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 ...

Switzerland is known for its chocolate. And now the first 100% organic cocoa processing plant in the country has completed its test phase and is gearing up production. FoodNavigator learns more about ...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24) on Monday closed down -322 (-4.01%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24) closed down -187 (-2.87%). Cocoa prices fell sharply on Monday, with NY cocoa posting a ...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24) on Wednesday closed up +363 (+4.41%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24) closed up +101 (+1.56%). Cocoa prices Wednesday extended this week's sharp rally, with NY ...

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Mr Osei Kwame Griffiths as the Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations at the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC).

An indigenous agribusiness and manufacturing firm, the Johnvents Group, has partnered with the British International Investment (BII) to boost cocoa production in West Africa. Group Managing Director, ...

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 ...

Olam Food Ingredients (Ofi) has installed two circular biomass boilers at its cocoa processing factories in the Netherlands and Germany. By using cocoa shells – a by-product of the cocoa production ...

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon plans to double its cocoa processing capacity to about 30 percent of its total production or nearly 70,000 tonnes of beans per year by adding 10 new processing units, a ...

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Osei Kwame Griffiths as the Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations at ...

Chocolate starts with a pod (upper left) which contains the beans (lower left) that are extracted, fermented and dried before being shipped off for additional steps needed to make these treats.