Pronatec’s decision to move cocoa bean processing from external contract processors abroad to Switzerland paved the way for the project, which was implemented with equipment from the Bühler Group.

PRONATEC's facility will process around 15,000 tonnes of organic cocoa beans a year, sourced from smallholder cooperatives.

Cargill’s activities in Côte d’Ivoire span more than two decades, including the opening of the Yopougon plant in 2000.

Latitude’s dark chocolates contain only two ingredients, cocoa and cane sugar. All of its products and flavors draw on locally-sourced Ugandan ingredients from the milk and coffee to the vanilla.

London-based design studio PriestmanGoode has unveiled new designs using cacao industry byproduct to help reduce plastic packaging used in takeaway food deliveries.

Barry Callebaut Group has launched two varieties of chocolate sweetened with cacaofruit as part of its mission to advance cocoa sustainability and drive innovation in the category.

Barry Callebaut Group has launched two varieties of chocolate sweetened with cacaofruit as part of its mission to advance cocoa sustainability and drive innovation in the category.

Barry Callebaut has opened a state-of-the-art processing unit at its Zone 4C Société Africaine de Cacao plant in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Olam sought to purchase BT Cocoa to capitalize on Asia’s trajectory to become the largest global consumer of cocoa powder.