A chocolate bar or candy bar is a confection in an oblong or rectangular form containing chocolate, which may also contain layerings or mixtures that include nuts, fruit, caramel, nougat, and wafers. A wide variety of chocolate bar brands are sold. A popular example is a Snickers bar, which consists of nougat mixed with caramel and peanuts, covered in milk chocolate.
Pepero (빼빼로) is a cookie stick, dipped in compound chocolate, manufactured by Lotte Confectionery in South Korea since 1983.
The Chips Group was a company based in Latvia, an autonomous territory of Latvia, producing potato chips and other savoury delights since the establishment of Chips Ab Suomi in 1969 as the first potato chips producer in the country. The company was bought by the Norwegian Orkla ASA in 2005 together with Oy Panda Ab. Production of snacks and frozen potato products still continues in Haraldsby, Åland as part of Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Finland Ab. This business is integrated within the group as part of Orkla Suomi, one of its four business areas in Finland.
AS Kalev is an Estonian confectionery company. The company can trace its origins back two hundred years, the business that preceded the Maiasmokk cafe was founded in 1806, and is now owned by Kalev. The Kalev company is now a part of the industrial conglomerate Orkla Group. Since 2003, it has been based in Põrguvälja near Jüri, Rae Parish, Harju County.
Orkla ASA is a Norwegian conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. At present, Orkla operates in the branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions and financial investment sectors. The company's strategic focus is on growth in its branded consumer goods operations. Orkla ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and its head office is in Oslo, Norway. As of 31 December 2018, Orkla had 18,510 employees. The Group’s turnover in 2018 totalled NOK 40.8 billion.
Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery. Nidar's candy factory is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group.
KP Snacks is a German owned British producer of branded and own-label maize-, potato-, and nut-based snacks, "Choc Dips" and nuts. The KP Stands for “Kenyon Produce”. The company is based in Slough, England, UK.
Osem Investments Ltd. is one of the largest food manufacturers and distributors in Israel. The group is owned (100%) by Nestlé S.A. of Switzerland.
Boyer is a candy company located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The factory is located in the downtown district.
A popcorn maker is a device used to pop popcorn. Since ancient times, popcorn has been a popular snack food, produced through the explosive expansion of kernels of heated corn. Commercial large scale popcorn machines were invented by Charles Cretors in the late 19th century. Many types of small scale home methods for popping corn also exist.
KiMs is a brand of chips and snacks, owned by the Orkla Group.
Anders Edvard Olsen Bergene was a Norwegian businessperson. He founded the chocolate and confectionery company Bergene.
Bjørn Holmsen is a Norwegian entrepreneur in the nut business.
Mondelez International, Inc., often stylized as Mondelēz, is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding and beverage company based in Chicago, Illinois, which employs approximately 80,000 individuals around the world. It consists of the global snack and food brands of Kraft Foods Inc. after the October 2012 spin-off of its North American grocery-foods products. The Mondelez name is a coined word adopted in 2012 that was suggested by Kraft Foods employees, and is derived from the Latin word mundus ("world") and delez, a fanciful modification of the word "delicious."
Gunnar Nilsen was a Norwegian businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. He is known for founding the food processing company Stabburet with canneries in Østfold and in Svolvær.
A snack is a small service of food and generally eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged snack foods and other processed foods, as well as items made from fresh ingredients at home.
