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How Syntegon helped Ritter Sport create paper packaging

The chocolate company’s new paper pouches are made on machines that gently handle paper, allow for flexibility, and offer stability at high speeds.

May 17, 2021

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The chocolate company’s new paper pouches are made on machines that not only gently handle paper, but also allow for flexibility, and offer stability at high speeds.

How Ritter Sport used MeisterTask to transform its to-do lists

The digital platform also helped the chocolate company better navigate work-from-home during the pandemic.

Crystal Lindell

April 19, 2021

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Staff at Ritter Sport, known for its iconic square chocolates, were keeping track of their to-do lists with sticky notes, pencils and whiteboards. Torsten Schlegel knew there had to be a better way.

Ritter launches Cocoa Selection collection

Products feature cocoa from Ghana, Peru and Nicaragua.

March 21, 2019

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Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG highlighted a new product range at ISM: the Cocoa Selection.

Ritter Sport reaches 'new standard' for cocoa sustainiability

Efforts in Nicaragua push Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG to achieve cocoa sustainability goals.

Alyse Thompson

May 22, 2018

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Ritter harvested its first cocoa crop in 2017, presenting new possibilities for the company's product portfolio and pushing it closer to achieving its sustainability goals.

Seeing cacao at the source

Alfred Ritter offers Candy Industry opportunity to see cacao growing operation in Nicaragua.

Alyse Thompson

May 2, 2018

In February, Associate Editor Alyse Thompson visited Finca El Cacao, a 2,500-hectare cocoa plantation in Nicaragua owned and operated by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG. The company, eager to open up its supply chain and highlight its progress in the Central American country, brought Alyse and German journalists to the plantation to show them how they do things.

Bosch Packaging offers Ritter Sport flexibility, reliability

The companies have been working together since 2000.

April 6, 2018

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Currently Ritter operates 22 Bosch systems in Waldenbruch, of which 19 are modular, servo-controlled flow wrappers.

Ritter Sport touts 100 percent sustainable chocolate

2017 German Sustainability Award winner first major chocolate bar manufacturer to reach milestone.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 26, 2018

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All Ritter Sport products leaving Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG’s Waldenbuch, Germany, production site use chocolate that has been cultivated and processed under sustainable conditions, the company revealed Jan. 26.

How supposedly good intentions almost killed a chocolate company

Ritter Sport wins critical labeling battle in Munich Supreme Court

Bernie Pacyniak

September 17, 2014

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Recently, the company has been in a litigious court case involving its natural flavoring description on the label of its Whole Hazelnut Chocolate bar.

Ritter racks up 100 years

A happy centennial anniversary for the world’s favorite chocolate squares

Kawther Albader

April 18, 2012

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Red, brown, yellow, or green? That’s code for Ritter Sport’s marzipan, butter biscuit, cornflakes, and whole almond varieties. But whether consumers decide to pick by color or flavor, chances are they won’t be disappointed. Moreover, for the past century, the company’s continued success proves it will have no trouble keeping customers happy for years to come.

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.

People want their treats, but don’t always want all of the dietary impact resulting from indulgent decisions. As a result, the popularity of low-sugar and no-sugar candy and confectionery products continues to grow. But who is buying these products, where are they buying them, and why?

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Does your company plan to develop or introduce products over the next year that fit any of the following trends?

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Natural Food Flavors and Colorants, 2nd Edition

Although many foods are appealing, and even perceived as natural, in spite of containing synthetic additives, consumer increasingly prefer food products which are fully natural.

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Items Tagged with 'Ritter Sport'

ARTICLES

How Syntegon helped Ritter Sport create paper packaging

How Ritter Sport used MeisterTask to transform its to-do lists

Ritter launches Cocoa Selection collection

Ritter Sport reaches 'new standard' for cocoa sustainiability

Seeing cacao at the source

Bosch Packaging offers Ritter Sport flexibility, reliability

Ritter Sport touts 100 percent sustainable chocolate

How supposedly good intentions almost killed a chocolate company

Ritter racks up 100 years

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