Ruby chocolate

FDA allows Barry Callebaut to market Ruby as chocolate in U.S. under temporary permit

Federal regulations allow manufacturers to market test foods that deviate from standard of identity.

November 25, 2019

Barry Callebaut has been granted a Temporary Marketing Permit by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, clearing the way to market Ruby as chocolate in the United States.

How Ruby is changing the color of chocolate

Ruby chocolate continues to face regulation challenges in the U.S. but it's sparking love internationally

Crystal Lindell

May 17, 2019

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It's been more than a year since Barry Callebaut launched Ruby chocolate, derived from special pink cocoa beans.

Ruby chocolate is now available in the U.S. and Canada

North American rollout follows six-month soft launch with select artisans, chocolatiers.

Alyse Thompson

May 14, 2019

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North America’s wait for Ruby chocolate is over. Following a six-month soft launch with select artisans and chocolatiers, Barry Callebaut Group is making the pink chocolate available to creators in the U.S. and Canada.

Barry Callebaut launches website for Ruby chocolate

Nestlé Japan to introduce new Ruby chocolate product later this month.

March 20, 2019

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A year after Nestlé Japan introduced the Kit Kat Chocolatory Sublime Ruby in Japan, Barry Callebaut Group has launched a crowd-sourced website dedicated to the rosy pink chocolate.

ISM 2019

2019 looking ‘rosy’ for Barry Callebaut’s Ruby chocolate

Barry Callebaut highlights Ruby chocolate as ISM, held Jan. 27-30 in Cologne, Germany.

Alyse Thompson

January 28, 2019

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Ruby chocolate is taking the world by storm, according to creator Barry Callebaut Group. Since its launch in 2017, the rosy pink chocolate has since been recognized as a food trend.

Snacking — and treating — take the stage at Sweets & Snacks Expo 2018

Candy show held May 22-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

July 11, 2018

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It’s always sweet to see Chicago’s McCormick Place transform into a wonderland of candy and snacks for the annual Sweets & Snacks Expo.

Dispatches from Candyland

Sweets & Snacks Expo kicks off at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Alyse Thompson

May 23, 2018

This is Associate Editor Alyse Thompson's second Sweets & Snacks Expo, but it already feels like old hat. Getting around was a breeze, and she enjoyed catching up with manufacturers, suppliers, sales people and marketers she's gotten to know over the last couple years.

Ruby chocolate will become available to chocolatiers, chefs in China this fall

Callebaut RB1 product unveiled May 9 at baking, confectionery show Bakery China.

Alyse Thompson

May 10, 2018

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

Tell me a good story about your chocolate, consumers say

Peter Boone, Barry Callebaut’s new chief in the Americas, shares his thoughts on Forever Chocolate progress, premiumization, Ruby chocolate, Millennials and telling a good story — about chocolate.

Bernie Pacyniak

March 14, 2018

Peter Boone, Barry Callebaut’s new chief in the Americas, shares his thoughts on Forever Chocolate progress, premiumization, Ruby chocolate, Millennials and telling a good story — about chocolate.