Candy Industry articles from September 2003

Candy Industry archives from September 2003

Personifying chocolate.(Opening Shots)
September 1, 2003... It's not that I was apprehensive about meeting Joseph Schmidt, the cofounder and creative director of San Francisco-based Joseph Schmidt Confections. Rather, I was anxious in a curious way, not really knowing what to expect from a man who has...

Five companies form Imagination Confections.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... American Licorice Co., Ferrara Pan Candy Co., New England Confectionery Co. (Necco), R.M. Palmer Co. and Spangler Candy Co. entered into a long-term licensing agreement with Disney Consumer Products to produce a complete line of Disney candy....

Farley's & Sathers buys Hershey gum brands.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Hershey Foods Corp. sold a group of Hershey's gum brands to Farley's & Sathers Candy Company Inc. The transaction included Fruit Stripe chewing gum, Rain-Blo gumballs and Super Bubble bubble gum brands for an undisclosed amount. Hershey...

Russell Stover executive says company isn't for sale.(Newsletter)(Dick Masinton)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Russell Stover's chief administration officer Dick Masinton refuted reports by the Reuters news service that the Kansas City, Mo.-candy maker was up for sale. The news reports said that Russell Stover had hired the New York investment bank...

Northern Foods sells Fox Confectionery brands.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Great Britain's Northern Foods Grocery Group Limited, a subsidiary of Northern Foods plc, sold the Fox's Confectionery business in Leicester to Big Bear Limited, a management buy-in team, for approximately $15 million. Fox's brands include...

Elite may face charges of trying to block Cadbury.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Israeli food company Elite Industries may face charges of trying to prevent its London-based rival Cadbury Schweppes from entering the Israeli chocolate market, according to the country's anti-trust authority. Reuters reported that lawyers for...

Marlow Candy and Nut acquires Skinner's Nuts brand.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Englewood, N.J.-based Marlow Candy and Nut Co. purchased Skinner's Nuts brand and all trademarks from Skinner's Salted Nuts Inc. Current Skinner's Nuts products are being packaged and distributed from the Marlow facility. Marlow is also...

School district bans sale of candy and soda in Maine.(Newsletter)
September 1, 2003... The Portland, Maine, School Administrative District 61 didn't wait for Maine's Legislature to pass a bill to ban the sale of candy and soda in schools. In August, the board strictly prohibited the sale of soda and candy by any school group on...

Third multimillion-dollar judgment in konjac jelly suit.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A Santa Clara County, Calif., judge ordered Taiwanese-based Sheng Hsiang Jen Foods Co. to pay $50 million to a Morgan Hill, Calif., couple whose 3-year-old died after choking on the company's gel candy. The superior court judge said the...

Calcium blocks the health benefits of dark chocolate.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In an article from Nature, European researchers say eating milk chocolate does not raise antioxidant levels in the bloodstream. They found the same results among patients who drank milk while eating dark chocolate. The results suggest that milk...

Ghana secures million-dollar loan for 2003/2004 cocoa season.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Ghana Cocoa Board secured a $650-million loan to purchase cocoa for the 2003/2004 cocoa season. The loan, the highest in the history of the board and repayable within a year, was arranged by four leading banks. The loan is the 11th...

Chocolate confuses inspectors at airport scanners.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The X-ray machines used by the Transportation Security Administration have a hard time distinguishing between the organic densities of certain foods and explosives. When checked luggage is scanned for explosives, screeners look for orangish...

Milwaukee museum to sell Costa Rican chocolate bar.(Newsletter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... As part of a joint research project with the U.S. Agriculture Department, the Milwaukee Public Museum looks to encourage cocoa growing in Costa Rica by marketing a chocolate bar made from cocoa beans harvested there. Working with Hugo...

Barry Callebaut picks up Brach's Confections.(News)
September 1, 2003... Guess who's coming to Chicago-land? Zurich-based Barry Callebaut AG, the world's largest manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, agreed to acquire Woodbridge, Ill-based Brach's Confections Holding from KJ Jacobs AG this month. The...

Colorcon opens new plant.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Colorcon, a division of Berwind Pharmaceuticals Inc., recently celebrated the opening of its new, state-of-the-art No-Tox product facility in Chalfont, Pa. The facility will serve as the company's primary source for the development and...

New name and structure for Aarhus.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In recognition of an ongoing 25-year globization process, Danish specialty oils supplier Aarhus Oliefabrik has changed its name to Aarhus United. The 14 companies that were under the Aarhus Oliefabris A/S umbrella, including Aarus Olie, Anglia...

Awema's one-shot depositor pressed into service at ZDS.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... As part of its ongoing efforts to promote confectionery processing education, Pfaffikon, Switzerland-based AWEMA donated its Mini-101 one-shot depositor to ZDS, the Central College for German Confectionery based in Solingen, Germany, earlier...

Silliker opens food testing lab.(Supplier News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Silliker Inc. has expanded its capabilities in the Northeast with the opening of its new, 20,000-sq.-ft. food testing facility in Allentown, Pa. The new complex features multi-use proprietary work-flow processes and uses robotic automation to...

Just Born, Inc.(People on the Move)(Harrison Bentley)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Just Born, Inc., based in Bethlehem, Pa., has hired Harrison Bentley as v.p.--manufacturing, replacing Norm Jungman who retired. In addition, David Goldenberg, a managing director of the company, was named vice president of supply chain and...

Archer Daniels Midland.(People on the Move)(Roy Robinson)
September 1, 2003... Decatur, Ill.-based Archer Daniels Midland's Roy Robinson, vice president of communication, education and investigations in the department of corporate complicance and regulatory affairs, appointed a member of the Ethics Commission of the...

SPI Polyols.(People on the Move)(Jerry Roland)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jerry Roland joins SPI Polyols, New Castle, Del., as director of marketing, specialty products.

Klockner Pentaplast.(People on the Move)(multiple appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Gordonsville, Ga.-based Klockner Pentaplast of America announced the following promotions: Tom Goeke to chief operating officer, Klockner Pentaplast Group (worldwide); Michael Tubridy to president; David Veasey to vice president of operations;...

Partners in premium.(Company Profile)
September 1, 2003... "Chocolate is my life. The blood running through my veins is chocolate. It's the most amazing material for working with artistically--it's fluid one minute and solid the next. It smells good, it's addictive, it's affordable and it's legal."...

Buildup boosts Bedre: Bedre Chocolates now has the opportunity to grow its business through new ownership.(Chocolate Trendsetter)
September 1, 2003... Bedre means "better" in Norwegian. So, it's intriguing that a Norwegian name represents a company owned by the Chickasaw Nation, a Native American tribe located in south central Oklahoma. Nevertheless, for Bedre Chocolates in Pauls Valley,...

Quality, value rule: candy industry's annual survey reveals processors primarily want quality and value from packaging suppliers.(2003 Candy Industry Packaging Survey)
September 1, 2003... They want it all. Quality and low cost. Those two characteristics play a key role when candy makers select packaging machinery and materials. Nine out of 10 confectioners polled indicated that quality was a very important factor for equipment,...

The low-carb bonanza: consumers are being driven to the sugar-free category for more than one reason these days.(Category closeup: sugar-free candies)
September 1, 2003... For the first time in its 109-year history, Hershey Foods introduced its first line of sugar free chocolates this year. Hershey's entrance into the sugar-free category, if anything, brought more attention to other sugar-free products, which...

Expanded roles: ongoing developments by ingredient suppliers have significantly broadened the capabilities of emulsifiers and starches in candy processing.(Candy R&D: trends & applications in ingredient technology)
September 1, 2003... An ingredient that inhibits bloom, adds gloss, disperses fat, reduces stickiness, reduces curing time and controls viscosity in confections and chocolates sounds like the Superman of candy ingredient technology. Well, some candy makers would...

Low-carb.(New Products)(Russell Stover Candies' Low Carb Pecan Delight)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... COMPANY: Russell Stover Candies Inc., Kansas City, Mo. THE PRODUCT: Low Carb Pecan Delight THE HOOK: Russell Stover is now offering low-carb chocolate, because many customers are becoming concerned with lowering the level of...

Sweet Shop USA.(Holiday Rollout)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Forth Worth Texas-based Sweet Shop USA released its fall line of chocolates and truffles including Halloween Pails and Trios. Pumpkin Face, Ghost Face and Witch Face make up the Halloween Pails collection filled with 6-oz. of pretzels,...

Jelly Belly Candy Co.(Holiday Rollout)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Fright night sweets add to the fun with the new Monster Mash Mix and Fun Pak of snack-sized bags of Jelly Belly jelly beans from Jelly Belly Candy Co., Fairfield, Calif. The colorful Monster Mash mix has four flavors--Island Punch, Orange...

PEZ Candy Inc.(Holiday Rollout)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Heart-shaped candy dispensers from PEZ Candy Inc., Orange, Conn., feature new white mini-hearts printed around the dispenser's base and the bannered message, "Happy Valentine's Day," on either side of the heart Three color variations--hot pink...

Organic candies.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... COMPANY: Edward & Sons Trading Company Inc., Carpinteria, Calif. THE PRODUCT: Butterscotch Organic Hard Candy THE HOOK: The Organic Candy Co. introduces a full line of peggable organic candies from old-fashioned butterscotch candies to...

Cocktail flavors.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... COMPANY: Simon Candy Co., Elizabethtown, Pa. THE PRODUCT: Tropical Treasures THE HOOK: Four tropical drink flavors--Strawberry Daiquiri, Pina Colada, Electric Lemonade and Margarita--make up the assortment of cocktail-flavored hard...

Bubblegum pops.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... COMPANY: Joyco USA, Miami THE PRODUCT: Bullzone Chewy Pop THE HOOK: Joyco released Bullzone Candies from Beyond, created by Colombina, a Latin American manufacturer of bubble gum pops. Offered in Strawberry Blast and Passion Fruit,...

New Products magazine industry watch.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... NEW PRODUCTS MAGAZINE INDUSTRY WATCH YTD THROUGH YTD THROUGH 7/31/03 7/31/02 REPORTS SKUS REPORTS SKUS ...

Environmental glaze.(Creators Briefs)
September 1, 2003... Westport, Conn.-based Mantorse-Haeuser Co. Inc. introduces Crystalac VEX #1 Glaze, the first completely alcohol-based glaze exempt for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) regulations. The availability of this system frees manufacturers from...

Chocolate flavoring.(Creators Briefs)
September 1, 2003... Chocolate lovers will be enthralled with UK-based TasteTech Lid's new chocolate flavoring. TasteTech's controlled release technology microencapsulates the chocolate within an invisible microfilm of vegetable oil and converts it into a...

Trans-free shortenings.(Creators Briefs)
September 1, 2003... While a new FDA labeling regulation will require trans fatty acid content to be listed on the nutrition panel, concern exists that some consumers may avoid trans-free products if "hydrogenated" appears on the ingredient statement. To address...

Weighers handle broad line of candies.(Plant, Processing and Packaging Technology)
September 1, 2003... Heat and Control's Millenium multihead weighers provide accurate weigh filling of wrapped and unwrapped pieces, including special designs for difficult-to-handle gummi products and weigh-blending systems to fill precise amounts of different...

Pinless technology speeds tray packing.(Plant, Processing and Packaging Technology)
September 1, 2003... The Douglas Direct Load Tray Packer from Alexandria, Minn.-based Douglas Machines uses patent-pending pinless metering technology to increase line speed and efficiency. Innovative pinless technology smoothly and rapidly transfers glass jars,...

Small footprint, maximum output.(new machine from Rovema)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Rovema has developed a new vertical form, fill, seal machine, the Vertical Intermittent Pouch Machine (VVI-200), for applications typically associated with horizontal machines. The VVI-200 system, with 10-patented...

Steam generators reduce costs, boost efficiencies.(from Clayton Industries)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... El Monte, Calif.-based Clayton Industries supplies steam generators to candy manufacturers who require steam for heating and cooking as well as for equipment and facility cleaning. The company supplies a broad range of units. ranging from 20 to...

Going all natural.(packaging material from Cargill Dow )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Confectionery manufacturers have a sweet new option to entice consumers and boost sales: using and co-branding with the natural-based packaging material NatureWorks PLA from Cargill Dow LLC, based in Minnetonka, Minn. Made from 100% corn,...

Film portfolio fulfills every wrapping need.(from VersaPack)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Fair Lawn, N.J.-based VersaPack supplies a broad portfolio of packaging materials to the confectionary industry. The company's product range encompasses cold seal films (including metalized cold seal), metalized hologram films, pre-made...

ExxonMobil Chemical boosts OPP film capacity.(oriented polypropylene)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical recently completed an expansion of its oriented polypropylene (OPP) film manufacturing plant in Shawnee, Okla., enabling the company to install a specialty 6.6-meter orienter line. The expansion gives...

U.S. continues to lead in packaging equipment exports.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... U.S.-based original equipment manufacturers of packaging machinery shipped an estimated $5.9 billion in packaging equipment in 2002, up $26 million from 2001. With the results, U.S. packaging machinery manufacturers maintained their lead in the...

Sweet profile.(Timothy Walsh of American Licorice)(Interview)
September 1, 2003... Like many professionals who have family ties in the confectionery industry, Timothy Walsh's start in the business began as a summer job. The budding high school sophomore started working at American Licorice Co. in 1960. His first job consisted...

Who was that masked man?(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Candy Industry's editors make it a point to visit large and small confectionery operations in an effort to provide readers with a first-hand, eyewitness experience. Occasionally, such trips can hold a few surprises. When the National Honey...