Items Tagged with 'cocoa'

Consumers have continued to experience rising chocolate prices on shelves—with retail prices up 10% in 2023. 

Aaron Iverson, national sales manager, North America, Global Organics, talks sustainable cocoa ingredients, certifications like Fairtrade and Organic, and what's new for the company.

Kavita Jain, vice president of supply chain for the Global Emerging Markets (GEM) division at Mars Wrigley, talks about chocolate trends, sustainability, and what's next for the company for 2025.

These challenges already have caused lower cocoa yield and supply instability, leading in turn to quality and safety concerns, with heavy metal and pesticide contamination from archaic farming and handling practices.

ofi is further enhancing efforts to tackle deforestation and drive regenerative agriculture by achieving seven landscape partnerships and bringing over a million hectares under regenerative agriculture by 2030.
 

Biochar is a regenerative farming practice that locks up carbon removed from the atmosphere into soils, contributing to improved soil health and reducing the carbon footprint of cocoa.

Volatile markets, such as cocoa, could possibly drive companies to stockpile inventory to ensure availability and hedge against price swings.

Expana's head of research comments on greater implications on the cocoa market due to the EUDR delay.

The product consists of a chocolate cookie dotted with crisp peppermint chips throughout.

The five-year agreement builds on company investments in improving the well-being of cocoa farming communities.