Milling & Baking News Corporate Profiles - 2015 - (Page 50)

Industry Confectionery Review: Confectionery Confectionery A focus on clean label, sustainability and new flavor combinations C lean label is the name of the confectionery game this year. Leading companies are cutting artificial colors and flavors and whittling ingredients lists to meet consumer demand for recognizable ingredients. On Feb. 17, Nestle USA said it will remove all flavors perceived as artificial and Food and Drug Administration-certified artificial colors from all of its chocolate products by the end of 2015. "We know that candy consumers are interested in broader food trends around fewer artificial ingredients," said Doreen Ida, president of Nestle USA Confections & Snacks. "As we thought about what this means for our candy brands, our first step has been to remove artificial flavors and colors without affecting taste or increasing the price." A day after Nestle announced its clean label commitment, the Hershey Co. said it would begin transitioning to simple and easy-to-understand ingredients in such products as Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars and Hershey's Kisses. The company said it would begin making products with such recognizable ingredients as milk, almonds, cocoa beans and sugar. From Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars and Hershey's Kisses, the company is LEADING LEADING chocolate candy vendors BOX/BAG/BAR >3.5 OZ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Hershey Co. Mars, Inc. Nestle USA, Inc. Lindt & Sprüngli A.G. Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. Brookside Foods Ltd. Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Mondelez International, Inc. Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Private label Total Dollar sales $1,793,453,440 $1,301,578,368 $299,169,152 $281,690,624 $205,452,112 $150,436,240 $48,008,212 $46,091,820 $37,428,324 $143,764,736 $4,695,323,648 removing lactose, vanillin and artificial flavor and adding natural flavor. Hershey also is dropping polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR), an emulsifier, from its chocolate bars. Along with recognizing ingredients in their candy, consumers also want to know from where and how the ingredients are sourced. This shift relates to another trend in the confectionery category: sustainability. In its simple ingredients announcement, Hershey said it will continue to work with suppliers to responsibly source sustainable ingredients, including 100% certified and sustainable cocoa and certified sustainable and traceable palm oil. The company is moving to nonbioengineered sugar and milk from cows not treated with rBST. "Consumers' relationship with food is fundamentally changing," said Laura Renaud, associate manager of corporate communications for Hershey, in an interview with Food Business News at the Sweets & Snacks Expo, held May 19-21 in Chicago. "They want to know and recognize the ingredients in their products, but beyond that, they also want to know how we're sourcing our ingredients, so sustainability efforts are very important as well." Mondelez International also has chocolate candy brands % change from year ago 3.4% 3.3% -1.4% 10.8% 18.1% 14.2% 0.3% -4.9% 25.3% 3.5% 4.8% BOX/BAG/BAR >3.5 OZ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 M&M's Hershey's Reese's Hershey's Kisses All Hershey's products All Mars products Lindt Lindor Brookside Dove Promises Private label Total Dollar sales $598,109,184 $366,712,704 $241,199,248 $190,540,144 $173,124,128 $158,359,296 $156,437,312 $150,436,240 $138,540,896 $143,764,736 $4,695,323,648 % change from year ago 0.5% 5.6% 0.1% 7.7% 8.3% 4.8% 13.3% 14.2% 0.8% 3.5% 4.8% Data for 52 weeks ended Aug. 9, 2015 Total U.S. - Multi-outlet with C-Store (Supermarkets, Drugstores and Mass Market Retailers, Gas/C-Stores, Military Commissaries and Select Club & Dollar Retail Chains) Source: Information Resources, Inc. 50 \ October 2015 Milling & Baking News * Food Business News * Baking & Snack * Meat+Poultry Corporate Profiles

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Milling & Baking News Corporate Profiles - 2015

Milling & Baking News Corporate Profiles - 2015
Table of Contents
Editorial - With growth elusive, its pursuit only intensifies
Industry Review: Grain-based Foods
Industry Review: Packaged Foods
Can K-Cups kick-start soup?
Industry Review: Beverages
Industry Review: Meat and Poultry
Industry Review: Dairy
Industry Review: Confectionery
Industry Review: Food Service
Industry Review: Clean Label
Company Overview - Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V.
Company Overview - Campbell Soup Co.
Company Overview - Coca-Cola Co.
Company Overview - ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Company Overview - Flowers Foods, Inc.
Company Overview - General Mills, Inc.
Company Overview - The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
Company Overview - The Hershey Co.

Milling & Baking News Corporate Profiles - 2015