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Netizens Drool Over Mansa Gold Craft Chocolate’s Packaging
A shopper's tweet complimenting the packaging of bean to bar chocolate brand Mansa Gold has set the internet talking with over a thousand likes and 340 retweets.
The Twitter user tweeting as @kofiamed posted his impression with the…
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Swiss Scientists Manufacture Breakthrough Lab-Grown Chocolate
Scientists at a Swiss technology institute Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) have become the first to have successfully developed lab-grown chocolate.
The team made up of biotechnologists and food technologists was led by…
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Barry Callebaut To Open Third Factory In Russia To Strengthen Market Presence
Barry Callebaut has disclosed plans to open its third chocolate factory in Russia's Kaliningrad region to firm up its presence in the world’s third-largest chocolate confectionery market.
The factory located in the special economic zone…
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Barry Callebaut Marks 25th Anniversary Aiming To Make Sustainable Chocolate The Norm By 2025
On the occasion of its silver jubilee, global chocolate manufacturing giant Barry Callebaut has affirmed the commitment to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025, and reiterated its resolve to protect cocoa products and chocolate for…
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Pay Attention To Potential Chocolate Manufacturing Shocks In Ghana
In 2019, Ghana earned $1.85 billion from the export value of raw cocoa beans according to the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT) 2021.
Meanwhile, the global chocolate industry in 2019 was worth…
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Ivory Coast and Ghana To Name And Shame Chocolate Firms Evading LID
Ivory Coast and Ghana are escalating action against cocoa buyers refusing to pay a $400-per-tonne Living Income Differential (LID) with a threat to name and shame top chocolate brands undermining the scheme.
The two leading cocoa…
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How 11-Year-Old’s Chocolate Factory Supports Malaysian Cocoa Farmers
An 11-year-old Malaysian boy is touching the lives of the country's cocoa farmers in the Sabah State with his chocolate manufacturing social enterprise.
The baby-faced chocolate maker, Armand Idrizam, is the founder of Koko Loko, a…
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Chocolate Contest: French Scheme To Award Chocolates From Origin Countries
There is a great opportunity for chocolatiers who process their chocolates at the country of origin to present their products for an award in Paris this May 2021.
The AVPA Chocolates Processed at Origin contest will pave way for almost…
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Zimbabwe’s Prof Lindiwe Sibanda Endorsed As New Nestlé Board Member
Zimbabwean sustainability expert, Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, has been approved by shareholders to Nestlé's Board of Directors at the company's 154th Annual General Meeting held at Vevey, Switzerland.
Prof. Sibanda was proposed by…
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Mars Launches New Coalition to Mobilize Suppliers & Accelerate Climate Action
Mars, Incorporated, in partnership with sustainability consultancy Guidehouse, has today announced the formation of a new coalition, the Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition (Supplier LoCT), to mobilize suppliers on climate action.…
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