Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

Dublin, Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "United States Cocoa Processing Market Report by Product Type, Application, States and Company Analysis, 2025-2033" report has been added to ...

Nigeria records sharp growth in cocoa shipments to America, although ageing farms and processing shortages threaten future ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Nestlé said it developed a process to maximize cocoa output as climate challenges reduce yields for farmers. The food giant said its novel technique utilizes up to 30% more of the cocoa fruit to ...

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 ...

MELAKA: Malaysia recorded RM18bil in export value for cocoa beans and cocoa-based products last year, reinforcing its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the surface, chocolate seems simple. At the basic level, the rich sweet is made by processing cocoa beans and adding sugar and ...

Sarawak could strengthen the country’s cocoa industry by expanding cultivation areas and producing higher-value chocolate ...

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology in Munich have shown that overfermentation of cocoa beans produces smoky, leathery, and cheesy off-flavor compounds at concentrations ...