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Ghana Pavilion the Toast of Participants at 2019 Salon Du Chocolat
The 2019 edition of Salon Du Chocolat, the world’s largest chocolate event is ongoing in Porte De Versailles-Paris, France.
The 5-day event opened on the 30th October 2019 with glitz and glamour.
The 2019 edition which marks the…
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Buying Chocolate For Halloween? The Production Of Cocoa Is Scarier Than You Think
Scares are expected during the Halloween season, but your candy shouldn’t be one of the sources of them. Unfortunately, there are some pretty horrifying practices that go on in the making of some of the most popular mass market candies –…
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KKO International Enters Chocolate Production with 3.8million Euros Loan
KKO International, operators of one of the largest cocoa plantations in the world based in Côte d'Ivoire, has raised a 3.8 million-Euro credit facility to further its strategic plan.
According to a press release copied to Cocoa Post, the…
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South Africa’s De Villiers Chocolate Brand Enters USA Market
African sustainability has never been 100% African on its own initiative - that's where it becomes unclear who has benefited most from it.
Certainly not Africans, and the continent as a whole. Because the inequitable truth is that over…
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University of Hull Professor says Chocolate Can Help Soothe Cough Better than Cough Syrup
A doctor has now said that chocolate is actually better at soothing coughs than the traditional cough syrup.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Professor Alyn Morice, head of cardiovascular and respiratory studies at the University of Hull,…
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Bakers Call Nestle White Chocolate Chips Fake in Class Action
A group of consumers sued the largest food company in the world Thursday, accusing it of misleading customers by producing fake white chocolate while passing it off as real.
Lead plaintiffs Steven Prescott and Linda Cheslow filed a class…
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Nestlé Opens Packaging Research Institute
Switzerland based Nestlé has officially inaugurated Institute of Packaging Sciences, the first-of-its-kind in the food industry.
The new research institute enables Nestlé to accelerate its efforts to bring functional, safe and…
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Irish Teen Invents New Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Flavour
A national competition from Cadbury to invent a new flavoured chocolate product has named Callum Clogher as its winner, after creating a Choca-Latte Dairy Milk bar.
The 17-year-old Irish’s creation will now join the existing range of…
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Mondelez Pays $3.36m Cash Premium to 334 Cocoa Communities in Ghana
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, a global manufacturing company through its cocoa life programme announces for the 2018/2019 crop year that a total number of 29,116 registered cocoa farmers in 334 cocoa communities in Ghana have received a cash…
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Barry Callebaut Launches Clean Label Cocoa Powder
Chocolate and cocoa company, Barry Callebaut, has launched a clean label cocoa powder made from chicory root fiber.
Chicory is a plant grown throughout Europe. Its roots are used to make a caffeine-free coffee substitute, while its leaves…
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