For now, traders can ride the wave of cocoa’s bull market, but the long-term implications for consumers and the industry are ...

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Cakes, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, muffins, pastries, bread, fudges and crusts are potential applications. For denser doughs and batters, such as brownies, cookies and baked fudges, up to 50% of the ...

Record-high cocoa prices are weighing heavily on the chocolate industry which has been searching for strategies that would mitigate the impact of high production costs.  The previous year saw volatile ...

They just cut it, remove the husks that protect the beans and then sell it directly," said Frank Ndinyoka Kabeya, a cocoa buyer and a member of the Union of Traders of Agricultural Products in Congo.

"ICE is not providing an orderly market for buyers and sellers," said Brannigan, noting that the cocoa futures market is no longer providing price transparency or helping companies to hedge risks.

Cocoa farmers who need bigger loans from government-owned banks also benefit from partnering with businesses, as the guaranteed buyer agreements can provide collateral needed to get loans approved, ...