| October 8, 2012 | News for the confectionery industry |
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- Mondelez purchases Vitasnella snack business
Mondelez International is acquiring the Vitasnella snack business from Danone Group in its first purchase since spinning off from Kraft Foods. Danone will retain the Vitasnella brand for cheese and yogurt, while Mondelez will be responsible for biscuits, bread derivatives and snacks. Chicago Tribune/Reuters (free registration)
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- CIA graduate becomes Valrhona's corporate pastry chef
Sarah Kosikowski, a graduate of CIA's Baking and Pastry Arts program, was recently tapped to be the new executive corporate pastry chef for Valrhona USA, the American division of the French fine chocolate company. Kosikowski has perfected her craft in top restaurants around the country, such as The French Laundry in California and at Michael Mina's restaurant in Las Vegas. The Gourmet Retailer
(10/5)
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- Fla. district could record which foods students throw away
School board members in a Florida district are considering installing cameras on trash cans in cafeterias to determine which foods students are throwing away. The goal, school nutrition professionals say, is to find out why students are not eating some food and to work to make meals more appealing. School officials say the data recorded by cameras also would help them determine how food presentation affects consumption. NBC News
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Sweets & Snacks Expo among top shows in U.S.
NCA's Expo was ranked among the fastest growing trade shows in 2011 by Trade Show Executive magazine. TSE recognizes its Fastest 50 winners for their rapid growth and acknowledged the Expo's 13% exhibitor growth over 2010. The 2013 show will once again be held at McCormick Place in Chicago, May 21-23. To exhibit, contact Grace Woodyard.
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2012 Confectionery & Snack Source Book released
NCA, in partnership with MultiView, has released the 2012 edition of The Confectionery & Snack Source Book, a digital resource that allows customers to search products and services specific to the confectionery industry. To feature your company and communicate your message, contact NCA@MultiView.com.
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- Dictionary will put food knowledge in one place
A group of Dutch companies and universities have launched "Development of Food Ontologies," which aims to create a dictionary of food knowledge from 20 million documents. "This technology can bring together the knowledge for a particular food or ingredient from the seemingly unrelated fields of agricultural, medical and social sciences to provide leads for new applications or new markets that had not been considered before," said project leader Wynand Alkema. FoodNavigator
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- Sustainability summit focuses on food waste
Speakers with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance discussed ways for the grocery industry to cut food waste during the FMI/GMA Sustainability Summit. "There's still much more work to be done; that's what the alliance is focused on," said Michael Hewett, director of environmental and sustainability programs at Publix Super Markets, who said 80 billion pounds of food are thrown away each year. Supermarket News
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- Chocolate's recession-proof status melts in Europe
Chocolate sales in Western Europe will be down about 5% this year, according to Mintel, as the economic downturn continues. "For the first part of the recession we thought chocolate would be recession proof, and then we said recession resistant, and now I think people are just getting ground down," said Marcia Mogelonsky, global food and drink analyst at Mintel. Reuters
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