Created in 1923, the first “filled” candy bar in the U.S. celebrates its 85th birthday this year. Originally made to mimic the taste of a malted milk shake, the milk

Danisco Sugar has announced plans to sell its sugar division to German sugar producer Nordzucker for around $1.2 billion. The deal will separate Danisco’s sugar business from its ingredients business

Curtis Vreeland Confectionery Industry SpecialistHealth drives chocolate growthIn an industry that was built -- and continues to rely -- on indulgence, it’s ironic that health/wellness has become chocolate’s driving force.

South Korea’s largest snack manufacturer, Seoul-based Lotte Confectionery, has established a new foothold in its efforts to expand globally, signing off on an agreement to acquire Sint-Niklaas, Belgium-based Guylian for

A joint press release by Lotte and Guylian states that the existing management team, which also applies to operations in the United States, will remain intact. Lotte and the former

Citing their earlier fact-finding trip to the Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) and Ghana, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Representative Eliot Engel(D – N.Y.) applauded the progress made by the International

In a move that looks to take advantage of the rising value of corn as a base ingredient for a broad range of food products, White Plains, N.Y-based Bunge Ltd.,

Food giant General Mills acquired Denver-based Humm Foods, the manufacturer of Lärabar and Lärabar Jocalat  energy bars on June 11. The brands will become part of Small Planet Foods, the

In an unprecedented effort to unlock the secrets of the cocoa plant, Mars, Inc. announced it’s teaming up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and

Nevertheless, the three partners anticipate that it will take approximately five years to complete the entire sequencing, assembly, annotation and study of the cocoa genome.  Scientists from USDA-ARS and Mars