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Novel Commodities SA, a company trading agricultural products, will shift its cocoa and coffee desks to producing countries in Africa at the end of the month, according to Florian Cergneux, chief financial officer. Novel, based in…Read More »

Larkspur, CA — Charles N. Huggins, retired president and CEO of See’s Candies, Inc. died August 19 at the age of 87. He had served as president and CEO of the California-based company from 1972 to…Read More »

Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, paid premiums totaling CHF 2.8 million (EUR 2.4 million/USD 2.9 million) to 45 cocoa cooperatives and more than 12,000 farmers in Côte d’Ivoire for…Read More »

(Reuters) – Cameroon’s only cocoa grinder, Sic-Cacaos, bought 32,304 tonnes of beans during the full 2011-12 season which ended last month, figures issued by the National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) and confirmed by the company…Read More »

WASHINGTON — For House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), it’s Merlot and Camel cigarettes. For vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), it’s P90X. And for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), it’s chocolate ice cream, chocolate…Read More »

US candy brand Hershey’s faces a fresh campaign demanding that it should embrace fair trade principles and reject the use of child labour.   Read the full article

Over the last 11 years, a viable cocoa industry has begun to take shape in Vietnam and Mars was involved with this development since the beginning.  Last year, the nation exported about 3,000 tons of fermented…Read More »

Please mark your calendars now and plan to join WCF for the 22nd biannual Partnership Meeting & Roundtable Sessions on October 24-25, 2012, in Zürich, Switzerland. Join WCF members, partners, researchers and other guests as we address…Read More »

Singapore-based cocoa processor Petra Foods has announced a new wholly-owned subsidiary in Ecuador.  Read more

Chocolate is universally loved, hence global demand for it remains constant. It’s no wonder research and development of new applications for this old flavor persist. Fair trade sourcing, dark chocolate and understanding the health message of…Read More »