While many of us are familiar with chocolate, fewer will have tried cacao fruit. If you have got your hands on some fresh ...

Before, anyone who wanted to grow cacao at 1,200 or 1,500 meters [3,900 to 4,900 feet] altitude was considered crazy,” says ...

German confectionery manufacturers produced fewer chocolate Easter bunnies this year than in 2024, their industry association ...

“In Mankuva, a single cocoa fruit yields 450–500 grams of wet beans, whereas other cocoa varieties typically produce 200–250 grams per fruit. This is the major speciality of Mankuva cocoa ...

A helpful guide to purchasing and working with chocolate, including an easy recipe for ganache that transforms into decadent frosting, mousse and truffles.

Due to rising temperatures and climate change, small-scale coffee farmers in Colombia are increasingly planting cacao. Cacao faces fewer immediate challenges compared to coffee, which is prone to ...

He noted that many people have never tried fine chocolate or are unaware of the bean-to-bar process and the unexpected flavors cacao beans present. Advertisement "Let's not forget, cacao is a fruit.

Cocoa yields will be "destroyed" by 2030 without financial support and fairer markets, Ivory Coast farmers have warned.

which should bear fruit in two to three years. “There’s a lot of different varieties of cocoa beans, and they all have different flavours depending on that. Trying to source beans that have ...

Waste or lost food cost more than $1 trillion, according to the World Bank. “Upcycled” ingredients could be part of the ...