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Articles Tagged with ''chocolate''

Foreverland chocolate alternative
Plant Openings

Foreverland Opens Cocoa-Free Chocolate Plant in Italy

October 8, 2025

The facility provides Foreverland with the capability to run industrial trials with larger clients, secure small and medium-sized business customers, and deliver a scalable supply of cocoa-free chocolate alternatives.


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Rough chonched chocolate

Optimizing Conching Efficiency in Large-Scale Chocolate Manufacturing

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Randall A. Sorrells
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Brith Isaksson
September 25, 2025

Every wasted minute of conching translates directly into extra production costs, particularly at a time when energy and raw ingredient prices are rising. This is why producers are looking at the energy efficiency of their conche equipment.


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Nestle New Cocoa Process
Research & Development

Nestlé Develops Technique to Get More Yield from Cocoa Fruit

August 27, 2025

The technique has the potential to increase the amount of cocoa material available to farmers, as well as to free up time for them.


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Sherwin-Williams Hershey Full View

How Advanced Coatings Anchor Hershey’s First New U.S. Chocolate Plant in Over 30 Years

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Sharon Lee
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Michael Starner
August 4, 2025

From the outset, the flooring requirements emerged as a critical component of the facility’s infrastructure. Chocolate production involves heavy forklift traffic, frequent hot-water washdowns and regular exposure to harsh cleaning agents.



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Maestrani Partnership with Buhler
Facility Management

Maestrani Uses Bühler’s Technology to Boost Chocolate Production Efficiency

June 23, 2025

An outcome of this collaboration was the identification of a bottleneck in the five-roll mill refiner.


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Maeve New Packaging
Company News

Seattle Chocolate Evolves into Maeve

March 5, 2025

Inspired by the Irish warrior queen, Maeve represents strength, boldness and a fearless approach to chocolate.


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Kit Kat Santas
Candy/Confectionery

Hershey Introduces First Seasonal KIT KAT Shape

November 25, 2024

Available for a limited time, KIT KAT Santas feature imprinted boots, a jolly smile and an even crispier wafer-to-chocolate ratio than a traditional KIT KAT bar.


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Voyage Foods' Chocolate Processing
Plant Openings

Voyage Foods Adds Manufacturing Plant in Ohio

October 16, 2024

Once operational, the 284,000-sq.-ft. plant will produce cocoa-free chocolate, nut-free spreads and bean-free coffee, and it will have the capacity to make 10,000 metric tons of cocoa-free chocolate annually.


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chocolate chip cookies

FDA Releases Results of Sampling of Retail Dairy-Free Dark Chocolate and Chocolate-Containing Products for Milk Allergen

The sampling was conducted to better understand the extent to which these products potentially contain unintended milk at levels that may be hazardous to people with milk allergy.
October 7, 2024

The sampling was conducted to better understand the extent to which these products potentially contain unintended milk at levels that may be hazardous to people with milk allergy.


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Grand Belgian truffles
Mergers & Acquisitions

Chocolate Manufacturer Natra Acquires Gudrun

September 30, 2024

Gudrun develops and manufactures chocolates for international retailers across multiple markets.


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