Chocolate

Ghana is known globally for her gold, the Black Star and cocoa, which the legendary Tetteh Quarshie brought from the island of Fernando Po (now Bioko, Equatorial Guinea) in 1878. Although not native to the country, Ghana has for over a…
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As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle ready to launch its "Incoa" bar. Using cocoa fruit pulp, which is normally…
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* Company builds on existing 2025 goals with new aim to cut virgin plastic use in rigid plastic packaging by at least 25% * Part of broader efforts to eliminate, reduce, replace and recycle plastics across portfolio * Calls for more…
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Organic chocolate social enterprise, fairafric, has taken a swipe at giant chocolate makers for their alleged refusal to buy Africa's cocoa beans in an apparent move to skirt a $400 per ton premium termed the Living Income Differential…
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Under the shade of an awning, Rosine Bekoin leans over a fire, stirring a pan of roasting cacao beans — the main raw ingredient of chocolate. A rich, fruity scent rises into the air. Around her, 10 other women sing as they pound roasted…
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The German chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport is embroiled in a row with food law regulators after being told it cannot call its latest creation a chocolate bar because it contains no sugar, The Guardian has reported. RitterSport, which…
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Aisha Kalinda melts the chunks of cocoa in a pan and spoons the brown gloop into a mould which will become the latest bar produced at the Lowa chocolate factory, the first locally owned producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For…
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Swiss chocolate giant Lindt & Spungli is set to open its chocolate museum and experiential facility at its factory site at Schokoladenplatz 1 in Kilchberg, Switzerland. Effective next month guests from all over the world will be able…
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US author and humanitarian, Reno Omokri, has continued his campaign for the release of abducted Nigerian teenager Leah Sharibu in creating personalised Toblerone chocolate bars carrying her name to raise the profile of her case, Neil…
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The CEO of the US division of Ferrero, Paul Chibe, has spoken of the company’s stance on the importance of racial equality in the wake of the Black Lives Matter campaign that has taken off around the world following the death of George…
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