Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

In 2024, a surge in cocoa on international markets reached more than $12,000 per metric ton, the highest in decades. Then it ...

Manu Yaw Fofie was born into the cocoa farming business, but the land bequeathed to him has become more of a burden than a ...

Three Jamaican Chocolatiers travelled to one of the largest global chocolate tradeshows to promote Jamaican-made ...

A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate makers around the world ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Cocoa beans contain a variety of phyto, or plant nutrients, such as polyphenols like theobromine and caffeine.

Shopping an aisle of chocolate bars can quickly become overwhelming if you're unsure of the percentage numbers listed on ...

Cocoa prices are going nuts: The bean is now more valuable than several precious metals and has surged faster than even bitcoin. After cocoa passed the all-time record it hit in 1977 of $5,400 per ...

Chocolate’s enduring appeal lies in how it interacts with the brain and body ...