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 ...

(This May 20 story has been republished, with no changes to text) By May Angel, Alexander Marrow and Marcelo Teixeira ...

Cocoa-free chocolate will soon be more readily available in supermarkets as confectionery manufacturers grapple with increasing volatility in the price and supply of cocoa beans. Rabobank says food ...

This feature explores 50 distinct culinary applications of chocolate across pastry, confectionery, and plated desserts.

Barry Callebaut launches ChoViva, a cocoa-free chocolate alternative made from sunflower seeds, as climate and supply ...

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 ...

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 ...

The chocolate industry is having a meltdown. Cocoa prices have doubled since the start of the year, as crops in West Africa — which produces 80% of the world’s cocoa — have been hit by droughts made ...

Commercialization has not dealt kindly with the Mayan Food of the Gods. Modern chocolate products are filled with sugar and calories, contributing to the obesity epidemic in the West. And the cocoa ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — The big ears on your chocolate Easter bunny will come with a big price tag this year. The price of cocoa beans is now surging faster than bitcoin and gold, and chocolatiers are ...

It must have taken an enormous amount of curiosity — or sheer need from hunger — for the first human to explore the possibilities of the cacao pod. Roughly the size of a football, the pod looks ...