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Three confectioners honored during August ECRM event

Buyers Choice Winners announced; new products featured

October 20, 2016

ECRM hosted its annual Candy Planning: Everyday & Summer Seasonal event in late August at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, La.

Rising cocoa demand prompts turn to cocoa butter alternatives

Compounds made with replacements for cocoa butter, uses not dictated by Chocolate Standard of Identity.

Abigail Watt

October 19, 2016

When it comes to candy, versatility is a big bonus. That's one of the reasons compound coatings can be popular -- they can be used in a variety of application forms.

K'ul Chocolate founder Peter Kelsey keeps his cool

Farm-to-bar chocolatier uses dark chocolate, energy-supplying ingredients to encourage view that chocolate is food.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

October 19, 2016

After two years of education and experimentation, Kelsey launched K'ul Chocolate in Minneapolis' Seward neighborhood.

Food colors market to reach $3.75 billion by 2022

Greater demand for natural colors, dyes fuels growth.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

October 19, 2016

The global food colors market is expected to hit $3.75 billion in 2022, according to a new report by India-based market research firm Markets and Markets.

Sweet Valley Organics

Sunrise Confections, El Paso, Texas

October 5, 2016

Sunrise Confections has launched a new organic-certified brand of dark chocolate snack bites.

Dark Chocolate Electrobar

K'ul Chocolate, Minneapolis, Minn.

October 3, 2016

K'ul Chocolate launched its dark chocolate Electrobar this month, a functional-food chocolate bar inspired by athletes.

Zollipops founder Alina Morse to be featured in Ripley’s Believe it or Not

ZolliPops to be featured in a special edition to be distributed in North America, Australia and Europe.

Olivia Zyszczynski

September 29, 2016

Morse, a Michigan native, will be featured in the 2017 Wild & Wacky Edition of Ripley’s Believe it or Not, which is designed for children ages 8 to 12. The special edition will be distributed to more than one million schools, libraries and families in North America, Australia and parts of Europe.

The PUR Co. CEO Jay Klein on PROFIT 500 rankings, starting small and connecting with customers

PUR was ranked no. 10 overall by PROFIT and Canadian Business on the annual PROFIT 500 list.

Abigail Watt

September 28, 2016

The gum and mint manufacturer, which sells aspartame-free sweets, made the list with a five-year revenue growth of 5,496 percent. It was also ranked no. 1 in the Manufacturing and Distribution category.

KIND bars can once again display "healthy" on its packaging

The FDA's ‘Kind’ ly attempt to define healthy

FDA to begin the process of determining what ‘healthy’ means, how food manufacturers can use it.

Bernie Pacyniak

September 28, 2016

Just when I thought that the presidential campaign had demonstrated how weird a year 2016 could be, the FDA announced yesterday that it was going to tackle the definition of the word “healthy.” Is that nuts or what?