Food giant General Mills acquired Denver-based Humm Foods, the manufacturer of Lärabar and Lärabar Jocalat energy bars on June 11. The brands will become part of Small Planet Foods, the
In an unprecedented effort to unlock the secrets of the cocoa plant, Mars, Inc. announced it’s teaming up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and
Nevertheless, the three partners anticipate that it will take approximately five years to complete the entire sequencing, assembly, annotation and study of the cocoa genome. Scientists from USDA-ARS and Mars
Gerardo Castillo, a 30-year-old employee of the Blommer Chocolate Co., died on June 8 when overcome by fumes at the company’s chocolate processing facility in Chicago. The accident occurred in
It’s expected to take six years, but when completed, U.S. Sugar Corp. will have sold 187,000 acres (about 300 square miles) of cane fields to Florida as part of a
A decline in the monthly average International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) daily price in April may be misleading to companies tracking cocoa futures. The price was down $42 in April compared
The results of a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found cocoa flavanols to help improve blood vessel health in type 2 diabetes patients. Researchers
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. has added a traditional Chinese medicine to their Eclipse gum and mints in order to kill odor-causing bacteria. The ingredient, magnolia bark, was found to kill
Organic and fair trade chocolate manufacturer Theo Chocolate is about $500,000 away from raising its goal of $3.5 million to invest in sales, marketing and equipment expenditures, says Joe Whinney,
With organic sales up in Britain, customer demands are also growing. In response to these demands, ADM Cocoa in the U.K. has developed a new range of certified organic chocolate
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