Can a mint really be enough to break the political ice? Former President George W. Bush and Former First Lady Michelle Obama seem to think so. 

Americans aren't the only ones confused about how “natural” can and should apply to food. New research from Mintel shows our neighbors to the north might be struggling with it, too. 

A new FONA Trend Insights report says healthy indulgence has grown, showing the influence of the health and wellness movement on the ways consumers treat themselves.

Shoppers may dream of a white Christmas, but this holiday season will have retailers seeing green — and lots of it, according to new data from the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insight & Analytics.

This Thanksgiving there’s a lot to be thankful for — especially in the candy industry. Here are three things that Editor Crystal Lindell is especially grateful for this year.

The cocoa industry made big promises for sustainable cocoa that mostly come due in 2020, but now that the deadline is just a little more than a year away, many of those companies are shifting the timeline. 

Online sales of groceries more than tripled between 2013 and 2018, but what does that mean for impulse candy purchases?

Use of CBD, or cannabidiol, as a food ingredient is getting too big to ignore, but what does that mean for the candy industry?