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Price is on the mind of all confectioners as attention turns to the strategies sweet makers will be adopting to navigate the changing and complex confectionery landscape. With the ongoing cocoa ...

Cargill, one of the world’s largest cocoa suppliers, has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay 600,000 reais ($120,185) as indemnity for allegedly buying cocoa from farms where child labour or ...

Chocolate makers and candy brands across Europe, Switzerland and Canada are bracing for impact as new US tariffs raise costs, disrupt trade and threaten future product innovation New US import tariffs ...

The EUDR aims to ensure that supply chains are deforestation-free. Image: Getty/Justin Paget ...

Cocoa prices hit a 60-year high in 2025, forcing chocolate manufacturers like Barry Callebaut, Mondelēz and Hershey to cut production and revise earnings forecasts. Discover how soaring costs and ...

US trade organisation, the National Confectioners Association (NCA), releases its State of Treating report for 2025, detailing how the country’s sweet treat sales reached $54bn (€50bn) in 2024. Based ...

Perception on environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations. As the confectionery sector gears up for the European Union (EU) Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) coming into law in December 2025, ...