The chocolate industry is seeing unprecedented times, with effects rippling all the way to grocery store shelves. This is how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Determined to get some answers, I consulted a few chocolate experts while attending Grenada’s fun-filled Chocolate Festival—an ...

Chocolate is a staple in any Easter basket, but don’t fall for the rhetoric that the fancy-pants high cocoa (cacao!) stuff is a lot healthier. Are you a chocolate connoisseur who won’t touch a cocoa ...

In Ecuador, researchers are conserving the genetic legacy of cocoa (Theobroma cacao), the raw material of chocolate. Cesar Guillermo Tapia Bastidas, head of Ecuador's national department of ...

Q. What is the difference between cacao and cocoa in terms of taste and health benefits? A. Besides a couple vowels, there are a few differences between cacao and cocoa. Cacao and cocoa are from the ...

Cocoa futures hit a 44-year high, surging to $3,786 per metric ton on Monday, as hotter, drier weather patterns stunt the growth of the cacao bean crop. The warmer, less humid climate in cocoa-growing ...

If you’ve ever needed an excuse to love chocolate even more, this might be it. Cacao powder, the pure and unprocessed form of cocoa, isn’t just a delight for your taste buds; it’s quickly becoming a ...

The words cocoa and cacao are often used as if they mean the same thing, but they refer to different stages of the same plant.Both come from the seeds of the ca ...

Whether you’re shopping for hot chocolate mixes or browsing the candy aisle for a sweet treat, you’re almost guaranteed to see "cocoa" or "cacao" on a few product labels. Perhaps curiosity got the ...