(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 ...

KANSAS CITY — The global cocoa market has endured mixed supply and demand signals this year, which means uncertainty now and in the months ahead. In a nutshell, cocoa bean futures in London reached ...

The construction of the Chocolat Rouge chocolate factory in Nkol-Melen, near Obala in Cameroon’s Centre Region, moved a step closer to production on ...

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Singapore-based food-tech company Prefer wants to reduce the price of chocolate by making a cocoa-free cocoa powder.

KANSAS CITY — Plummeting supply and surging prices have insinuated a meltdown in the chocolate market. And analysts are growing less hopeful for a quick correction. Nearby New York ICE cocoa bean ...

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Cocoa bean fermentation is a complex and dynamic microbiological process that transforms harvested cocoa pods into precursors essential for flavour and quality in chocolate production. This process ...