

Hershey said the expansion of its Cocoa For Good program will make cocoa coming from these countries traceable from the farm to the first point of purchase.

Though the global COVID-19 pandemic prompted the National Confectioners Association to cancel the 2020 Sweets & Snacks Expo, the staff of Candy Industry still wanted to give confectionery manufacturers a chance to show off the innovations they have planned for 2020 and beyond.

Spangler said the Necco wafer recipe has remained “essentially unchanged,” though fans may detect a richer cocoa flavor in the chocolate wafers.

The Barry Callebaut Group has acquired GKC Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd, a producer of chocolate, coatings and fillings serving many consumer chocolate brands in Australia and New Zealand.