KitKat, a beloved chocolate bar, starts its journey with cocoa beans sourced mainly from West Africa. The beans are dried ...

He also noted that fresh cocoa beans are softer and have a nuttier flavor than their dried cocoa nib counterparts. Cacao ...

While higher dry cocoa bean prices have benefited farmers, they have also led to a two- to threefold increase in the cost of cocoa-based products, such as chocolate. However, with the consumer ...

Extreme weather that is too dry, or too wet, has decimated crops ... "The higher price of cocoa beans forces producers to either increase the price of the final chocolate product or keep prices ...

The board is also working to resolve bottlenecks in import procedure at ports by engaging relevant authorities to streamline the importation of cocoa beans. While higher dry cocoa bean prices have ...

Cocoa grinders in Ivory Coast, the world’s top producer, are struggling with poor-quality beans with unusually high levels of waste material mixed into deliveries arriving from farms, piling on ...