News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
World Cocoa Conference 2024
An investigation by Initiatives for Community Development and Forest Conservation (IDEF) has revealed that some cocoa beans exported from Cote d'Ivoire to the EU originate from deforested land in neighboring Liberia.
Packaging
Independent chocolatiers Cox & Co has developed new paper flow wrap chocolate packaging, allowing it to phase out all plastics on its production line and give consumers curbside recyclable wrapping.
World Cocoa Conference 2024
Against a backdrop of cocoa topping $11,000 per metric ton on the futures market for the first time last week, Oxfam says its experts will be highlighting the discrepancies in farmgate price at this week’s World Cocoa Conference (WCC) in Brussels (21-24...