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Coverage on the newest industry equipment offers readers what they need to make informed decisions about what’s on the market.

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An update on the latest technological tweaks and breakthroughs in automation and technology.

Packaging

Check out ongoing developments and innovations in the packaging of confections.

Logistics

A look at managing the supply chain locally as well as globally.

ARTICLES

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.

SEPCO helps chocolate manufacturer prevent losses with conche sealing

No flushing, maintenance required for this sealing technology.

May 16, 2019

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Leakage causes product loss, housekeeping issues and many other time-consuming problems.

Goetze’s launches limited-edition Cow Tales, packaging redesign

Sour Strawberry and Caramel Brownie Cow Tales to ship May 2019.

Alyse Thompson

May 13, 2019

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Goetze’s Candy Co. will launch two limited-edition varieties of Cow Tales in time for the Sweets and Snacks Expo: Sour Strawberry Cow Tales and Chocolate Brownie Cow Tales.

Nestlé verifies three-quarters of its supply chain as deforestation-free

Company’s palm oil, pulp and paper supply chains monitored with satellite imagery, other tools.

April 30, 2019

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More than three-quarters (77 percent) of Nestlé’s agricultural commodities are verified as deforestation-free, the company announced Tuesday.

How Hershey is changing the candy industry

The Hershey Co. is changing the way candy is being sold, both in the store and online.

Crystal Lindell

April 24, 2019

Hershey is turning 125 years old in 2019, but it’s the company’s future that’s most interesting right now.

PMCA to host fall seminar on cannabis products

Organization voted in 2018 to accept applications from companies that make cannabis-infused products.

Alyse Thompson

April 22, 2019

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The Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association (PMCA) is planning a fall 2019 seminar on challenges with incorporating cannabis into confectionery and snack products.

Gas station customers aren’t paying for candy with their phones — yet

New survey reveals that only 7 percent prefer to pay with a mobile app, but of those who do, 83 percent are satisfied with their experience.

Crystal Lindell

April 16, 2019

Only 7 percent of survey respondents said they prefer to pay with a mobile app at a gas station or a c-store — that’s according to an online survey by YouGov and ACI Worldwide, provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions.

Disruption 101: How to make brands stand out

Euromonitor white paper outlines strategies for rethinking markets and offering revolutionary products, services.

Alyse Thompson

April 3, 2019

According to a new white paper from Euromonitor, there are ways to move beyond innovation and into disruption, creating opportunities that didn’t exist before.

Case study: CIRCOR Valves helps chocolate maker save thousands by addressing overheating issue

Chocolate company was losing $40-$160K per chocolate batch.

Jason Carpenter

March 28, 2019

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CIRCOR Industrial Valves Americas has helped a Midwest industrial chocolate manufacturer with an overheating issue, saving the company thousands of dollars per chocolate batch.