Sweets & Snacks Middle East: MENA means Dubai

Increased regional demand in the Middle East and North Africa expands role for Sweets and Snacks Middle East.

January 19, 2015

Despite all the headlines involving suicide bombings, air strikes, beheadings, religious/ethnic strife, outright devastation, displacement and death in the Middle East, most of the countries in the region are quietly focused on peaceful progress and prosperity.

Sweeteners: Sweetening the world

Natural, sugar-free sweeteners continue to grow, but using them in lieu of sugar still isn’t a perfect process.

Kelsey Ott

January 19, 2015

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Sugar and sweeteners may seem like they’re being under attack, with rising health concerns as well as the FDA’s proposal to include a separate “added sugars” line on nutrition facts labels. But not all sweeteners are created equal.

Sugar-free confections: Sweet nothings

“Sugar-free” doesn’t spell death for a product’s popularity, as new developments and a growing demand improve the category’s outlook.

Kelsey Ott

January 16, 2015

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To some candy lovers, a sugar-free label can cause a grimace.

Sugar Factory: Candy’s very own Hollywood comes to Chicago

Sugar Factory’s quest to merge pop culture with confections and dining reaches Rosemont, Ill.

Kelsey Ott

January 16, 2015

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Pop music dances around the room as Katy Perry, Rihanna, Gerald Butler and other pop culture icons with lollipops in hand smile coyly down at everyone who steps into Sugar Factory’s new location in Rosemont, Ill.

Wine Tasting Party Gift Set

Brix Chocolate, Youngstown, Ohio

Kelsey Ott

January 15, 2015

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Wine and chocolate is the new wine and cheese, and Brix Chocolate is giving consumers all the tools they need to be prepared for their next tasting party

Rare Lost & Found bar

Gem Chocolates, Vancouver, British Columbia

Kelsey Ott

January 15, 2015

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Gem Chocolates are proving that cacao can rise from the dead.

Nonni’s Mango Coconut THINaddictives

Nonni’s Foods, Tulsa, Okla.

Kelsey Ott

January 15, 2015

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Nonni's newest flavor of thin biscotti cookie, mango coconut, hits shelves just as consumers are asking for more fruity flavors.

Champagne Jelly Belly jelly beans

Jelly Belly Candy Co., Fairfield, Calif.

Kelsey Ott

January 15, 2015

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Jelly Belly is popping the the cork with its newest flavor innovation.

Mango habanero and honey peanut caramel corn

Hammond’s Candies, Denver

Kelsey Ott

January 15, 2015

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Hammond’s Candies is bringing consumers something new to munch on with its two new caramel corn flavors.

Organic chocolate bars handmade on Martha’s Vineyard

Not Your Sugar Mamas, Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Kelsey Ott

January 15, 2015

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“The benefits of raw chocolate go far beyond its superior taste,” cofounder Bennett Coffey says.

2021 Candy State of the Industry

On Demand Confectionery industry experts weigh in on the state of the candy industry, which has gone through the most massive shift in recent memory after grappling with COVID-19. While confectionery as a whole proved to be “pandemic proof,” not every individual category fared so well. Experts will share the insights they’ve gleaned over the last year, while also offering predictions on what’s to come.

Yummex Middle East is the sister event of the world-famous ISM Cologne. yummex Middle East is the No.1 platform for producers and manufacturers of the sweets, confectionery and snack industry to present their products and innovations to the Who-is-Who of the MENA region.

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ARTICLES

Sweets & Snacks Middle East: MENA means Dubai

Sweeteners: Sweetening the world

Sugar-free confections: Sweet nothings

Sugar Factory: Candy’s very own Hollywood comes to Chicago

Wine Tasting Party Gift Set

Rare Lost & Found bar

Nonni’s Mango Coconut THINaddictives

Champagne Jelly Belly jelly beans

Mango habanero and honey peanut caramel corn

Organic chocolate bars handmade on Martha’s Vineyard

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