The National Confectioners Association’s Young Professionals Network has opened the application for the 2021 class of its Future Leadership Program, which provides professional development resources to young professionals aspiring to leadership roles in the confectionery industry.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Resident Course in Confectionery Technology, also known as “Candy School,” will be held virtually this summer in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In honor of the International Women’s Day this month, Finnish craft chocolate brand Goodio announced it has donated more than $12,000 to the Ubuntu Life Foundation over the course of two years.

Lectures and experimental pilot plant exercises for these courses are presented and supervised by technical experts and the UW Food Science Department.

The American Association of Candy Technologists (AACT) is offering a $5000 scholarship award for the 2020-2021 academic year.

With varying stages of cannabis legalization in the U.S. and Canada — and the proliferation of cannabis-infused edibles in the marketplace — the Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association recently hosted a science symposium on incorporating cannabis into confectionery and snack products.

The Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association (PMCA) hosted a chocolate short course at the University of California-Davis last month to increase its presence on the West Coast.

The Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association will host a symposium this fall covering all aspects of developing and producing cannabis-infused candy and snacks.

Being local and serving high-quality products aren’t all that’s needed to attract and charm food-minded tourists. That’s now the baseline, the World Food Travel Association contends in a new report.

Synergy Flavors, Inc. is constructing two new primary schools in Antsirabe Nord and Menagisa, Madagascar, which join four previously built facilities funded by the company in partnership with the Madagascar Development Fund.