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Canada tightens front-of-pack nutrition labeling rules

06-Nov-2009 - such as Froot Loops and Cocoa Puffs in the scheme. It is this kind of criticism that the Health Check scheme

CT attorney general urges companies to drop Smart Choices logo

28-Oct-2009 - check mark to foods like Kellogg’s Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes, and General Mills’ Cocoa Puffs

Smart Choices labeling program suspended

26-Oct-2009 - , such as Froot Loops and Cocoa Puffs. However, consumers and government have been calling for a simple front

CT attorney general to investigate Smart Choices

16-Oct-2009 - Mills’ Cocoa Puffs. Now, attorney general Richard Blumenthal has said that he has sent letters

ADM opens Ghana cocoa plant

12-Oct-2009 - ADM opens Ghana cocoa plant ... ADM has officially opened its new cocoa processing plant in Ghana, planned to boost its ability to provide cocoa products from a single source. ... ADM has officially opened its new cocoa processing plant in Ghana, planned to boost its ability to provide cocoa products from a single source. ... Archer Daniels Midland is the world’s second biggest cocoa producer. It has had an office , Ghana, was announced in 2007. Mark Bemis, president of cocoa, milling and financial services, said ... ADM, cocoa, Ghana

Kraft given November deadline for Cadbury bid

30-Sep-2009 - in April last year. Cocoa prices Analysts have suggested that Cadbury is particularly attractive to Kraft partly because the US company has hedged less of its cocoa than the British confectioner ... Takeover Panel, Kraft, Cadbury, cocoa

Cocoa price spike may favor Kraft over Cadbury

28-Sep-2009 - Cocoa price spike may favor Kraft over Cadbury ... World cocoa prices have just hit record highs sparking suggestions that the resulting cost ... World cocoa prices have just hit record highs sparking suggestions that the resulting cost ... Cocoa prices in London reached a 24-year high last week over fears that the market is about by an announcement from major cocoa producer Ivory Coast that the 2009/2010 crop will be flat or down on last year ... Cadbury, Kraft, cocoa prices

Government report uncovers child labor trail in food

10-Sep-2009 - in the production of popular food ingredients like cocoa and sugar. ... in the production of popular food ingredients like cocoa and sugar. ... using child labor, forced labor or both, including cocoa, sugarcane and coffee. Labor violations labor and forced labor practices were also uncovered in the making of cocoa in five countries ... child labor, cocoa, sugarcane

Smart Choices front-of-pack labeling under attack

09-Sep-2009 - to foods like Kellogg’s Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes, and General Mills’ Cocoa Puffs. According

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Health Canada begins acrylamide monitoring

01-Sep-2009 - cereals, potato chips, cookies, crackers, baby food, biscuits, snack foods, cocoa, baking chocolate, cakes

Dark chocolate could be stress buster

16-Nov-2009 - implications of dark chocolate constituents, with the flavonoids in cocoa linked to better cardiovascular

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First shipment of UTZ cocoa reaches Europe

10-Nov-2009 - First shipment of UTZ cocoa reaches Europe ... An initiative to improve the agricultural, environmental and social aspects of sourcing cocoa ... An initiative to improve the agricultural, environmental and social aspects of sourcing cocoa ... The UTZ Certified Cocoa plan, in cooperation with Solidaridad, was set up by a number of big players in the cocoa sector, including Mars, Nestle, Heinz Benelux, Cargill, Ecom and Dutch retailer Ahold ... UTZ, cocoa

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Nestle may move Fairtrade with Kit Kat

10-Nov-2009 - . Ongoing discussion She stressed that Nestlé is involved in initiatives to promote a sustainable cocoa and the Rainforest Alliance. “As one of the world’s largest buyers of coffee and cocoa, Nestlé has always

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Antioxidant levels in chocolate show stability - study

05-Nov-2009 - found in cocoa and chocolate are among the highest dietary sources of these compounds so shelf life explained that in order to analyse the shelf-life stability of cocoa products including milk and dark

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Barry Callebaut to buy Spanish chocolate maker

04-Nov-2009 - of the Nederland Group, such as Moner Cocoa and the cocoa processing business Nederland SA. Barry Callebaut

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Kraft rolls out sustainable chocolate range

30-Oct-2009 - Certified seal, showing it contains cocoa from farms that meet the sustainability standard. ... Certified seal, showing it contains cocoa from farms that meet the sustainability standard. ... The global manufacturer said it has also committed to increase current purchases of cocoa beans News.com that while the company would like to ensure all of its chocolate brands used sustainably sourced cocoa ... cocoa, Kraft, sustainable

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Inulin may offer low-sugar, tasty milk chocolate

29-Oct-2009 - cocoa butter water-in-oil emulsions containing up to 60 per cent water by mass. “Results [of our

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Barry Callebaut to help steer cocoa programme

28-Oct-2009 - Barry Callebaut to help steer cocoa programme ... Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut’s decision to join the UTZ Certified sustainable cocoa programme ... Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut’s decision to join the UTZ Certified sustainable cocoa programme ... certification and traceability scheme for sustainably produced cocoa that allows producers to improve business the needs of both producers and markets. “More than 90 per cent of world cocoa production is produced ... Barry Callebaut, Mars, cocoa

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Necco goes natural with wafer line

27-Oct-2009 - , cabbage, and cocoa powder now being used to flavour the confectionery line, which started in 1847

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Special edition: Healthy chocolate

Regulation: the rules governing healthy chocolate

23-Oct-2009 - landscape to see how the movement towards healthy cocoa offerings is being affected by the rules in some ... landscape to see how the movement towards healthy cocoa offerings is being affected by the rules in some ... For chocolate makers wishing to extol the benefits of antioxidant-laden the cocoa polyphenols of cocoa polyphenols. Mary Wagner, chief technical officer at Mars Botanical in the US said definitions

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