Discover the hottest confectionery trends for Autumn/Winter 2025. From functional sweets with health benefits to indulgent ...

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The Magnum Ice Cream Company, Unilever's demerged ice cream business, has finally appointed a CEO. But who is Peter ter Kulve ...

The past year and a half has seen price hikes in cocoa that, while stabilising, show no signs of dropping back to the pre-2024 "normal".

Nestlé tops Brand Finance’s 2025 food brand rankings for the 10th year, valued at $20bn - $7bn ahead of Lay’s. Lindt enters the top 10 with strong price acceptance, while Cadbury climbs and Heinz ...

In 2024 and 2025, cocoa bean prices have soared to historic levels. If chocolate is central to your product lineup, you’re ...

Soaring cocoa prices and the cost-of-living crisis are pushing confectioners to rethink pricing, pack sizes, and innovation. Discover how brands are adapting to the new confectionery economy.

Cocoa prices hit a 60-year high in 2025, forcing chocolate manufacturers like Barry Callebaut, Mondelēz and Hershey to cut production and revise earnings forecasts. Discover how soaring costs and ...

The Fairtrade Foundation has issued a statement in response to Nestlé’s surprise announcement that it is planning to stop using Fairtrade cocoa and sugar in its chocolate bars, including the ...

According to Innova Market Insight’s consumer snacking trends, in 2024, a third of consumers around the globe said they’d increased the number of healthy snacks they’d eaten over the past year.