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Processing category lists write-ups on cocoa processing activities in the global space and implications for other subsectors of the industry
GEPA Seeks To Increase Market Share Of Ghana’s Cocoa Powder
As demand for global cocoa products surges, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has identified potential new markets for Ghana’s sweetened cocoa powder industry based on their respective annual import values of above US$3 million.…
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Buhler Training Facility Opens In Ivory Coast To Aid Increased Processing Of Cocoa In Africa
Swiss food processing technology giant, Bühler Group, has opened an ultra-modern Agroindustrial Training & Innovation Center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Christened the Buhler Cocoa Competence Center (CFIA), the facility becomes the first…
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COCOBOD to Invest Massively into Cocoa Processing under $600m AfDB Facility
Ghana's cocoa sector regulator (COCOBOD) is poised to expand the country's earnings from cocoa through strategic investment in local processing capacity and value addition.
Cocobod in November 2019 successfully signed a $600 million Africa…
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Ghana’s Flagship Cocoa Processor CPC Set for West Africa Expansion
Management of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) has said the company has acquired the necessary certification to enable it to enter other markets in the sub-region.
Instructively, CPC has noted that the recent access and receipt of a…
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Cargill Injects $113 Million To Expand Processing In Ivory Coast and Ghana
Global food corporation - Cargill - says it is injecting more than US$113 million into expanding its cocoa processing sites in Ivory Coast and Ghana.
According to Cargill, an American cocoa processing multinational, $100 million out of…
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Niche Cocoa Bags Five Awards at 2019 Ghana Cocoa Awards
Niche Cocoa Industry Limited, a Ghanaian-owned cocoa processing company, swept a record five (5) awards at the maiden Ghana Cocoa Awards held in Accra.
The company won the Cocoa processing Company of the year (Tertiary), Processing Company…
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Ghana to Boost Cocoa Production and Processing with $600m AfDB Facility
The government has announced plans to inject US$600 million into the cocoa sector.
The funds, being sourced from the African Development Bank (AfDB) will finance various initiatives such as mass cocoa spraying exercises, agronomic…
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Ghana and China Sign Agreement to Establish Cocoa Processing Factory
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed an agreement with the China General Technology (Group) Holding (Genertec) for the establishment of a cocoa processing factory in Ghana.
The factory, which will be located at Sefwi-Wiawso in the…
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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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Chocolate Flavour is Developed During Processing of Cocoa Beans
Research has been conducted on so-called noble cocoa (the varieties Criollo and Trinitario) to fine-tune the taste and make several different varieties of chocolate.
Since the majority of the world’s cocoa production is of the Forastero…
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