Chocolate

Ivory Coast In Fresh Stand-Off With Cocoa Buyers Over Premium

Ivory Coast is struggling to sell cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season with multinational companies demanding it lower prices, which are...

Consumer Reports Finds More Lead And Cadmium In Chocolate

Consumer Reports said it had found 'concerning' levels of lead and cadmium in a third of various chocolate products it tested recently, and called on Hersh...

Hotel Chocolat Reports Decline In Sales In FY 2023

British luxury chocolate maker Hotel Chocolat has reported a 10% year-on-year decline in sales its financial year 2023 due to a decline in online and inter...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Arrivals Seen Down 28.5% In The First Three Months Of Season

Cocoa volumes arriving at Ivory Coast ports are expected to drop 28.5% year-on-year in the first three months of the 2023/2024 season due to erratic weathe...

Mondelēz International Completes Sale Of Gum Business In Developed Markets

Mondelēz International has completed the sale of its developed-market gum business in the United States, Canada and Europe, excluding Portugal, to Perfetti...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Sector Predicts More Smuggling As Farmgate Price Disappoints

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers and exporters believe the lower-than-expected price the world's top exporter fixed for their beans this season could fuel smuggli...

Retailer HEMA Joins Tony's Open Chain

Dutch variety retailer HEMA will join Tony's Open Chain initiative as it seeks to make its cocoa supply chain 100% 'slavery-free'.

Slow Progress On Ivory Coast Cocoa Sustainability Sparks EU Concern, Sources Say

The European Union is concerned top cocoa grower Ivory Coast is struggling to implement a sustainability drive needed for its beans to meet new EU standard...