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.
Nestlé has introduced Milkybar Wowsomes, the first chocolate using Nestlé’s restructured sugar designed to reduce its products’ sugar content by 30 percent.
Completing its all-cash acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., Monday, Campbell Soup Co. will fold that company in with Pepperidge Farms to create the Campbell Snacks division.
Harvard professor Carla Martin is concerned with the ethics behind chocolate, particularly in terms of labor, politics and human rights. She says chocolate is springboard for discussing and addressing these issues.
Through its newest campaign — the East Meets West Flavor Challenge — Morinaga America will bring a little bit of Japan to the United States to mark its 10-year anniversary here.
IndexBox noted the market reached $17.6 billion in 2016, up $819 million — or 5 percent — from 2015. This figure reflects total revenue of producers and importers and excludes logistics costs, retail marketing costs and retailers’ margins.
A group of stakeholders led by the National Confectioners Association and the Sweetener Users Association has formed the Alliance for Fair Sugar Policy with the goal of pushing Congress to modernize the U.S. sugar program.
In celebration of the country’s strong connection to chocolate, workforce training firm Syntra West will sponsor Chocolate University Belgium, a weeklong chocolate training program in Bruges.
Hammond’s Brands has introduced a line of 3-oz. vertical-tablet Belgian chocolate bars, which are a larger than Hammond’s existing 2.25-oz. chocolate bars.