The cacao tree's large pods contain dozens of seeds ... is credited for inventing a machine that separated cocoa solids from cocoa butter. Soon after, the cacao press machine was used to create ...

For now, traders can ride the wave of cocoa’s bull market, but the long-term implications for consumers and the industry are ...

So, as you savor chocolate, remember the fragile ecosystems behind it. The price of cocoa in early 2025 was near its all-time high, due in part to dry conditions in Africa. Without urgent action to ...

Cacao trees grow well here in Hawaii and with room ... Dr. Nat Bletter from Madre Chocolate and Maddy Smith from Cocoa Rose Hawaii will talk about cacao fermentation and educational tours ...

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern ...

The recent assertion from Ghana's newly-elected president John Mahama that Cocobod, the organisation overseeing the second ...

With around 10,000 trees, it’s Lavaloha’s main commodity ... other than the price of cocoa butter.” Lydgate, his sister and his father started their foray into cacao after planting a small grove in ...

“The combined message is that temperatures are rising during the part of the year that cacao trees are most sensitive, which is likely to cause a decrease in cocoa yield.” Despite this grim ...