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18-Apr-2024

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TOP HEADLINES

Living income, EUDR, and Regenerative Agriculture on the table at World Cocoa Conference 2024

The Rainforest Alliance will outline its plans for greater collaboration in the chocolate industry at the World Cocoa Conference in Brussels next week.... Read more

Cocoa Canopy’s full hot chocolate range to be listed on Ocado

Online grocery store Ocado has announced it is to stock the entire Cocoa Canopy range of drinking chocolate from May.... Read more

Cocoa feels the bite of climate change

Climate change will affect many industries, but few more than cocoa. While farmers on the ground struggle with fluctuating climatic conditions changing working practices, large companies grapple with environmental regulation.... Read more

Retailers face digital transformation hurdles, hindered by tech debt, data silos

Many retailers still struggle to implement digital transformation strategies due to expensive, complex and outdated IT infrastructures, a panel of experts shared during a webinar on the future of retail technology.... Read more

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EDITOR'S CHOICE

‘Cocoa has failed us,’ says Ghanaian farmer

A new video produced by the African Cocoa Marketplace (ACM) reveals the plight of cocoa farmers in West Africa who struggle to grow enough beans to earn a living.... Read more

ON-DEMAND WEBINARS

Sweet Solutions: Exploring the Future of Sugar Reduction

Eager to reduce the sugar in your products by up to 50%? Don't miss out on an engaging discussion with Dr. David Tsivion, CO-CEO & CTO, Incredo®, a global food-tech powerhouse and the creators of Incredo® Sugar, and Melissa Tisoncik, R&D Vice President, Blommer Chocolate, the...

27-Mar-2024

Time’s up: new European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) comes into force at the end of 2024 - how ready is cocoa?

Although there are three pieces of legislation to the bill: Deforestation; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; & Forced Labour Regulation, this latest ConfectioneryNews webinar will focus primarily on deforestation, which has been in force since the law was passed in June 2023, but applicable from...

23-Jan-2024

GLOBAL INDUSTRY NEWS

Nestlé accused of adding sugar to baby food in lower income countries

Sugar is added to some of Nestlé’s baby food products sold in poorer countries, but not in its main European markets, claims a new report.... Read more

FoodNavigator-USA takes home gold, bronze in 2024 regional Azbee journalism awards

FoodNavigator-USA won two distinctions for exceptional reporting in business-to-business journalism in the 2024 Azbee Awards of Excellence, hosted by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).... Read more

Now is the time for brands to elevate the innovation game

New research finds that despite facing internal resource constraints, CPGs are prioritizing NPD like never before.... Read more

Would a ban on lab grown meat in the US affect the UK?

In the wake of several Republican-led states in the US pushing for a ban or limit on the sales of cell-cultivated meat, we asked a legal expert what impact – if any – it could have on the UK?... Read more

Researchers stress 'transformative possibility' for AI in nutrition and research

A new systematic review delved into the potential for AI to advance personalized nutrition and research, identifying key areas of opportunity within dietary assessment, meal analysis, disease prediction and management.... Read more

Vitamin D, multinutrients may boost lung health for COPD sufferers

Vitamin D supplementation alone or a multinutrient combination may significantly improve lung function and disease severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to findings published in Nutrients.... Read more

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