Dutch confectionery company Tony’s Chocolonely, retailer Albert Heijn and chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut have partnered to work toward ending child labor and modern slavery in the chocolate industry.

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. 

Swiss chocolate and cocoa product manufacturer Barry Callebaut Group will acquire Inforum, a leading Russian business-to-business producer of chocolate, coatings and fillings. 

Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut continues to make strides toward sustainable cocoa farming. 

This year's Best in Show award went to Hostess for Bakery Petites Double Chocolate Cake Delights, made with real chocolate and without high fructose corn syrup and artificial colors and flavors.

Belgian chocolate brand Callebaut will make its Ruby RB1 product available to chocolatiers and chefs in China this September.

The Barry Callebaut Group has opened a Chocolate Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, the group’s 21st academy and its first on the African continent.