COCOA POST

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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Nestle, the world's largest food and beverage manufacturer, has posted 8.1% growth in its half-year financial results. According to the report, sales hit CHF41.8 billion ($45.98 billion), up from CHF41.2 billion ($45.32 billion) the same…
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The Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association of Ghana (LICOBAG) has dismissed reports in the local media claiming that buyers are indebted to cocoa farmers running into several months. Reacting to the allegations at a press conference in…
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China's cocoa beans produced from the island province of Hainan has been selected among the 50 best entries in Bioversity International's 2021 Cocoa of Excellence competition. The finalist entries will go on to compete for honours in…
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Cocoa of Excellence (CoEx) has announced the 50 finalists shortlisted for the 2021 International Cocoa Awards, where Ghana has repeated its 2019 feat with three spots. Entries by Seth Yirenkyi and Charlse Oppong, both from Suhum in the…
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Ghana has exceeded the 1 million tonnes mark in cocoa production for the first time since the 2010/11 crop season. Sources say the world's no.2 top producer has recorded one million and thirty thousand tonnes (1,030,000MT) with 10 weeks…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has made the case for Switzerland to consider deepening its economic relations with Ghana by partnering with the country to establish more cocoa processing plants. Increasing local processing of cocoa beans is…
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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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Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA), Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG, Fuchs & Hoffmann and Ascot Amsterdam are collaborating on setting up an economically viable and resilient cocoa production system that will improve the lives of cocoa…
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Cocoa buying and processing company, Cargill, has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Cargill Schools Project at Adjeikojo, a suburb of the Ghanaian capital, Accra. The Project which is being executed in partnership with CARE…
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