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UK Startup WNWN Food Lab’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate Goes On Sale
Wnwn Food Labs, a UK based food ingredient startup, says its cocoa-free chocolate will go on sale in London effective 18th May 2022.
The company claims its 'world's first' chocolate uses a combination of barley and carob to successfully…
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Chocolate Scorecard 2022 Demands Cocoa Farmers Be Paid Properly
A whopping 1.56 million underage children allegedly continue to be caught up in child labour in cocoa farms and allied setups globally, despite earlier promises by cocoa and chocolate big players to fight the canker.
According to the…
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Fairafric’s 57% Baobab Moringa Flavor Celebrates Ghana’s Independence
Ghanaian-German social enterprise, fairafric Ghana, has unveiled the first of three exciting new flavours of its Made In Africa chocolate brand.
The freshly released variant named 57% Baobab Moringa pays tribute to Ghana's independence…
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Forget China! Germany Is Replacing Cocoa From Chocolate In 14 Years
The year 2021 has been quite eventful for the cocoa and chocolate industry, especially in the area of innovation.
First was the viral China cocoa export to Belgium that got African cocoa-producing nations gripped with anxiety.
Then…
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ABCDE Africa Calls On Youth To Venture Into Chocolate Making
A non-governmental organisation, African Business Centre for Developing Education (ABCDE) has observed this year’s International Youth Day with a conference for a cross-section of Ghanaian youngsters on Youth Innovation in chocolate-making.…
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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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