Alyse Thompson-Richards has held many positions with BNP Media, first serving as an intern at Candy Industry magazine in summer 2012. She joined Candy Industry's staff full time as associate editor in August 2016 after a few years at newspapers in West-Central Illinois, becoming managing editor in March 2019. Alyse has also served as managing editor of Cannabis Products magazine since March 2019, and is currently the editor-in-chief of Food Engineeering magazine. She has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish from Western Illinois University.
Over the last 10 years, Candy Industry has covered countless confectionery manufacturers. And while each article resulting from those factory visits offered important insight into the industry, we found these 10 stories especially interesting.
While Pantone is closely connected to fashion and interior design, the color identification system and its Color of the Year can also apply to food and food packaging.
With varying stages of cannabis legalization in the U.S. and Canada — and the proliferation of cannabis-infused edibles in the marketplace — the Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association recently hosted a science symposium on incorporating cannabis into confectionery and snack products.
Thin and crispy, wafers are often enjoyed while they’re sandwiching cream — but for decades, candy companies have also incorporated them into tasty, textural confections.