value addition

French chocolate maker, Valrhona, and Swiss-Ghanaian startup Koa Impact have introduced "Oabika" a cocoa fruit juice concentrate for chefs and other gastronomy professionals. The product, the latest of many derived from Koa's cocoa pulp…
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Know Your Cocoa Foundation, organisers of the African Cocoa & Chocolate Expo (ACCE), says it intends to capitalise on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to extend and expand cocoa consumption within the Africa…
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The 3rd annual edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards (GCA) will celebrate the country’s achievement of a new cocoa beans production record while highlighting industry’s contribution. Ghana Cocoa Board, the industry regulator, announced early…
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I had no passion to work in the Ghana Cocoa Industry even though I am the son of cocoa farmers. But thanks to Niche cocoa Industry Limited I am now very passionate about contributing to improving the Ghana cocoa industry through…
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In 1585 Europe received the first official shipment of cocoa beans at the Spanish port of Seville from Mexico, launching the international cocoa trade. Cocoa also referred to as Theobroma cacao (food of the gods) was consumed largely in…
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A marketing expert, Petra Aba Asamoah, is advocating the inclusion of cocoa value addition in Ghana's educational curriculum to attract the youth to the sector. Speaking at a conference to mark the 2021 International Youth Day in Accra,…
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Cocoa continues to play an important role in the world economy, including that of cocoa origin countries like Ghana. In the 2019/2020 crop season, Ghana produced 850,000 metric tons of cocoa beans, maintaining its position as the 2nd…
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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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Ivory Coast wrestled the world's top producer of cocoa position from West African neighbour, Ghana, in 1978 and has since not looked back. For 4years and counting the country's annual cocoa crop output has surpassed the 2million metric…
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According to Eurococoa.com: "Cocoa trees grow exclusively in areas that meet certain specific conditions. The cocoa belt is an area of land around the equator between 20 degrees latitude north and south. Most cocoa even grows within 10…
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