All cocoa powders come from cocoa beans, but the difference lies in how they’re processed. Cocoa powder can range from light tan to jet black with varying pH levels that affect how it interacts ...

While Europeans eat the most chocolate and Europe is the leading processor of cocoa beans, chocolate’s key ingredient, the continent lacks the hot and humid conditions needed to grow the ...

Mulder, a German, first demonstrated their similarity. The cocoa bean was next investigated, and its essence discovered, and called theobromin, or "nectar for the gods." Science, after showing ...

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The cocoa bean market valuation is predicted to exceed USD 26.75 billion by 2032, reported in a research analysis by Global Market Insights Inc. Blockchain technology is being embraced for ...

Despite this positive outlook, farmers expressed concern about the potential outbreak of black pod disease and continuing bean smuggling. Ghana lost more than a third of its 2023/24 cocoa output ...

Members of an Ivory Coast traders’ group have complained that some major exporters in the world’s top grower are overpaying for cocoa beans to secure supplies for their processing plants ...

The company confirmed today it will be broadening its cocoa sources, supplementing its beans from Ghana (which had been Whittaker’s sole source) with those from other African countries.

Cocoa futures in London extended gains as heavy rains in top grower Ivory Coast hamper the new season harvest and the delivery of beans to ports, the latest threat to global supplies. “The rains ...

ASAMANKESE, Ghana, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmers in the world's No.2 producer Ghana are hoarding beans in anticipation of higher prices, industry sources told Reuters, potentially squeezing ...