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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONDON/ACCRA, March 13 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 makers around the world ...

Chocolate produced in the Amazon is internationally recognized for its unique flavor. A study by researchers at São Paulo ...

Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

The Founder and Group Managing Director of CapitalSage Holdings, John Alamu, has disclosed that processing cocoa into finished products for export is now far more profitable to Nigeria’s economy than ...

The Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) Ghana Limited has proposed a set of measures, including increased local processing and strengthened forward sales strategies, to stabilise Ghana’s cocoa sector. Some ...

Cocoa powder, the ground cacao you get when you remove some of the cacao butter from the processed cacao bean, comes in two forms: natural and Dutch-process. Dutch-process cocoa powder is milder on ...