Despite price cut, Ghana cocoa buyers lack funds to buy beans from farmers, sources say

By Emmanuel Bruce ACCRA, March 19 (Reuters) - Ghana's licensed cocoa buyers lack the funds to buy beans from farmers despite ...

This Chocolate Brand Uses Only The Highest-Quality Ingredients

Cheap chocolate has its place. However, if you're only making space for the best confections, consider the simple-yet-fancy offerings of this brand.

Cocoa beans rot and West African farmers seek other options after commodity crash

West African cocoa farmers are facing a squeeze after the price of the global commodity crashed on the international market ...
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Cocoa beans rot in Ivory Coast after commodity crash

In 2024, a surge in cocoa on international markets reached more than $12,000 per metric ton, the highest in decades. Then it ...

Bitter times for cocoa farmers as chocolate market slumps

Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

These coffee and chocolate origins were made for each other

The taste of both coffee and cocoa beans are directly impacted by their environment — think soil, climate, and altitude.

Cocoa buyers struggling to afford beans as chocolate market slumps

Ghana's cocoa industry faces a deepening crisis as licensed buyers lack funds to purchase beans from farmers, despite a ...
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Easter bunnies, cacao beans and pollinating bugs: A basket of 6 essential reads about chocolate

(THE CONVERSATION) – Tens of millions of chocolate bunnies get sold in the U.S. every Easter. Here are six articles about chocolate from The Conversation’s archive – great reading while you’re ...

‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

Due to the volatile cocoa market, companies like Hershey are using replacement ingredients such as sugar, oil, milk and nuts ...