Chocolate produced in the Amazon is internationally recognized for its unique flavor. A study by researchers at São Paulo ...

Cacao beans are processed through fermentation, roasting and grinding to make chocolate flavoring. They only comprise 30% of the harvested weight of the Cacao crop Cacao is harvested as pods, only 30% ...

BETTENDORF, Iowa — Rebecca Burns was born with her business. Her mother ran a strict no-candy household, but she still managed to turned her childhood sweet tooth into a 20-year passion. As sweet as ...

"We're directly growing the tissue that gets turned into chocolate." The post Chocolate Company Announces Plans to Produce ...

The first half of the scientific name for the fiendishly fickle cocoa tree means “food of the gods”. By the time Theobrama cacao was christened by Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist, in 1753, wealthy ...

What is the future of chocolate? It may move to new growing regions such as Nigeria, Cameroon and Ecuador, and may adopt new agricultural techniques such as agroforestry and climate smart agriculture.

The cocoa industry has reached crisis point. Extreme weather and disease continues to wreak havoc on crops across the world’s key growing regions, while geopolitical tensions are placing strain on ...

Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.