New from Ritter Sport: Limited Edition Pistachio

29-Oct-2024 - Pistachio is the trend. So what could be more obvious than Ritter Sport ennobling it with a place in the nut class? After all, the Waldenbuch-based chocolate manufacturer stands for the combination of nuts and chocolate like no other. At the start of the year, the family-run company will be ...

Advent, Advent, fair gifts with GEPA

What warms the heart: feel-good ideas in the run-up to Christmas

23-Oct-2024 - Why wait until Christmas Eve? From December 1st to 24th, Fair Trade pioneer GEPA is once again offering a gift for every day this year: two organic Advent calendars filled with chocolate or tea, the real fair Santa Claus with crosier and mitre, organic honey wine, roasted cashews, gingerbread ...

Foreverland Secures €3.4M for Sustainable Chocolate Revolution

Carob-Based Product Cuts 80% CO2 Emissions, Expands Across Europe

17-Oct-2024 - Foreverland, the Italian startup that invented a sustainable carob-based chocolate alternative, is redefining the future of chocolate and the food industry with this new funding round aimed at launching its semi-finished product manufacturing facility and expanding into Europe. Foreverland, the ...

More and more cannabinoids in confectionery

Number of rapid alerts reaches new high in 2023

01-Oct-2024 - In 2023, the authorities of the 31 participating countries exchanged almost 4,700 notifications on potentially harmful food, feed and food contact materials via the European Rapid Alert System RASFF. This is a new record, as reported by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety ...

MrBeast chocolate comes to Germany

Exclusively at EDEKA, Netto Marken-Discount and Marktkauf

10-Sep-2024 - With over 300 million subscribers, MrBeast from the USA is the biggest YouTuber in the world. His videos are regularly viewed over 100 million times. MrBeast, whose real name is James Donaldson, is also a successful entrepreneur. His latest creation, the chocolate brand "Feastables", is now also ...

Germany: Declining export business for confectionery - tipping point looming

30-Jul-2024 - In view of a saturated domestic market and the high concentration in the German food retail sector, the export of confectionery remains of central importance for producers in Germany. With a share of well over 60% in terms of value, exports make a significant contribution to value creation and to ...

Presidential Award goes to energy start-up

Top-class competition: Planet A Foods and RobCo

02-Jul-2024 - For the development of its high-efficiency power plant, the start-up Reverion has received the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award. In addition to generating electric power with biogas, the plant can also produce hydrogen from surplus energy. Finalists for the award included Planet A Foods, ...

Price sensitivity to unhealthy foods

13-Jun-2024 - Consumer data shows people with obesity are more price-sensitive than others when it comes to buying unhealthy foods, suggesting a food tax could be an effective public health measure. Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages have become a commonly employed policy to improve public health. Less common ...

Chocolate’s tasty flavors might pose a risk in other desserts

Genotoxic substances in baked sweets?

03-Jun-2024 - What makes chocolate taste and smell so delicious? Chemistry, of course! A variety of molecules work together to create that unmistakable aroma, but those same molecules might carry some unwanted health effects if there are too many around. According to research published in ACS’ Journal of ...

Chocolate that harnesses the full potential of the cocoa fruit

ETH researchers and start-up Koa develop more sustainable and nutrient-rich chocolate

28-May-2024 - Researchers at ETH Zurich have teamed up with the food industry to produce a whole-​fruit variety of chocolate. This helps increase the value creation of cocoa farming – and is healthier. For many people, chocolate is a sweet delight: its main components are cocoa mass and cocoa butter, which are ...