True to its plan, ADM confirmed that it will sell its chocolate business, most likely by the end of the third quarter.

Chances are that most of you reading this article have or will snack on something today. In fact, there’s a good likelihood you’re snacking right now.

Ahoy, chocolate lovers, everywhere! Thanks to a partnership between Santa Clarita, Calif.-based Princess Cruises and master chocolatier and pastry chef Norman Love, your ship has finally come in.

Elaine (nee Garcia) Gonzalez, known as the "Chocolate Goddess" to confectionery and food professionals, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 25, after a lengthy illness at the age of 79.

Graham will be responsible for the company’s packaging systems to producers of cookies, crackers, confectionery, snacks, bread, pharmaceutical and pet food.

Invented by Dr. Francine Kaufman, the brand began as a mail-order company in the 1990s, eventually launching an e-commerce website.

Mars Chocolate North America confirmed that it, too, is raising prices for many of its confectionery products, bumping them up an average of 7 percent.

There were 175,000 visitors to this year’s show, which spanned 19 halls and included nearly 2,700 exhibitors.

When Forest Gump’s mother pointed out that life, like a box of chocolates, is full of surprises, I don’t think she even expected Lindt & Sprüngli to be the one to acquire Russell Stover Candies.

I’d like to point out another winning effort that happened last month, the World Cocoa Foundation’s CocoaAction initiative.