With an ambitious growth target for the next five years, vice president of new innovation territories at Mars, Greg Hocking, ...

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Between 2023 and 2024, cocoa prices rose near 400% to $10,000 (€9,311 a tonne). Those prices increased further in January 2025, reaching $10.75 per kilogram – the highest price recorded in 60 years.

Mondelēz International’s 2024 State of Snacking report identified mindful consumption as a core trend, with 96% of global consumers confirming they engage in mindful snacking behaviours. Of those ...

Adding probiotics, protein and fibre and removing sugar and animal ingredients mean 2024 is set to be the year of better-for-you confectionery. Here are the functional features disrupting the industry ...

Long-awaited US government-funded report from National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago (NORC) that assesses progress in reducing child labour in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana’s cocoa ...