Articles tagged as Chocolate
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10/12/16Lindt & Sprüngli Australia (Lindt) has officially opened its new $60 million purpose-built facility at Marsden Park in Sydney as it expands its operations to capitalise on the chocolate makers strong growth in the Australian market. The Marsden Park facility will employ up to 350 staff, with approximately 80% of those from Sydney’s western suburbs which sits at the heart of the Western Sydney gro ...
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18/12/16Lily O'Brien's has introduced its first ever range of indulgent chocolate bars. The brand conducted extensive research into the changing tastes of UK consumers to ensure that its innovative recipes, envelope packaging and 80g weight met consumer desires.
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18/12/16The quality of Belgium's famous chocolate largely depends on the crystals that form during the hardening of the chocolate. Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium, have been in touch with Kennedy's to explain that they have now developed a new and quicker way to check whether the cocoa butter is crystallising correctly during the hardening process. The method could save the chocolate industry a lot o ...
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18/12/16Nestlé and Google have announced that they are reviving their partnership to bring consumers special edition packs of KitKat that bear YouTube’s branding on the wrapper. A partnership that initially proved popular with consumers last year, the latest promotion sees KitKat offering branded packs that feature a prominent QR code. By using a mobile phone to scan the code, consumers will be shown one ...
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18/12/16Dawn Foods is offering Dobla-branded premium Belgian chocolate quality decorations and toppings to bakers and chefs in the UK. From chocolate curls and shavings in a range of flavours to chocolate cigarillos and detailed chocolate decorations including flowers, Dobla products are ready to use, easily adding visual impact to all kinds of cakes, cream slices, desserts, ice cream and patisserie.
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18/12/16LINDT and Sprüngli is to showcase its Swiss travel retail product portfolio during the upcoming TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference. Peter Zehnder, head of the Lindt & Sprüngli global duty free division, said that the Asian market presents the travel retail sector with some great opportunities, especially in the gifting sector.
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18/12/16Montezuma’s has launched Absolute Black – its first 100% cocoa bar. The bar, which is organic, suitable for vegans and sugar free, has been developed following the increasing popularity of Montezuma’s dark chocolate ranges. The company describes as Absolute Black as offering an earthy and smooth taste, without any of the bitterness normally associated with very dark chocolate.
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09/11/16At a lavish press event held at the Austrian Embassy on March 7, Josef Zotter – founder of Zotter Chocolate – explained his company’s roots, its bean-to-bar credentials, his innovation philosophy, and more. Simon Rowley attended to hear his story
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19/12/16LINDT and global duty-free retailer Dufry have joined forces to launch a new personalised LINDT Gold Bunny promotion at Zurich Airport. Designed as an initiative to drive customer engagement and sales in an increasingly challenging commercial environment, LINDT hopes that the ability to customise its renowned Gold Bunny will give customers more reasons to buy at the airport.
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19/12/16Plamil Expressions Chocolate has been accredited with the new Sugarwise certification which helps consumers identify low free sugar content in food. Sugarwise will be the only mark certifying foods that derive no more than 5% of their energy from free sugars – ‘simple’ sugars that are broken down quickly by the body, are accompanied by little fibre and other nutrients and can wreak havoc on peopl ...
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02/11/16by Angus Kennedy It could only come from Mr. Joseph Zotter of Zotter Schokoladen in Austria – now a good friend of mine that came over to talk at the London World Chocolate Forum in 2013 and yes, he does wear different coloured shoes and yes, he does have a chocolate graveyard with failed chocolate bar ideas (buried) in the grounds of his factory.
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02/11/16by Angus Kennedy I was impressed by the Mother’s day selection at my local Thornton’s mini store in Maidstone, (UK) last weekend. Whether or not the ‘Ferrero touch’ had started kicking in or not, it didn’t matter. The result was a frenzied queue of 40 something blokes (like me too) searching desperately for that last minute gift for the kids to give mum on mother’s day (just gone).
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09/11/16Chocolate manufacturer, Ludwig Weinrich, explains why it relies on packaging solutions from LoeschPack and reports on the recent installation of the LTM-DUO twin-station fold wrapping machine at its Herford factory.
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19/12/16Today, we continue our ISM coverage with a preview of what French chocolatier CÉMOI will have on offer... Dating back to the beginning of the 19th Century, CÉMOI has a unique business model by virtue of being the only company in France to control the cocoa process from bean to bar. In fact, the company is committed to the entire network, from the farmer to the consumer, to ensure that its custome ...
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19/12/16Cemoi, a French chocolatier that has been committed to sustainable development for over 20 years, has launched a new initiative named ‘Transparence Cacao’. Cemoi is focused on managing every step of the chocolate production process, from the planters to the consumers, bringing them fully traceable chocolate products of optimal quality.
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19/12/16HERZA Schokolade, a manufacturer of small chocolate pieces for further processing in the food industry, has introduced a new range of organic chocolate pieces produced without sucrose. The company has, since 2008, offered organic and Fair Trade chocolate in a host of different shapes and sizes, most of which is intended for use in muesli, pastry goods and bakery mixes.
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19/12/16German company Hans Brunner, one of the world's leading chocolate mould manufacturers, offers a wide range of chocolate moulds, industrial products and ice cream scoops. Its high-quality range of chocolate moulds includes injection moulds for chocolate bars and chocolates, double moulds, cold stamping plates, one shot moulds, spinning moulds, hand moulds – which can be used to produce hollow figu ...