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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 ...

The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) ...

For many Americans, chocolate is an affordable indulgence easily found at any supermarket or convenience store. But for some who grow and harvest the cocoa bean, the concept of a chocolate bar is a ...

Cocoa prices have doubled during the past year, hitting an all-time high, Bloomberg reported. The most active cocoa contract hit $5,600 a metric ton, passing a record high of $5,379 in 1977. Weather ...

DALLAS — “Texans will smoke anything,” said Scott Moore Jr., a Tejas Chocolate co-founder, explaining why his Papua New Guinea bars are one of his top sellers, to a roomful of hopeful chocolate makers ...

After protests last week by cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast, the country's Coffee and Cocoa Council is sending a delegation to M ...

By May Angel LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - The amount of Ivory Coast cocoa that can be traced back to where it was grown remains at just under half, calling into question how the world's top cocoa grower ...

By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN, May 12 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) will send officials to the ...