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The COVID-19 pandemic switched our priorities overnight from the call to get ourselves of the comfort zone for progressing our business and life to the instinct to feel safe and protected with sheltering-in-place and stockpiling of goods. Looking out for foods providing a guarantee of health, enjoyment, and connection has been catching on since the […]

As this prolonged quarantine could find a positive easing in a few weeks, our main question “Will everything come back as before?” has become “How will everyone ‘come back’ to tomorrow?“What will we have learned from this globally-individualized experience? And what seemed unimaginable to us yesterday is already ordinary today. Granting a little and sweet […]

As I describe in the flavor trends for 2020, plant-based milk alternatives are going mainstream in the food industry. However, in times of uncertainty like this, I reiterate how fine/craft chocolate brands should never assume that what they narrowly like and believe in is what their prospect is seeking. Offering alternative non-dairy products is a […]

We all are feeling like stuck in a rut during this difficult 2020 pre-Easter time. The prolonged sense of uncertainty caused by the recent coronavirus outbreak seems to represent the only sure thing. As if that wasn’t enough, all headlines and projections regarding the food & beverage industry come across plain dreadful. Yet, we are […]

Considered the north pole of the world where cacao can grow, the only non-continental American State of Hawaii is made up of eight islands (Hawai’i, Maui, O’ahu, Kaua’i, Moloka’i, Lāna’i, Ni’ihau, Kaho’olawe). Of them, only the first four are the most densely populated and managed to build an economy and reputation around cacao and chocolate. […]

For many years, supermarket chocolate brands conveyed anonymity and disconnection with the origin of chocolate to consumers. The origin of cacao was not even remotely mentioned, and the history of the chocolate product was never tied to how it could benefit the cocoa producer but barely to acknowledge the company’s founder. Fast forward through 2020 […]

Despite hitting the shelves of the large Italian retail in the fall of 2018, The right opportunity for taking the risk came the day before yesterday. While waiting to get salt-cured anchovies for my favorite “tomato sauce with anchovies” at a local deli, a large glass jar loaded with shiny pink-wrapped chocolates enticed my attention. […]

As we often talk about two-three ingredients dark chocolate as the discovery of the century for gourmets Buy Nolvadex UK , yet too little is enunciated of the same possibility for white chocolate. While the world seems converging all its attention toward vegan milk alternatives, in reality, not all gourmets like to be deprived of […]

Since 2017, we have been seeing more and more chocolate brands featuring oat milk as the quintessential dairy-free milk alternative for vegan milk chocolate. The cereal ingredient is praised for the flavor and creaminess conferred to the chocolate as by conventional dairy milk. As the oat milk trend won’t come to a halt in 2020, […]

As I was tasting pure dark chocolate from single-origin Ugandan cacao—by maker Solstice Chocolate, my papillae couldn’t find appropriate descriptors for such an unparalleled flavor journey. A rollercoaster of sweet and earthy notes, void of any expectation of bitterness or astringency. Until news about the emerging Ugandan vanilla provisions on the specialty market popped up. […]