ConAgra Foods' buying spree has continued with the acquisition of Wisconsin-based Kangaroo Brands’ private label pita chips business - its fourth deal in the 2012 fiscal year.
A consecutive deficit in 2012/13 is set to move cocoa prices higher as supply struggles to meet rising demand for chocolate products in Asia, according to financial services group Rabobank.
Kraft Foods will decide tomorrow whether to change the name of its global snacks spin-off to Mondelez International in a vote at its Annual Shareholder Meeting.
Divine Chocolate, the Fairtrade chocolate company also co-owned by cocoa farmers, has announced that Waitrose is adding three more bars to their existing range, while Sainsbury’s is also extending their Divine range with two more bars.
High street baker Greggs has fought off stiff competition from Pret A Manger, Subway and O'Briens to win the title ‘Specialist Sandwich Chain of the Year’.
Global biscuit manufacturers are responding to consumers’ contradictory demands by launching new products targeting both health and indulgence, according to market research firm, Innova Market Insights.
The future is not bright for UK confectionery packaging as consumers turn to healthier options, but packaging firms can profit from a growing preference for sharing products and smaller offerings.
Two bills to temporarily suspend the duty on certain imported filled chocolates and synthetic-sweetened chewing gum have been introduced to Congress in the US.
Sugar users have said they are disappointed that both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees have voted to advance the 2012 Farm Bill without amending current sugar policy, which they claim costs the US food industry by inflating domestic sugar price
Kraft Foods has announced that IRS has provided a favorable private letter ruling confirming the tax-free status of the planned spin-off of the company's North American grocery business and certain related internal reorganization transactions.
Frito-Lay North America, a division of American beverage and snack company PepsiCo, has announced a multi-year initiative to start labeling its gluten-free products.
The plans by Dutch-owned bakery ingredients group CSM to sell parts of its European and American bakery supplies business puts far more jobs at risk than the 400 previously reported, a union official has told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
Frito-Lay North America, a division of PepsiCo, Inc., has launched a multi-year initiative to validate many of its products as gluten-free, with package labeling to follow.
NovaGreen, Inc. expects to begin producing xylitol, a polyol that may aid in sugar reduction, and inulin, an ingredient that adds dietary fiber to products, over the next 24 months.
Frito-Lay North America, a division of PepsiCo, Inc., has expanded its Ruffles brand with the launch of Ruffles Ultimate Potato Chips and Ruffles Ultimate Dips.
The North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease has called out Domino’s Pizza for promoting a “gluten-free” pizza crust even though it is not recommended for people who have celiac disease and must avoid gluten.
US-based Kreider Farms has unveiled a new, vibrant packaging for its ice cream range. The company's ice cream comes in 22 flavors and seven seasonal flavors.
The Happy Chocolatier has launched a new line of chocolate wedding and event favors. The new line includes customizable two- and four-piece gift boxes and three-piece gift bags of the company’s signature confection, Cubze.
