Barry Callebaut’s partnership with Maersk provides greater control over its cocoa bean quality and enhances the ability to ...

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a lab-based cocoa fermentation method using defined microbial communities, enabling chocolate makers to reliably produce high-quality, ...

Producing chocolate, one of the world's most beloved sweets, is a multistep process beginning with freshly harvested cocoa beans. People have been experimenting with chocolate-making for millennia, ...

Can you manipulate the taste of noble cocoas in different directions to create exciting new flavors for the world's chocolate fans? Some researchers and cocoa professionals asked that question and the ...

Here’s a look at some of the chocolates that prioritize quality ingredients. Lindt Excellence chocolate is renowned for its rich taste and high-quality ingredients. Made with fine cocoa beans sourced ...

(The Conversation) – A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Cargill Inc. has halted cocoa grinding in Ivory Coast as poor-quality beans with unusually high levels of waste material curb ...

LONDON—As chocolate lovers ready themselves for an Easter weekend of sticky fingers and tight waistbands, the world’s cocoa processors are struggling with a problem even Willy Wonka himself would ...

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA, April 29 (Reuters) - A multi-million dollar expansion by international cocoa grinders in Indonesia is facing a steep supply shortfall of cocoa beans, fuelling a likely jump in ...