New York City-based Wings of Nature has a new Almond Raisin nutrition bar that’s being marketed as a great gym snack or after-school treat.

Pionir’s president and this year’s 2010 European Candy Kettle Club recipient, Miroljub Aleksic, has set his sights on making the company the largest confectioner in the Balkans.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) now controls 100% of Golden Peanut Company LLC.The Decatur, Ill.-based agricultural conglomerate acquired all the outstanding capital stock from Alimenta Inc., an international trading

The newly launched Jelly Belly Jelly Bean Chocolate Dips come in five flavors.

The U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) has awarded its  2010 International Community Service award to Cargill for its work to improve the livelihoods for cocoa farmers and their families in Africa, Asia and South America.

Ed Wilson, v.p. of sales & marketing for Newark, N.J.-based AAK USA, has retired. Wilson joined the AAK family (originally know as Aarhus Inc.) in September 1992 as a technical service representative, becoming one of the leading experts in the specialty fats and oils industry. 

Hank Whetstone, president of Whetstone Industries USA, and Rex Baker, president of Imperial Design Technologies (IDT), recently announced a partnership to design and manufacture a new range of chocolate enrobing and chocolate moulding machinery.

Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, announced last Friday that its affiliates have acquired Atkins Nutritionals, a leading international weight control and nutrition brand. Atkins' management team, led by Monty Sharma, will remain with the business and invested alongside Roark Capital in the transaction.

Becoming a part of the family business wasn’t always Jim Greenberg’s plan.   

Shoppers will soon find an iconic chocolate syrup in the candy aisle. Bosco Product Co. is partnering with The PRAIM Group to distribute a line of all-natural chocolate bars tied