Oliver Koth-Kappus, co-founder of Kasama Chocolate in Vancouver, likens making bean-to-bar chocolate from cacao beans to distilling whisky from grains. A chocolatier, on the other hand, is like a ...

The country’s cocoa regulator has reduced contract sales for the 2025/26 season from 1.7 million metric tons to 1.3 million ...

I had the opportunity to speak with two truly inspiring members of the Cocoa Research Centre (CRC) at The UWI: Professor ...

Eco-conscious diners weren’t enough to propel once-hyped startups like Beyond Meat into reshaping the food chain. The problem ...

European chocolate makers and consumers are feeling the impact of poor cocoa harvests in West Africa caused by a viral disease and climate change.

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 ...

Idukki’s Mankuva cocoa, a rare and premium variety of cocoa cultivated along the Chinnar river, is on its way to securing the ...

More than a dozen startups innovating in areas related to coffee and chocolate alternatives have raised funding in the past couple years, collectively pulling in over $300 million to date, per ...

The Plot Enterprise Ghana Limited, a cocoa processing company, at Eshiem in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. A farmer holds an opened cocoa pod at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Wednesday ...