Chocolate is the ultimate comfort food, but between cocoa shortages and the climate crisis, it's possible that humanity might ...

“In Central America, cacao manifested as the food of the people, and that tells you a lot about how people live,” says Karla McNeil-Rueda, who grew up in a family of sugarcane and coffee farmers in a ...

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that rolls back tariffs on a range of agricultural products not produced in ...

ZURICH — Peter Feld, chief executive officer of Barry Callebaut, said he is “cautiously optimistic” about cocoa supply in the current fiscal year, but the industry faces long-term challenges.

NEW YORK — A self-described “Columbus of cacao,” Israel native-turned-New Yorker Oded Brenner has spent the past few years discovering new applications for the oft-underutilized fruit. He previously ...

As global cocoa supplies remain volatile, beset by climate change, geopolitical volatility and disease, can alternative ...

Cacao is a fruit that grows on the Theobroma cacao tree, blooming in scattered areas from its trunk and mid branches. The fruit is large and oblong; it looks similar to an American football, with a ...

LONDON >> World coffee and cocoa prices closed lower today after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said President ...

It was the money that grew on trees. Said to be a gift from the gods, cacao for the ancient Maya was considered sacred, used not only as currency, but in special ceremonies and religious rituals. It's ...

With the holiday season approaching, many of us will be indulging in a favorite treat: chocolate. Yet despite dark chocolate’s reputation as a healthier sweet, it can also be contaminated with lead ...

On a Friday evening in late August, my husband and I stumbled upon a sandwich board on Hardwick’s Main Street that promised “Chocolate Upstairs.” We did what any chocolate lovers would do: We opened ...