Cocoa

Ivory Coast Set For Bumper Cocoa Crop After Heavy Rains

Plentiful rains last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions will help produce a large and good quality crop during the first three m...

Ivory Coast Farmers Bullish About Mid-Crop As Rainfall Increases

Above average rains mixed with sun last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-producing regions have bolstered expectations for a strong April-to-...

Nestlé Recycles Cocoa Fruit Waste To Replace Sugar In Chocolate

As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestl...

Ivory Coast Rains Will Improve Quality Of Cocoa Mid-Crop, Farmers Say

Above-average rains mixed with sun last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions stood to boost the quality of the April-to-September mid-crop,...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Bullish About Mid-Crop Despite Poor Rains

Rainfall was poor last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions, but good soil moisture content from previous rains left farmers optimistic fo...

Ivory Coast Seeks To Sell 100,000 Tonnes Of Cocoa As Buyers Haggle

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator is seeking to sell around 100,000 tonnes of cocoa held by domestic traders who had bought the beans from farmers but lack acc...

Dry Weather And Heat Threaten Ivory Coast's Cocoa Crop

Dry weather and heat last week in Ivory Coast's central cocoa-growing regions threatened to reduce the quantity and quality of the April-to-September mid-c...

Barry Callebaut Sticks To Guidance Despite Quarterly Sales Fall

Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut said it was seeing a gradual recovery and confirmed its mid-term guidance on Wednesday after the COVID-19 pandemic hi...