Chocolate is getting more expensive—and increasingly made with alternatives. Here’s why the chocolate aisle is changing and ...

As Valentine's Day approaches, the craving for chocolate intensifies. But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West ...

A study carried out on smallholder farms in northern Peru shows that Blanco de Piura, a native fine-flavor cacao variety, can ...

In the cultivation of organic cacao, many factors determine the yield. An international research team has now identified important players and their combined effects. It's not possible to grow cacao ...

(RTTNews) - Pluri Inc. (PLUR), Monday announced it has completed the strategic acquisition of a 71 percent equity stake in Kokomodo Ltd., a cultivated cacao AgFoodTech company, for $4.5 million in ...

As such, cacao bean production was carefully controlled by the Maya leaders of northern Yucatan, with cacao trees only grown in sacred groves. But no modern researcher has ever been able to pinpoint ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Many people would love having an endless supply of chocolate right in their backyard, but there is a reason why a cocoa tree isn’t a backyard garden staple. The Theobroma cacao ...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) on Tuesday closed down -249 (-3.56%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) closed down -120 (-2.47%). Cocoa prices fell sharply on Tuesday, with NY cocoa posting an ...

At least 1.68 million children across cocoa-growing communities in West Africa have been protected and supported through the ...

It's not possible to grow cacao without insects - that's logical. After all, they ensure that the flowers are pollinated and that the valuable cacao fruits, a sought-after material for the food ...

A team has identified nine sinkholes in the Yucatan peninsula that contain evidence of both cacao trees and ancient ceremonial rituals. For as much as modern society worships chocolate, cacao -- the ...