Natural cocoa powder is lighter in color, has a higher acidity of about 5 pH, and because of that acidity, has a sharper chocolate flavor. Dutch-process powder is natural cocoa powder that has been ...

The collapse in cocoa futures is stoking optimism among some industry players that the pace of processing will improve as ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

It is a common belief that when food undergoes various forms of processing, the health benefits of that food are greatly reduced. A team of scientists at the Pennsylvania State University have found ...

By Juliet Aguiar DUGBARTEY, TakoradiWest African Mills Company (WAMCo), a cocoa processing firm in Takoradi, has signalled plans to scale up production in line with government’s vision of processing ...

India plans cocoa self-sufficiency by 2040 with a national mission, R&D push and farmer support, aiming to cut imports and ...

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

Nigeria's cocoa processors are struggling to benefit from the recent cocoa price collapse, with the industry failing to ...

Cocoa powder, the ground cacao powder that comes after you remove some of the cacao butter from the processed cacao bean, comes in two forms: natural and Dutch-process. Dutch-process cocoa powder is ...