As cocoa prices continue to fluctuate on the higher end, cocoa powder and cocoa fat solutions may provide some relief for ...

Prices nearly tripled last year, making cocoa the strongest-performing major commodity, as continued supply shortfalls in Ivory Coast and Ghana ... cocoa is turned into butter and powder that ...

The maker of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups wants to take a position that will allow it to purchase more than 90,000 metric tons of cocoa on ICE ... hurt crops in Ivory Coast and Ghana, which ...

The seeds, once removed, are processed to become cocoa nibs and powder as well as cocoa butter, products used ... Today, Côte d'Ivoire (or the Ivory Coast) can brag about producing the most ...

Key areas for cocoa farming like West Africa have been hammered by challenging weather conditions. Harmattan winds in the Ivory Coast and Nigeria ... 1 ton of cocoa butter. A Mondelez spokesperson ...

The vast majority of beans — 70 percent — hail from West Africa, mainly from the Ivory Coast, Cameroon ... and Fair Trade Certified cocoa butter for pure yumminess with every bite.

Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa producer, expects a significant drop in cocoa arrivals at its ports between February and March due to poor rains and high temperatures. Farmers are experiencing ...

ABIDJAN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.

ABIDJAN, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The chief of staff of Ivory Coast's army has ordered the suspension of five officials tasked with combating cocoa smuggling in the west of the country, the army said in ...

IVORY COAST expects to record one of the worst mid-crop cocoa harvests of the last 15 years this season with production seen no higher than 300,000 metric tons (MT) compared with a yearly average of ...

Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa grower, dismissed two military officials and other local government personnel amid continuing efforts to curb smuggling of the crop. Security operations ...

ABIDJAN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut and Singapore-based food group Olam have been buying fewer cocoa beans from Ivory Coast since mid-December after a rise in port prices ...