NEWS ROUND UP Ocado expand Cocoa Canopy range
The entire Cocoa Canopy range, featuring five blends of beautifully smooth, real drinking chocolate, are due to be stocked on Ocado from May 15th. Crafted with love, and only using only a handful of ingredients, Cocoa Canopy is the only drinking chocolate brand to offer unique, chocolatier- created beads, rather than powder or flakes. Ocado has previously stocked two blends, but shoppers will now be able to find the perfect option to suit every mood and every season – whether it’s the already stocked Rich Dark and Smooth Milk, or the newly stocked Salted Caramel, Milk & Dark and Ecuador Dark! Cocoa Canopy’s range offers
brilliant versatility and is delicious enjoyed hot or iced; making it the perfect choc to tantalise your tastebuds whatever the weather. So, how to go from bead to cup? Simply melt the beads in a splash of boiling water, mix into a smooth paste and whisk in hot or cold milk (or use a milk frother!) and voilà, flawless drinking chocolate every time! The beautiful beads can also be mixed into your morning coffee to make a mocha, used to garnish desserts, in an impressive weekend choctail or even to satisfy a chocolate craving on their own! To celebrate the occasion, Cocoa Canopy will be running an irresistible introductory
Waitrose is the first UK retailer to join Tony’s Open Chain
Tony’s Chocolonely has announced that Waitrose has become the first UK retailer to join Tony’s Open Chain, becoming a ‘Mission Ally’ to support more sustainable cocoa sourcing throughout the industry. Tony’s Open Chain is an industry-led initiative that helps chocolate brands, or brands which sell products containing cocoa, transform their cocoa supply chains and become sustainability frontrunners. Nine Waitrose own brand chocolate
bars, including Cooks’ ingredients bars, will be sourced through Tony’s Open Chain. The full range will be available across all UK stores from Monday 8th April and recognisable by the yellow Tony’s Open Chain ‘button’ on the front of pack.
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Waitrose commits to Tony’s 5 Sourcing Principles, including rigorous sourcing standards, robust traceability, paying the living income reference price for cocoa and building long term partnerships with partner cooperatives to support farmers and develop thriving cocoa communities. As a collaborative initiative, Mission Allies compete on chocolate but collaborate on cocoa.
This collaborative effort between Givaudan and Bühler offers companies the opportunity to conduct innovative and effective product development trials for their extruded products. Equipped with a 30mm twin-screw Bühler extruder, the hub enables both high moisture extrusion, such as plant-based meat production, and low moisture extrusion, including snacks and cereals. Unlike smaller benchtop extruders, the results obtained at the facility can be translated to full-scale production equipment. With an output of up to 50 kilograms per hour, companies can now explore new possibilities in product development with ease.
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promotion on Ocado from May 15th to June 11th. All blends will be discounted, including Rich Dark, Smooth Milk, Salted Caramel and Milk & Dark down to £4.50 and Ecuador Dark
down to £4.95. The plastic free and beautifully unique Cocoa Canopy range is available to purchase from their online shop, Ocado, Waitrose and Amazon in boxes of 225g, 450g or 900g.
Givaudan, MISTA and Bühler launch new extrusion hub
Givaudan, MISTA and Bühler have announced the opening of a state-of-the-art extrusion hub at the MISTA Innovation Centre in San Francisco. The opening of this new facility advances MISTA’s capabilities in driving food innovation and highlights Givaudan’s and Bühler’s commitment to supporting the transformation of the food system.
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