These challenges already have caused lower cocoa yield and supply instability, leading in turn to quality and safety concerns, with heavy metal and pesticide contamination from archaic farming and handling practices.
Voyage Foods is adding a manufacturing plant in Ohio for its cocoa-free chocolate to expand capacity and meet new opportunities in B2B, foodservice channels.
Voyage Foods has released a life cycle assessment for Cocoa-Free “Milk” and Semi-Sweet Chocolate demonstrating environmental benefits over traditional chocolate.
The expansion will see the brand's Peanut-Free and Hazelnut-Free Spreads released into over 1200 Walmart stores nationwide and on Walmart.com this October.