Walkers Shortbread honors the Scottish Terrier, one of five breeds of Skye terriers originating in Scotland, with special Scottie Dog‐shaped shortbread cookies.

Beginning next year, Hungarian food manufacturers will have to pay a tax of 10 forint ($.05) for foods containing fat, sugar and salt that exceed certain threshold levels. Earlier this

Consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of managing the portion size of the foods they eat, says The NPD Group, a leading market research company based in Port Washington,

Touting itself as "the new way to do energy," Sheets Energy Strips from Pure Brands LLC evidently energized enough buyers and distributors to agree, garnering the 2011 Best New Product

San Francisco-based International Chocolate Salon announced medalists for its third annual Chicago Luxury Chocolate Salon competition. In the Best Dark Chocolate category, three chocolatiers received gold medals: Amano Artisan

The PRAIM Group has partnered with Anne Taintor, Inc, a vintage humor company, to launch of line of chocolate bars. The bars come in either milk or dark chocolate, and feature five different designs with Anne Taintor’s signature artwork on the wrappers.

A new non-animal source of gelatin has been produced by researchers, Food Navigator reports. However, the new source isn’t a plant, but rather humans. Navigator writes that the The Journal

Caffex has introduced three new caffeinated marshmallows in three varieties. The Java Mallows provide the power-punch of a double espresso; the MoccaMallows create a chocolaty espresso experience with cocoa plus roasted cocoa nibs; and the CoffeeMallows feature the caffeine of a double cup of coffee.

There’s nothing better than the smell of baking chocolate chip cookies, or fresh-from-the oven bread. But who wants to go through the trouble of baking the cookies and putting the bread in the oven?