Tag: Chocolate
Europe: Barry Callebaut, Tony’s Chocolonely partner on traceable sustainable cocoa
Barry Callebaut has installed a cocoa butter tank in its factory in Wieze/Belgium to produce cocoa butter from traceable beans sourced from Tony’s Chocolonely’s...
World: Mars joins foundation on climate change
Together with non-profit organization ACDI/VOCA, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and global chocolate and cocoa companies such as Mars, the World...
Asia Pacific: Barry Callebaut empowers cocoa farmers in Indonesia
Barry Callebaut expands its sustainability program in Indonesia to scale impact and drive change in the cocoa communities.
In the last three years, Barry Callebaut...
Europe: Checking quality of chocolate with ultrasound
The quality of Belgium's famous chocolate largely depends on the crystals that form during the hardening of the chocolate.
Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium,...
Europe: Using limonene for better reduced-fat chocolate
Adding limonene to cocoa butter could result in better reduced-fat chocolate, researchers report in American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Previous research...
Africa: Cocoa Life program lauded for strengthening communities
Two reports by human rights consultancy Embode commend Cocoa Life program's holistic approach and direct work with cocoa communities in its supply chain.
Embode...
Americas: Barry Callebaut expands US factory
The Barry Callebaut Group has completed an expansion project at its factory in American Canyon, California, US.
The project includes increasing liquid production capacity by...
World: Hershey, partners build health center in West Africa
The Hershey Company, Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa have together funded and built a community health center in Teapleau, Cote d’Ivoire as part of...
Europe: Barry Callebaut goes fully RSPO with two products
The Barry Callebaut Group has switched the production of two of its most popular fillings for bakery and confectionery products from Roundtable on Sustainable...
Europe: Herza launches sucrose-free, organic chocolate pieces
Herza launches a range of organic chocolate pieces that is produced without sucrose.
The sweet taste is achieved with natural sweeteners such as coconut sugar,...