As Hershey and other confectionery giants continue to navigate higher costs, startups and ingredient suppliers are looking to ...

As cocoa prices continue to fluctuate due to climate-related droughts and supply shortages, brands are looking at every ...

ICE NY cocoa (CCU25) today is down -44 (-0.49%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25) is down -45 (-0.72%). Cocoa prices fell ...

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) today is down -266 (-2.68%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) is down -202 (-3.14%). Cocoa prices today added to Tuesday's losses and are sharply lower, with London ...

Cocoa prices have put significant upward pressure on the price of chocolate. Between 2023 and 2024, according to Euromonitor, the retail value growth RSP of chocolate confectionary was 9%, whereas ...

Cocoa prices reached a record high of $10.75 (€9.41) per kilogram in January this year. The resulting market shock led to industry-wide panic about the possible ramifications, and saw manufacturers ...

Cocoa prices Thursday settled moderately lower as they consolidated above recent lows. Since posting 4-1/2 month lows last Friday, cocoa prices have traded sideways.

Suddenly, in June of 2023, the price of cocoa broke through the $3,000 ceiling. By April 2024, prices reached an eye-watering level of over $12,000.

So even when cocoa futures are trading at $10,000, $12,000 a tonne, cocoa farmers in Ghana aren’t getting more than $3,000. Michela Tindera OK. Got it.

Similarly, chocolate prices have soared because of problems thousands of miles away in West Africa. Cocoa beans grow in a narrow region around the equator that has suffered from drought and crop ...

Cocoa prices reached an all-time high of $12,906 per metric ton in December 2024 before dropping to $10,594 per metric ton on Feb. 5, according to Trading Economics.

Unprecedented extreme weather boosted prices of cocoa, coffee and orange juice to new records in 2024 — and they’re showing signs of going even higher in 2025.