Cargill Unveils Naturefresh Professional Block Chocolates, Chocolate Chips & Cocoa Powder, Showcases Innovative Food Solutions at AAHAR 2024

March 12, 2024 Cargill

Further to its commitment of becoming a go-to-partner for innovative and complete food solutions, Cargill unveiled a range of block chocolate(s), chocolate chips and cocoa powder products under its NatureFresh Professional brand, and showcased innovative products and solutions curated for the Indian Food and Bakery industry, at AAHAR 2024.

Rising Cocoa Prices are Souring the Outlook for Chocolate Candy Makers

February 12, 2024 CoBank

U.S. consumers are paying more for chocolate products as confection manufacturers raise prices in response to the soaring cost of cocoa. Cocoa prices are nearly 65% higher than they were one year ago, and New York futures prices are at a 46-year high. While consumer demand has remained relatively strong, higher retail prices are poised to take a bigger toll on volume sales and stifle category growth through much of 2024.

Unilever and Barry Callebaut Extend Strategic Supply Agreement

June 15, 2023 Barry Callebaut

Unilever, one of the world’s foremost consumer goods companies and global market leader in ice cream, has extended its long-term global strategic agreement for the supply of cocoa and chocolate from the Barry Callebaut Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products.

Barry Callebaut and Maersk Enter Into a Long-Term Partnership With Groundbreaking of New Cocoa Bean Warehouse in Malaysia

May 26, 2023 Barry Callebaut

A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) and Barry Callebaut Group, the world leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, have entered into a long-term partnership to build and operate a new Built-To-Suit cocoa bean warehousing and dispatching facility in Malaysia. A groundbreaking ceremony of this dedicated facility was held in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia on 18 May 2023.

AAK’s CEBES Choco 15 Creates New Possibilities for Chocolate Compounds

May 15, 2023 AAK

AAK has launched a premium cocoa butter substitute (CBS) compound that facilitates unprecedented levels of cocoa in chocolate compounds for enhanced taste.