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The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has made revisions to the 2020 to 21 cocoa balance sheet, with production numbers rising almost 1 % above what was initially anticipated. SP

ISM and the co-located supplier fair ProSweets Cologne are under starter’s orders and will open their doors on 30 January 2022. A few weeks before the opening of the fair, with current registration figures of around 1,200 exhibitors from over 60 countries, the leading trade fair for sweets and snacks is looking optimistically ahead to the upcoming 2022 event. SG SP

Graduate-level food scientists at Cornell University have discovered how to stabilize phycocyanin, a food colorant that provides a vivid blue pigment, according to research published in the American Chemical Society’s journal BioMacromolecules. SP

After two years of postponing Chocovision due to Covid-19-crisis, Barry Callebaut has announced that Chocovision 2022, and all that it stands for in terms of vision and impact, will be integrated into the European Cocoa Association (ECA) Forum. SG SP

In the third quarter of current fiscal year 2021/22 (1 September to 30 November 2021), Südzucker AG according to preliminary figures increased consolidated group revenues about 17% to about € 2.04 bn (previous year: € 1.74 bn). SG SP

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Lake Succes, has announced the acquisition of the company That's How We Roll, manufacturer of the Parmcrisps and Thinsters snack brands, from the private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group for USD 259 m. SG

Until 20 December 2021, interested parties can buy high-quality food processing machinery at Surplex.com. High-quality used machinery can be used to upgrade a production and still be cost-effective and sustainable. SP

Aligned with its 2025 strategy to expand the portfolio of its global Taste & Wellbeing business, Givaudan announced it has completed the acquisition of DDW, the Color House, a US-based natural colour company. SP

German retail confectionery sales increased significantly over the level of the previous year in the first ten months of 2021. SG

Top cocoa producer Ivory Coast is seeing a 10 % decrease in production compared to last season, with buyers and farmers now concerned that the low figures will continue to the end of the main harvest. SP

Anuga Horizon trade fair, which is celebrating its debut in Cologne/Germany from 6 to 8 September 2022, is ready to get underway. SG SP

The ordinary annual general meeting 2021 of Barry Callebaut AG was held under the chairmanship of Markus R. Neuhaus, Vice-Chairman of the Board. SG SP

Katjes International GmbH & Co. KG is acquiring a stake in the English company Nuud Snacks Ltd via its 75% subsidiary Tuckshop London Ltd. Founded in 2021 by Keir Carnie, the start-up Nuud aims to make the market for chewing gum more sustainable by focusing on plastic-free, plant-based products. SG

Global ingredient and service solution provider Glanbia Nutritionals is investing EUR 1.4 m to upgrade its R&D facility in Kilkenny/Ireland. SP

The Holzminden, Germany-based flavour manufacturer Symrise AG has signed an agreement to acquire Giraffe Foods from private investment firm Graham Partners and the founding Powell family. SG SP