Tag: cocoa
Asia Pacific: Barry Callebaut expands Singapore facility
The Barry Callebaut Group expands its Singapore facility with US$18 million that consists of the installation of a third production line, a chocolate chips/drops...
Africa: Cameroon cocoa farmers beneficiaries of Cargill’s program
More than 9,500 cocoa farmers in Cameroon have received more than €1.4 million (US$1.57 million) in premium payments – the largest ever certification premium...
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...
Europe: Cargill program deploys in Cameroon’s cocoa cooperatives
The Cargill Coop Academy, an adult education managerial program aimed at cocoa farmer cooperative leaders, will now deploy in Cameroon.
The training aims at helping...
Asia Pacific: Clariant presents desiccant products at cocoa conference
Clariant introduced its line of Container DriII container desiccants for seafreight transportation of coffee beans, and various other food and agricultural products at the...