The price of raw cocoa has plummeted to about $US3,000 ($4,357) compared to $US12,000 in 2024. Although the commodity price has taken a hit, chocolate is likely to ...

Coffee prices expected to fall like cocoa, industry experts say High coffee prices hurt demand, leading to cost-cutting measures Brazil's record coffee crop may not pressure prices much TAMPA, Florida ...

KONA, Ghana (AP) — Manu Yaw Fofie was born into the cocoa farming business, but the land bequeathed to him has become more of a burden than a blessing. A sharp fall in cocoa prices over the past year ...

Cocoa-growing communities in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, forced to drink water from unsafe ditches and streams. The children go on bikes to the well. It might be dirty, but we have no choice. The Côte ...

Cocoa’s stunning rise and its equally remarkable slump are beginning to shake up the longstanding way of doing business in West Africa, the region that supplies the bulk of the world’s beans. Ghana, ...

Cocoa prices are poised for a bullish 2026, driven by persistent supply constraints in West Africa and limited expansion in Latin America. West African production faces structural challenges: aging ...

Scientists found that high-flavanol foods can prevent the decline in blood vessel function that occurs after prolonged sitting. Even physically fit men weren’t protected unless they had consumed ...

The cocoa industry has reached crisis point. Extreme weather and disease continues to wreak havoc on crops across the world’s key growing regions, while geopolitical tensions are placing strain on ...

This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. Although gold is the largest single commodity futures contract, crude oil reaches the 15% single commodity ...

U.S. cocoa futures for December delivery moved 1.4% lower on Wednesday to trade at around $6,090 a ton. The futures came close to the $13,000 mark in mid-December — but this week, prices fell to their ...

Coffee is delicious—sometimes, it even tastes like chocolate. Fitting then, that adding a pinch of cocoa to coffee would make the classic pick-me-up even tastier. There’s a reason mochas and ...

Cocoa innovation is all around, from cocoa-free chocolate through to cell cultivation. That’s unsurprising given the state of the cocoa sector, which has been plagued by extreme volatility over the ...