Cacao plantations in the Brazilian state of Pará have helped to recover about 150,000 hectares (370,660 acres) of degraded land in the last 25 years. The Brazilian government has supported ...

As Colombia is known for coffee, and Chile for it’s fine wine, Ecuador is the king of fine chocolate, known as Cacao. What’s incredible about the industry is that chocolatiers from the world over work ...

Confectionery maker Meiji announced plans to sell chocolate-flavored foods made with cell-cultured cacao in the United States ...

The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) ...

Vijay Jagassar describes the cocoa produced at his Trinidad estate as “dark, woody, [with a] very strong chocolate flavor and minor floral notes.” In 2021, this intricate combination propelled his ...

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In 2019, a wind of uncertainty was rustling through the thick green leaves of cacao trees from Venezuela to Peru. After 4 years, the European Union had implemented limits on cadmium—a toxic ...