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December ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) Thursday closed down -57 (-0.77%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed down -13 (-0.22%). Cocoa prices Thursday fell back from 1-week highs and [...]

We at KitKat are part of a mission to go further with our support for cocoa farmers, their families, and their environment, building on longstanding Nestle Cocoa Plan work, every [...]

December ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) Thursday closed down -245 (-3.50%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed down -205 (-3.81%). Cocoa prices on Thursday extended their week-long selloff, with [...]

Hershey announced a five-year agreement with nine cocoa-producing cooperatives in Cȳte d'Ivoire. The move is part of its 'Cocoa for Good', strategy, a 10-year, $500 million investment by the company [...]

December ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) Wednesday closed down -177 (-2.30%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed down -42 (-0.73%). Cocoa prices posted moderate losses on Wednesday as a [...]

Hershey announced a five-year agreement with nine cocoa-producing cooperatives in Cote d'Ivoire. The move is part of its 'Cocoa For Good' strategy, a 10-year, $500M investment by the company to [...]

Byline: Simon Harvey Nukoko, a UK start-up developing cocoa-free chocolate made from fava beans, has received investment from German ingredients business Dohler. Dohler described the investment as a 'strategic partnership' [...]

Byline: Eve Thomas Working alongside chocolatiers in the food industry, researchers at ETH Zurich say they have identified a healthier and more sustainable way of creating chocolate, using more of [...]

(https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/05/chocolate-with-full-potential-of-the-cocoa-fruit.html) Researchers at ETH Zurich have teamed up with the food industry to produce a whole-fruit variety of chocolate. * ETH researchers have developed a type of chocolate that is [...]

Byline: Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Oreo has ramped up its cocoa content, as the shelf price of its Original cookies has rocketed by as much as 25% in the supermarkets. Billed as [...]

September ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Monday closed up +536 (+6.21%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed up +23 (+0.36%). Cocoa prices rallied Monday, with NY cocoa up [...]

September ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Friday closed up +152 (+1.79%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed up +17 (+0.27%). Cocoa prices settled higher on Friday, as a [...]

IN THIS ISSUE Cocoa Beans Created by Rosh “The reason I wrote this poem is because I had a lack of new ideas for my poems, so I went to [...]

Ethical chocolatier Love Cocoa is set to make its bricks & mortar debut near London's Oxford Street this year. Its first physical store will open on South Molton Street in [...]

September ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Tuesday closed down -72 (-0.91%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed up +138 (+1.80%). Cocoa prices Tuesday settled mixed, with NY cocoa [...]

Mars Wrigley UK is trialling a second display unit made from waste cocoa beans in Tesco. The latest unit is made from so-called 'cocoa cardboard' - a corrugated cardboard alternative [...]

July ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Friday closed down -603 (-6.28%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed up +96 (+1.17%). Cocoa prices Friday settled mixed, with NY cocoa [...]

July ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Wednesday closed up +529 (+6.03%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed up +464 (+6.55%). Cocoa prices Wednesday rallied sharply for a second [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland A group of shareholders have called on global chocolate heavyweights, including Hershey and Lindt & SprÈ­ngli, to improve cocoa farmer pay within their supply chains. The investor [...]

July ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Thursday closed down -450 (-5.74%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed down -325 (-4.96%). Cocoa prices posted sharp losses on Thursday as [...]

BARRY CALLEBAUT, the world's largest maker of bulk chocolate, is full of beans. Its share price has jumped by 20% since April, when it reported higher sales volumes despite a [...]

Byline: Simon Harvey Hershey remains tight-lipped on potential cocoa-linked pricing beyond this year's hedging contracts as the commodity continues to trade at record highs. President and CEO Michele Buck was [...]

July ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Friday closed down -210 (-1.94%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed down -173 (-1.80%). Cocoa prices settled moderately lower on Friday as [...]

May ICE NY cocoa (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CC*0/overview) on Monday closed down -712 (-5.99%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/CA*0/overview) closed down -200 (-1.97%). Cocoa prices Monday sold off sharply on heavy [...]

Gold, copper, oil, and cocoa are up big as a broad takes hold in the commodities sector. The rally is driving historic profits for the commodities trading industry. Material shortages [...]

In This Issue / Markets Cocoa surges to a record high If Easter eggs were expensive this year, blame “the climate crisis and exploitation”, says Eve Livingston in The Observer. [...]

What's happened? On April 2nd the Ivorian government announced that the farm-gate price (the guaranteed minimum price paid to farmers) for the intermediate cocoa marketing period of the 2023/24 growing [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland The Cȳte d'Ivoire government has increased the farmgate price of cocoa beans by 50%. Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, the National Minister of State, Agriculture and Rural Development and [...]

Surging cocoa prices have hit Hershey hard. But prices won't stay high forever. It's time to buy the chocolate maker's beaten-up stock, Jacob Sonenshine writes in this week's edition of [...]

India, March 20 -- A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants inIvory Coastand Ghana A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a [...]

Cocoa prices are hovering near historic highs around $8,000 per metric ton. The chocolate commodity has outperformed bitcoin in the last year, gaining more than 200%. A bad harvest and [...]

Byline: HBI Staff Ironhill India collaborated with GoGround Beans & Spices recently to celebrate the richness and quality of Indian cocoa beans while exploring new frontiers in the craft beer [...]

Cocoa moved from a bullish trend to a parabolic explosive rally in 2024. In a https://www.barchart.com/story/news/23968278/cocoa-a-bullish-beast-how-far-can-the-rally-go, I asked How Far Can the Rally Go? In that piece, I wrote: There [...]

Byline: HBI Staff Cargill unveiled a range of block chocolates, chocolate chips and cocoa powder products under its NatureFresh Professional brand, and showcased innovative products and solutions curated for the [...]