Producing chocolate, one of the world's most beloved sweets, is a multistep process beginning with freshly harvested cocoa beans. People have been experimenting with chocolate-making for millennia, ...

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 ...

ASARE The recent cocoa sector reforms announced by the government and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) represent one of the most ambitious attempts in decades to reposition the country within the ...

It is a common belief that when food undergoes various forms of processing, the health benefits of that food are greatly reduced. A team of scientists at the Pennsylvania State University have found ...

play videoDr Cassiel Ato Forson is the Minister of Finance The Minister for Finance Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has announced a new policy aimed at significantly increasing the local processing of cocoa ...

Can you manipulate the taste of noble cocoas in different directions to create exciting new flavors for the world's chocolate fans? Some researchers and cocoa professionals asked that question and the ...

US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland has announced that it is carrying out substantial enhancements to its ADM-Joanes cocoa processing facility in Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil. The improvements, due ...

The government has announced plans to revitalize state-owned cocoa enterprises as part of a broader strategy to deepen domestic processing and reduce reliance on raw bean exports. Under the new policy ...

Just as we have seen an increase in the number of microbreweries making specialty beers, the market for chocolate has also developed, so there are more high-end chocolate manufacturers who are trying ...