open cacao pod full of cacao beans with an intact pod behind it on a bed of cacao beans - Atlantide Phototravel/Getty Images When you hear "cacao," your mind probably jumps to decadent chocolate ...

ZURICH — With high cocoa bean prices and market volatility, Barry Callebaut and Planet A Foods are combining resources to provide alternative chocolate solutions without cocoa beans. Planet A Foods, a ...

While other companies focus on solving individual problems in Chocolate, AgroNetica is the only one with a multi-directional, multi-purpose approach that addresses all the industry's critical ...

ZURICH — Peter Feld, chief executive officer of Barry Callebaut, said he is “cautiously optimistic” about cocoa supply in the current fiscal year, but the industry faces long-term challenges.

(The Conversation) – 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 ...

Nestled in downtown Winston-Salem, Black Mountain Chocolate offers guests the chance to watch chocolate be made from a bean to a bar.And there are few bonuses that are thrown into the experience -- ...

Ritual Chocolate team members Kim Berg and Cristina Fritzche led the simple, 45-minute experience, each setting prepared with ...

The real-life Willy Wonkas of confectionary are racing to cut the use of expensive cocoa. Their creations are delicious, but ...

A chocolate factory hums in a Chandler backyard. It’s located just past a leaf-covered trampoline, in a guest house. The property and chocolate operation belong to Denae Hostetler. Denae crafts ...

What do you get when a cacao farmer teams up with an acupuncturist and craniosacral therapist? Based on Beans and Berries, the result is a bar that sells herbal elixirs and cacao-based beverages.

Exporters are rejecting the bulk of cocoa beans arriving at Ivory Coast ports because of mold and a high volume of waste ...