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Barry Callebaut Raises The Bar In Bid To Redefine Chocolate Making

In a move it hopes will redefine the way chocolate is made, Swiss-based Barry Callebaut has launched a new bar, the fruit of more than 20 years of research...

Barry Callebaut Announces Partnership With Morocco’s Attelli

Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has entered into a long-term partnership agreement with Attelli SARL, a confectionery manufacturer and distributor based in...

EU Chocolate Industry Offers To Share Cocoa Farm Data With Ivory Coast, Ghana

The European cocoa and chocolate industry is offering to share data on cocoa farm locations with top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana in an effort to ramp u...

Ghanaian, Ivorian Cocoa Yield In Doubt As Farmers Shun Costly Fertilisers

Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast cannot afford to buy fertilisers and other products needed to increase yield on their plantations because their...

Ivory Coast Rains Raise Farmers' Hopes For Cocoa Crop

Above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions could pave the way for an early and strong start to the October-to-March main cr...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Upbeat Despite Below-Average Rains

Good soil moisture content in Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions is helping pods develop well on trees, making for a strong start for the October-to-March m...

Ivory Coast Finishes Selling Cocoa Export Contracts For Next Main Crop

Ivory Coast's Coffee and Cocoa Council has finished selling all 1.52 million tonnes of cocoa export contracts for the upcoming main crop of the 2022/23 gro...

Heavy Rain Boosts Ivory Coast Cocoa Mid-Crop, But Raises Fears Of Mould

Heavy rain in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week will spur growth of the April-to-September mid-crop but could cause mouldy beans, farme...