Dear friends of the European Candy Kettle Club, we are honoured to inform you that Mr. Daniel Bloch, CEO and chairman of the board at Chocolats Camille Bloch SA, Switzerland, has received the 2024 European Candy Kettle Award. The awardceremony took place at the Hotel Bellevue Palace in Bern on 18th of October. Chocolats Camille…

Swiss technology group Bühler today unveils its new food innovation hub in Uzwil, Switzerland, bringing together a diverse range of capabilities into a single location and setting a new stage for product and process development. Four Application & Training Centers (ATCs) – Flavor Creation Center, Food Creation Center, Protein Application Center, and Energy Recovery Center…

Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, Waldenbuch/Germany is going online with its own ground-mounted photovoltaic system: in the Bavarian town of Wenzenbach (district of Regensburg), 7,383 PV modules with an output of 4,000 kWp will in future generate green energy on an area spanning four hectares. With an annual output of around four million kWh,…

The 2023 edition of the biggest international trade fair for the bakery industry iba in Munic closed with great success. Over 54.000 visitors from 150 countries and 1073 exhibitors from 46 countries displayed the latest trends from all over the world.   The smell of fresh baked goods, full aisles, interesting conversations, a reunion with…

Mars is changing how it does business—one year from the launch from its ‘Sustainable in a Generation’ Plan. It comes after Mars CEO Grant F. Reid last year warned that the “global supply chain is broken,” and business needed to make a “huge step change” in order to deliver on the climate targets agreed in…

Swiss/Ghanaian startup Koa has almost finished their cocoa fruit factory in Achiase. In a blog post the company describes the greening and equipment testing phase. Greening is key to protect the environment. Therefore Koa plants plants such as shade trees, grass, avenue plants and ornamental plants. Testing the newest fruit extraction machinery Regarding equipment Koa…

In preparation for the 2024 Partnership Meeting taking place during Amsterdam Cocoa Week from February 5-10, WCF sat down with Caroline Lubbers, Director of the WINCC Network to discuss the mission of the network and its goals for the future. What is WINCC? Can you share a bit about its history?  WINCC stands for “Women…

German confectioner Katjes, Berlin has acquired 50 % of Joko Winterscheidt´s Jokolade, Munich. Katjes wants to strengthen their position in the chocolate sector. Tobias Bachmüller, managing shareholder at Katjes said: “We see it as an exciting task and a great pleasure to be able to shake up the largest and growing segment of confectionery, the…

Fairtrade, the world’s most recognized label for social justice and sustainability, and B Lab, a global network of organizations dedicated to transforming the economic system to be inclusive, equitable, and regenerative, are publishing today a new guide to support small companies in their human rights and environmental due diligence. ‘People and planet in business –…