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DouxMatok has raised $22 million in a series B funding round, enabling large-scale production and sales of its sugar-reduction solution as it hits the European and North American markets.

Consumer packaged goods companies can’t afford to turn a blind eye to the cannabis industry. That’s according to Larry Levin, executive v.p. of market and shopper intelligence at IRI. He recently touched on the topic during a Candy Industry webinar, "Candy: State of the Industry."

Leveraging the strength of the Reese's brand, The Hershey Co. has announced that Reese's is taking over the Take5 bar.

For the seventh year The Hershey Co. has been named to The Civic 50, an annual recognition from Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service.

Retail Confectioners International (RCI) inducted four new members to its board of directors during RCI’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo, held June 3-7 in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have suspended pre-sales of the 2020-2021 season cocoa crop as the governments work to institute a base price for cocoa from those countries.

Diane Trout, account manager and business development for Blommer Chocolate Co., has been awarded the 2019 Henry J. Bornhofft Memorial Award by Retail Confectioners International.

AAK has launched COBAO Pure, a new cocoa butter with improved bloom-retarding effects.