MARCH 23
EDITORIAL Editor
Kiran Grewal
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On page 8 Director of Holy Lama Naturals, where we discuss their range of over 30 Spice combinations easily and with little effort. She also explains how the company supports marginalised communities in India, and endeavours to eradicate poverty through women’s empowerment.
Just next month the Kennedy’s Confection team will be heading to Cologne for the ProSweets/ISM Special Edition, which around 115 companies from 22 countries will be present at one of the most important trading and communication platform for the supplier sector of the sweets and snacks industry, including both international market leaders and the equally important smaller and medium-sized specialised suppliers. The strong demand to participate in this one-off special format has led to the originally planned area being expanded several times, so we’re incredibly excited to see this new layout, visit your stands and hear all about the developments in the market. We’ve spoken to a what can be expected at the show. Head on over to page 24
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Set up in 1890, Kennedy’s Confection is the longest– established magazine in the trade and is distributed exclusively worldwide to manufacturers of chocolate, sugar confectionery and bakery products.
Kennedy’s Publications Ltd. Part of the DataTeam Media Group Media Director Colin Wilkinson
Our London Chocolate Forum is fast-approaching! On October 12th this year I look forward to welcoming many of you to our informative conference, networking and exhibition day. We have many fantastic keynote speakers lined up to provide thought-provoking ideas and debates to our delegates, and I must say a big thank you to our Gold Sponsor, Puratos, and our Silver Sponsors, Cama Group, HCF, LoeschPack and AAK for helping us to build a fantastic event for you all. For more information on the event, sponsorship opportunities, or to buy your tickets (our current EarlyBird rate gives you 35% off!) visit our website
https://londonchocolateforum.com/ or read my summary on page 16.
Enjoy this issue, and I look forward to catching up with many of you face-to- face in the coming months!
EDITOR’s LETTER
I am pleased to bring you our March edition of Kennedy’s Confection, a jam- packed issue to prepare you for some incredible events we have coming up in the confectionery industry. In our news section we report Nestlé launches its Golden Collection made of up of four of its best-loved brands, Belcolade announces a Halfon Candy Company. Keep up with the news from page 6 of this issue, or visit
https://kennedysconfection.co.uk/ for daily updates.
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