January 2026

As an official international media partner for ProSweets and ISM Cologne, we bring you exclusive coverage in this January issue of International Confectionery. You’ll find insight from the show directors, alongside our exhibitor spotlights, including CEPI, Goodway, Palsgaard, GNT and others.  

Don’t miss our Big Interview with ISM Director Sabine Schommer, who shares her perspective on the evolving role of the show, the challenges and opportunities facing the confectionery sector, and how ISM continues to adapt to a fast-changing global market shaped by shifting consumer expectations and economic pressures. 

In our Innovator Interview, we sit down with Marc Rademacher, EVP Consumer Commercial, Group R&D, and Group Sustainability at Constantia Flexibles. Meanwhile, we also get to know Michelle Stapelfeldt, Wallies Lollies, in our Sweet Talk.  

This issue also features a strong line-up of in-depth editorial content. In When Craft Meets Scale, Managing Editor Rebecca Spayne explores how bean-to-bar chocolate is evolving from an artisan ideal into a flexible, technically driven framework that is influencing both craft and industrial production – with updates from buhler, caotech and Royal Durvis Wiener. 

As always, we hope you enjoy reading this carefully curated issue and, for those of you attending this year’s ProSweets and ISM in Cologne, we look forward to meeting you there.