Easter came early for the global chocolate makers this year. Just days before one of the busiest holidays for chocolate sales, Archer Daniels Midland ditched long-running efforts to sell its niche cocoa business, easing concerns that have weighted on the market for months about a...
The health benefits of eating dark chocolate have been extolled for centuries, but the exact reason has remained a mystery — until now. American researchers report that certain bacteria in the stomach gobble the chocolate and ferment it into anti-inflammatory compounds that...
Reuters reports that Cargill, one of the world's leading cocoa traders, is in the final stages of a deal to buy Archer Daniels Midland Co's cocoa business, citing sources familiar with the situation and potentially creating a price-setting global giant. ...
The world gulps hundreds of millions of cups of coffee every day — so what is all this java doing to our brains and bodies?
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Already renowned as a healthy treat when enjoyed in moderation, chocolate could become even more salubrious if manufacturers embraced new technology for making "fruit-juice-infused chocolate," says a UK food scientist.
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It's news chocolate lovers have been craving: raw cocoa may be packed with brain-boosting compounds. Alas, you won't find too many of them in your favourite chocolate bar but the science on cocoa's flavanol content is looking very interesting...
Precious cocoa - caught between the chocolate appetite of the affluent West and the struggles of small-scale African farmers. New efforts and business/NGO partnerships are underway to bolster production and sustainability....
Barry Callebaut, the largest maker of bulk chocolate, agreed to buy Singapore-based and listed Petra Foods' cocoa-ingredients unit for $950-million to expand processing capacity and boost sales in Asia, and thereby becoming the world’s biggest cocoa processor....
It may not make chocolate one of your five a day -- but scientists have found a way to replace up to 50 per cent of its fat content....
Chocolate is one of the most popular foods in the world, but the details of its taste and aroma profiles have long eluded scientists. However, new science is revealing why cocoa's potent sensual properties have been so difficult to pin down. ...
The convergence of scientific and technological progress, corporate strategy, consumer knowledge and desire for foods that can claim to be “naturally healthy” is bringing cocoa to a tipping point. Though the growth curve may be a long and gentle one, cocoa’s use in foods as...
The convergence of scientific and technological progress, corporate strategy, consumer knowledge and desire for foods that can claim to be “naturally healthy” is bringing cocoa to a tipping point. Though the growth curve may be a long and gentle one, cocoa’s use in foods as...
Cocoa prices nudged 32-year highs over $3,714 a tonne yesterday after Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president, decreed that the state would become the sole purchaser of cocoa in the world's top grower and handle its export. ...