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Half of Cargill’s sustainable cocoa is now traceable from farm to factory, report reveals

Cargill highlights technology use in 2018-2019 Sustainability Progress Report.

May 19, 2020

Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate’s 2018-2019 Sustainability Progress Report highlights the company’s efforts to improve transparency and the lives of cocoa farmers in Brazil, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Indonesia.

Exclusive data: Confectioners plan to increase spending on healthy ingredients

New research reveals that 60 percent of respondents plant to increase spending on healthy/nutritional ingredients.

Crystal Lindell

May 6, 2020

Two-thirds of respondents expect an increase in healthy, better-for-you and/or functional ingredient operations in the next 12 months, by a 28 percent increase on average.

Candid launches NOONS whole-plant chocolate snacks

Product is sweetened with cacao fruit instead of other sweeteners.

May 5, 2020

These chocolate snacks are made from organic ingredients including tropical fruits and superfoods.

Chocolate trends: Premium, protein-packed and principled

Gretchen Hadden of Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate talks chocolate trends.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 7, 2020

Chocolate offers an opportunity to indulge, but it also serves as a palette for flavor innovation and provides an entry point into where and how cocoa is grown, harvested and processed.

Coronavirus

Hershey: Chocolate is the top quarantine comfort snack

Chocolate company outlines ways it’s finding to comfort the world during the pandemic.

April 3, 2020

Chocolate is the top quarantine comfort snack. That’s according to Hershey, which is also outpacing the category.

Coronavirus

Hershey expresses concern over impact of COVID-19

In a public stock filing, Hershey said it's working to navigate a number of issues related to the pandemic.

Crystal Lindell

April 1, 2020

Hershey said it’s expecting to face a number of challenges as a result of the current COVID-19 global pandemic, including a reduced demand for products, reduced availability of its products, and issues with the supply chain, among other things.

Child labor

Olam Cocoa continues work to eradicate child labor

In the 2018/2019 Olam global cocoa supply chain, the companies identified 7,059 cases of child labor in the sustainability programs run with its branded partners.

Billie Elmqvist Thuren

March 31, 2020

The complexity of child labor means one intervention will never be enough – what is required is a broad range of preventative and remedial actions, both at the individual, community and national level.

Fairtrade: Prices boost Ivorian farmers’ income by $15M in Q4 2019

More than 190K farmers, 140 cooperatives sold 64K metric tons of cocoa on Fairtrade terms in Q4 2019.

March 24, 2020

Fairtrade International says sales of Fairtrade-certified cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire in the fourth quarter of 2019 increased farmers’ earnings by approximately $15.1 million compared to non-Fairtrade cocoa.

Sustainability

Barry Callebaut wants to talk about climate change

Climate Change already has shifted which area can produce cocoa, and Barry Callebaut wants to get out ahead of the problem.

Crystal Lindell

February 26, 2020

It’s not an exaggeration to say that climate change could destroy the cocoa industry as we know it.

Sustainability

Barry Callebaut wants to talk about cocoa farmer poverty

The chocolate company has committed that by 2025, more than 500,000 cocoa farmers in its supply chain will have been lifted out of poverty. Can they pull it off?

Crystal Lindell

February 26, 2020

The chocolate company has committed that by 2025, more than 500,000 cocoa farmers in its supply chain will have been lifted out of poverty. Can they pull it off?

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