Suppliers are responding to changes in prices, costs and legislation with innovation, while consumers are adapting and experimenting, the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers pointed out at its end-of-year press event, where it also revealed the flavour combinations that the ‘Christmas Candy (szaloncukor) of the Year’ will tempt you with.
Exchange rate fluctuations, speculators, alternative raw materials and climate change – what will our chocolate be made of in the future and how much will it cost? At its summer roundtable, the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers analysed the trends disrupting the cocoa market.
On 23 May, the Confectionery Innovation Award of the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers was presented to Csinta, a manufacturer of pure fruit snacks, for its new family of chocolate-coated dried fruit bars. We asked Péter Redő, Managing Director of Aloha Kft. in Pomáz, about the history of the products, which have a contemporary flavour, and about their future plans.