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ISM offers a taste of Brazil

ABICAB offers look at state of Brazilian confectionery industry

Crystal Lindell

March 21, 2019

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From January to November 2018, Brazilian confectionery sales to the foreign market grew compared to 2017.

ISM offers more of the good things

48th show continues to reflect consumer trends of better-for-you, permissible indulgence

Bernie Pacyniak

April 13, 2018

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Certainly there were plenty of traditional sweets for candy lovers to sample and enjoy. Still, it was clear that more fruit, more indulgent chocolate, more whimsy, more intensity, more color and more authenticity permeated the show displays.

'The Beautiful Sweet': ABICAB offers snapshot of successful Brazilian candy companies

Country known for coffee, soccer also a major player in global confectionery industry

Milena Boggio

October 13, 2017

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What many people don't know is that Brazil's unique offering of exotic flavors, combined with its competitive position as one of the few countries self-sufficient in producing milk and sugarcane, has placed the country among the major global players in the confectionery industry.

Private labeling, native 'superfruits' expand Brazilian influence on confectionery industry

Two of Brazil's important attributes make country increasingly important player in international markets.

Abigail Watt

September 28, 2015

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With an industrial culture that favors private labeling as well as increasingly popular native fruits, Brazil is poised to keep expanding its influence in the confectionery industry.

The Beauty That Is Bahia: How the Brazilian region won my heart

Bernie Pacyniak's recent whirlwind trip to Brazil takes him to the cocoa growing region

Bernie Pacyniak

July 22, 2015

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This most recent trip satisfied not only my curiosity about the region; it revealed the country’s inner soul.

How Brazil's rekindling a passion for premium

Brazil's tree-to-bar chocolate makers are rekindling a passion for premium chocoalte at home and abroad.

Bernie Pacyniak

July 21, 2015

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This wasn’t my first trip to Brazil. This trip, however, I uncovered its soul, which lies in the jungles of the Amazon — cacao.

Call of cacao: An inside look at a Brazilian cocao farm

Boyhood summer visits to his family’s idle cocoa plantations become a driving force for Diego Badaró. In resurrecting the Badaró fazenda, he’s also become a driving force for pioneering premium chocolate amongst Brazilians.

Bernie Pacyniak

July 21, 2015

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As a fifth-generation Badaró, Diego felt drawn to his family heritage and legacy.

Q-Zero's Samantha Aquim: Brazil’s cocoa passionista

Inspired by Joao Tavares’s fine-flavored cocoa beans, gourmet chef/ psychoanalyst Samantha Aquim turns her talents toward chocolate, creating an amazing line of Brazilian premium chocolates.

Bernie Pacyniak

July 21, 2015

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Samantha Aquim, from Aquim Gastronomia, continues to help run the family catering business in Rio de Janeiro as a gourmet chef. In addition, she also continues to draw upon her education reading and researching therapy.

Brazil's Santa Helena’s Paçoquita candy ready for the world

Brazilian peanut candy company looks to export its traditional Brazilian treats.

Crystal Lindell

July 16, 2014

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The first thing you notice about the Santa Helena plant in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil is the amazing smell of fresh peanuts roasting.

A farmer growing cocoa in the Brazilian rainforest partners with bean-to-bar chocolate maker Nugali

Nugali works with Leolinda cocoa farm to create truly Brazilian bean-to-bar chocoalte.

Crystal Lindell

July 16, 2014

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Chocolate makers help farmers grow sustainable cocoa in the Amazon, and reclaim Brazil’s rightful place in the world ranking of cocoa suppliers.

Articles Tagged with ''ABICAB''

ISM offers a taste of Brazil

ISM offers more of the good things

'The Beautiful Sweet': ABICAB offers snapshot of successful Brazilian candy companies

Private labeling, native 'superfruits' expand Brazilian influence on confectionery industry

The Beauty That Is Bahia: How the Brazilian region won my heart

How Brazil's rekindling a passion for premium

Call of cacao: An inside look at a Brazilian cocao farm

Q-Zero's Samantha Aquim: Brazil’s cocoa passionista

Brazil's Santa Helena’s Paçoquita candy ready for the world

A farmer growing cocoa in the Brazilian rainforest partners with bean-to-bar chocolate maker Nugali

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