Cocoa was the best performing commodity in 2024, outpacing even bitcon, as prices surged 132 percent, hitting a record high of ...

Investors flock to cocoa tech firms producing alternative chocolates amid price surge Investors pivot towards innovative ...

Laurie Douglass' products include toffee, truffles, barks, caramels, buckeyes (which pair chocolate with peanut butter), ...

In April 2024, Barry Callebaut announced the launch of its Future Farming Initiative (FFI), which seeks to scale sustainable ...

Higher cocoa prices are said to be moving chocolate makers’ attentions to alternatives, including lab grown cocoa.

The Brazilian cosmetics company works with Amazonian communities to promote sustainable business practices. Respecting nature ...

Raw cacao comes from the beans of the Theobroma cacao tree. The beans, technically seeds, grow within pods in the Baba part of the plant. The Baba is a fleshy white pulp. Most of the world’s ...

Last year was the hottest year in history – on average more than 1.55 degrees higher than pre-industrial temperatures. The ...

Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo, was among the investors that took part in a $4.5mn seed ... of beans. Growers in West Africa, who produce more than two-thirds of the world’s cocoa ...

It is a light yellow-coloured natural substance extracted from cocoa beans, which are the seeds of the cacao tree. This butter is a triglyceride, a type of fat, according to research published in ...