But climate change is contributing to erratic weather where cocoa beans are grown and threatening the global chocolate supply. Record rainfall last year led to fungal infections among cacao trees ...

That left fungal tree infections and rotting cocoa fruit, and the global supply of cocoa beans dwindled. Big chocolate manufacturers stockpiled beans, and the price for raw cocoa more than tripled ...

The chocolate industry is having a meltdown ... Other companies have different recipes. “Instead of cocoa beans, we use fava beans sourced from farms across the UK and Europe, and then we ...

While everyone loves chocolate, global shortages in cocoa have kept prices abnormally high. Cocoa beans, the processed version of cacao beans, are a main ingredient for the production of chocolate.

U.S. chocolate consumption dropped in 2024 as prices for cocoa beans kept rising, according to a National Confectioners Association report. Drought and extreme weather in West Africa, where most ...

a subscription to the artisan chocolate bars from Enna Chocolate. Bean-to-bar chocolate maker Enna Grazier crafts each bar in small batches in Exeter, N.H. She starts with ethically sourced cocoa ...

There are about 500 cacao trees on the Kahi Ola Mau Farm which produce an estimated 5 pounds of chocolate each, so the Pollards buy most of their beans from other Big Island farms. Six of their ...

Indian growers can only supply a quarter of the beans needed by Indian makers of chocolate and other confectionary. "The challenge is that it is grown in very fragmented small holdings ...