Sixty percent of quality cocoa beans used in Cacao are found in Ecuador. They export to the US (Whole Foods buys a majority), ...

MOSCOW. March 21 (Interfax) - Experts from Russian plant and animal health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor will conduct an audit of Ecuador's banana certification system in April, the agency said.

“We don’t want to export cocoa beans any longer ... and confirmed farming protocols currently in practice in our Ecuador South America farms,” he said.

Inspired to try making chocolate, he used organic Ecuadorian cocoa beans, and ingredients from Fairtrade and Slow Food producers. “As well as buying better-quality beans, I stopped using white ...