Each year, Candy Industry compiles a list of the top candy companies in the world. The Sweet 60 features the top 60 candy companies in North America as a subset of the Global Top 100 Candy Companies ...

“Have your bread and eat it too” is not exactly how the saying goes, but perhaps it should be. Rather than cutting the often carb-laden product from their diets, consumers instead have been searching ...

pladis has announced the integration of the Godiva brand into its portfolio, where it will sit alongside other brands steeped in history, including Ülker, BN, and British-born brands McVitie’s, Carr’s ...

Garden Veggie Snacks has announced a portfolio update featuring new formulations and packaging. The brand’s Veggie Straws and Veggie Puffs are now made with avocado oil and include updated flavor ...

Nambawan Spain, a green-tech food innovator creating protein sweeteners through plant molecular farming, announced the commercial launch of Thaûma, a plant-derived thaumatin II sweetener and flavor ...

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., the agricultural cooperative owned by roughly 700 family farmers, announced today the appointment of Abigail Buckwalter as president and chief executive officer.

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The Hershey Company brought its ONE Hershey strategy to the 2026 Sweets & Snacks Expo last week, showcasing how the company is aiming to evolve beyond category leadership to a total-snacking advisor, ...

PepsiCo Foods is giving consumers more of what they love: their favorite flavors experienced in totally new ways, the company says. The company is introducing Flavor Swap, a limited-time lineup that ...

Barry Callebaut has unveiled its Top Chocolate Confectionery Trends 2026 & Beyond report, powered for the first time by its new "Future of Taste" trends framework—a global methodology built to provide ...

Kristal Sevcik, VP of business development at AmeriQual Group, LLC, has been elected chairperson of the board of directors of PLMA, the trade association for the global store brands industry. Sevcik, ...

The crackers category continues to be versatile—it offers consumers a variety of bases (including gluten-free), novel flavors, and more. In addition to clean labels and other BFY benefits, producers ...