Cargill has developed a dazzling bright white chocolate that will transform any sweet treat into a real eye-catcher; Kells has created an easy-to-produce spiced fruit cake mix for bakers wanting to maximise festive sales, and Pillsbury has added a seasonal...
Stable Micro Systems has developed a Powder Vertical Shear Rig for food manufacturers to measure the flowability of compacted powders, such as flour, cocoa powder and starch.
ADM deZaan claims its newly launched dark cocoa powder is the first of its kind to be alkaline free, meeting the chocolate industry's demand for clean label ingredients.
UK-based Ingredients firm Muntons has scooped an award for its malt flour and extracts blend that it has said can replace cocoa powder in baked goods by 50% while preserving flavour and colour.
Surging cocoa supplies did little to prevent front month prices for cocoa (cocoa futures) creeping up by 4 per cent throughout August, according to Euromonitor. “The big surprise has been that this rise has taken place on the back of strong supply projections,”...
A new dark cocoa powder aims to deliver an indulgent rich taste for bakery goods, but also cut costs by reducing the product’s overall cocoa content, claims ADM.
Volatility in cocoa prices was the prompt for the development of a new cocoa replacer for bakery applications that enables savings of up to 40 per cent, said UK supplier Fayrefield Foodtec.
Cocoa powder and dark chocolate has equivalent polyphenol content and greater antioxidant and flavanol content than various super fruits, claims a new study by research scientists based at the Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition.