Tag "csokoládé"
Mars Set To Acquire Hotel Chocolat
Renowned chocolatier Hotel Chocolat has accepted a £534 million (€610 million) acquisition proposal from Mars, Inc. According to reports, the agreement follows discussions over the projected future of Hotel Chocolat,...
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Katjes buys 50% of German Fairtrade chocolate start-up Jokolade
German confectionery major Katjes has acquired a 50% share in local peer Schoko Winterscheidt, known as Jokolade. Joko Winterscheidt, a German television host, producer and actor was previously the sole shareholder...
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15 minutes of chocolate! – Video of the day
Everything you wanted to know about whether chocolate can do magic! (Because it could be: the first proof is that we are showing such a long film in our column...
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Unilever extends supply agreement with Barry Callebaut
Unilever has renewed its long-term chocolate and cocoa supply agreement with Barry Callebaut, extending a partnership that originally was initiated in 2012. Under the renewed agreement, Barry Callebaut will continue...
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Chocolate Lociraptor – Video of the Day
Moreover, it’s quite big, making it might not be such a big confectionary feat, but it’s spectacular, that’s for sure!...
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Mars chocolates are getting a new look
Mars chocolates are renewed and in the future will be packaged in environmentally friendly paper. Manufacturer Mars plans to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable. The company is exploring...
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Italy’s Pernigotti Relaunches Gianduiotto Chocolates
Italian chocolate maker Pernigotti is changing the look and recipe of its iconic gianduiotto chocolates. This is one of the novelties announced by the company at ISM, the trade fair dedicated...
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Hershey wants to reduce lead and cadmium levels in chocolate
Chocolate maker Hershey is planning to reduce “trace amounts” of lead and cadmium in its products, after tests by non-profit consumer group Consumer Reports detected potentially harmful levels of the...
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HIPA provides approximately HUF 300 million in support for the investment of the chocolate factory in Szerencs
The National Investment Agency (HIPA) provided almost HUF 300 million in support in the Competitiveness Program for the HUF 600 million capacity expansion investment of the chocolate factory in Szerencsi...
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Almond dark chocolate is being recalled due to an aflatoxin content above six
The Cachet brand almond dark chocolate made with 72 percent cocoa is being recalled due to an aflatoxin content above the limit value, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih)...
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Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers Association: neither chocolate bunnies nor chocolate eggs will be cheaper
“War, crisis here or there, people always love chocolate,” said Dr. Róbert Török, director of the Hungarian Trade and Catering Museum, at the press conference of the Association of Hungarian...
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Lindt & Sprüngli products will be more expensive
The Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli announced that it closed 2022 with a pre-tax profit of 569.7 million francs (217 billion forints), which represents an increase of 16.1 percent...
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Matterhorn No More For Chocolate Brand Toblerone
Mondelēz International’s famous Toblerone bar will no longer be permitted to use an image of the Matterhorn mountain, in Switzerland, on its packaging, as it no longer meets Swiss regulations...
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We can expect such an increase in prices on the Easter ham and chocolate market
It is not worth postponing the purchase of Easter ham, eggs and chocolates until the last minute, and it is possible that we will exceptionally choose the cheaper one instead...
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Cocoa and chocolate will soon be a luxury
Chocolate and cocoa prices are rising, as one of the world’s largest cocoa exporting countries, Nigeria, has a problem with the cash supply, which has caused exports to drop by...
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Barry Callebaut partners with Morocco’s Attelli
Chocolate-maker Barry Callebaut has started a long-term partnership with Attelli SARL, a sweets manufacturer and distributor located in Casablanca, Morocco. The partnership will make it possible for the company to better...
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(HU) Kaleidoszkóp-csokoládémalom – A nap videója
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Is there a shortage of chocolate?
While there is only a threat of a shortage of cocoa, another raw material of the confectionery industry, sugar, has already stepped up. Europe already struggled with a sugar shortage...
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More than half of Hungarians have a sweet tooth, this is what sells best in stores
Six out of ten prefer the sweet taste, the second most popular taste is salty, which is the favorite of every fourth Hungarian. This and many other interesting facts came...
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NAK: nearly 8 million Santa Claus chocolates are sold every year
The popularity of the hollow chocolate Santa figure associated with the Advent period is unbroken among customers year after year, and nearly 8 million pieces of this product are sold...
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Dark times are coming to the confectionery industry, Christmas will be a big challenge
Many Hungarian favorites may disappear from store shelves this year, like Pilóta keksz, because every element of the confectionery industry is affected by the severe food crisis and brutal inflation....
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(HU) Megnyerte a csokinyuszi-pert a Lindt&Sprüngli
Lindt & Sprüngli’s foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies deserve protection from copycat products, Switzerland’s highest court ruled on Thursday, and ordered German discounter Lidl to stop selling a similar product in Switzerland...
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Italian chocolate brand Pernigotti ends up at JP Morgan
Italian chocolate brand Pernigotti has been acquired by JP Morgan Asset Management, for an undisclosed sum. It was in 2018 that Pernigotti decided to cease production in its factory, which...
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Christmas chocolate figures have been made at Nestlé’s Diósgyőr factory for six decades
Originally built as a food factory, the building complex of the chocolate factory in Díosgyőr has now become the only factory of the Nestlé company group in the world specializing...
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From now on, vegan KITKAT will also be available as a permanent product
The completely plant-based KITKAT V was released last year, with the introduction of which the manufacturer fulfilled an old consumer wish. Based on the extremely positive feedback, Nestlé will include...
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German innovation develops no-cocoa chocolate
QOA, a Germany-based startup now part of the tech accelerator Y Combinator, makes cocoa-free chocolate using “precision fermentation” of other ingredients. Over a little more than a decade, the company...
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Milka’s softest ever formula already in stores (x)
Chocolate design, packaging and formula have been renewed recently – Milka presents its softest chocolate yet with a new design, packaging and bold typography, all of which express the creamy...
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Hot summer with ice cream
The ice cream market, which stagnated during the pandemic years, has barely recovered, and it already has to deal with another, even more complex crisis, pointed out the Association of...
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(HU) Jó hír: lesz újra Balaton szelet, nem szűnik meg a háború miatt
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