Articles Tagged with ''cocoa''

Sustainable cocoa… that is the future

Bloomer, Cargill talk about hitting the 2020 goal, making cocoa farming profitable, and combating child labor

August 28, 2013

According to most projections, about 60 percent of all cocoa grown in 2020 will need to be certified. That’s equals to about 2 million more tons. How does one go about doing that, one asks?

Robert Weidner joins Blommer commodity team

Former Cargill v.p. to develop new sourcing strategy for cocoa and other commodities

Crystal Lindell

July 31, 2013

Robert Weidner has joined the Blommer commodity team as senior strategic sourcing manager.

Barry Callebaut opens second factory in Mexico

Cocoa company also finalizes deal for cocoa division from Petra Foods

Crystal Lindell

July 3, 2013

Barry Callebaut has further strengthened its local presence in Mexico and Central America, and moved closer to its customers there by opening a second factory in the country.

Chris Taylor, of Probat Inc., dies at 71

Cocoa expert will be missed by the confectionery industry

Amanda Gajdosik

April 5, 2013

“With him we lost the ambassador, the advocate and the promoter of the cocoa industry," says Karl Schmidt, President of Probat Inc.

Lindt, WCF give fine-flavor cocoa research a boost in Ecudaor

The World Cocoa Foundation, Lindt & Sprungli, and USDA Agricultural Research Service join forces to support fine-flavor cocoa research in Ecudaor.

Crystal Lindell

March 27, 2013

SPCL's research is focused on understanding the genetic diversity of Ecuador's Nacional type cocoa varieties and how they differ from other varieties grown throughout South America and the Caribbean.

Hershey’s unveils ‘roadmap’ for sustainable cocoa

Company looks to work with industry to meet growing demand.

Crystal Lindell

March 21, 2013

It’s not hard to figure out that if Mars, Nestlé, Mondelez and Ferrero and Hershey all are planning to use 100 percent sustainable cocoa by 2020, then the world is going to need more sustainable cocoa.

TCHO use hi-tech techniques to trace, track cocoa beans

Effort embraces on-site flavor labs, improved infrastructures and cloud-based monitoring systems to monitor bean quality.

March 20, 2013

San Francisco-based TCHO, a high-end chocolate bar manufacturer that takes to heart its core values involving quality and traceability, has been in the forefront of linking the supply chain from the farmer’s field to the consumer.

WCF receives grant to further cocoa biodiversity

Funds will support the organization’s goal of making cocoa production more “environmentally friendly.”

Jorona Johnson

March 6, 2013

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has been awarded a grant that could eventually help the entire cocoa industry make cocoa production more environmentally friendly.

Royal Duyvis Wiener, F.B. Lehmann celebrate ‘Cocoa and Choco Days’

February 6, 2013

Seeing is believing. In order to better communicate the capabilities and innovations available in cocoa and chocolate production equipment, Royal Duyvis Wiener and F.B. Lehmann organized Cocoa and Choco Days at their respective facilities in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands, and Aalen, Germany for customers and guests.

Cocoa

Brave new chocolate

As most of the major chocolate players commit to sustainable chocolate within seven years, the 2020 goal poses a slew of challenges for suppliers.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 31, 2013

Unlike the doomsday date (Dec. 21, 2012) posed by the cyclic end of the Mayan calendar that some interpreted as the end of the world, the year 2020 has much more credibility as a valid deadline. In fact, it could very well represent the end of cocoa and chocolate as most consumers know it.

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Articles Tagged with ''cocoa''

Sustainable cocoa… that is the future

Robert Weidner joins Blommer commodity team

Barry Callebaut opens second factory in Mexico

Chris Taylor, of Probat Inc., dies at 71

Lindt, WCF give fine-flavor cocoa research a boost in Ecudaor

Hershey’s unveils ‘roadmap’ for sustainable cocoa

TCHO use hi-tech techniques to trace, track cocoa beans

WCF receives grant to further cocoa biodiversity

Royal Duyvis Wiener, F.B. Lehmann celebrate ‘Cocoa and Choco Days’

Brave new chocolate

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