Sweet trouble: World’s top chocolate maker issues warning as shares sink 17%Barry Callebaut profit warning shocks markets. Shares crash 17% in hours. Cocoa prices collapse over 40% this year. The world’s largest cho...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Make chocolate premium againChristmas chocolates face a bitter reality. Despite falling cocoa prices, your festive treats might not get cheaper. Manufacturers have sec...
24 Dec, 2025, 11.12 PM IST
Christmas chocolates still costly despite falling cocoa prices – here’s whyChocolate prices stay high even though cocoa costs are falling. Last year, cocoa jumped, making makers raise prices and change recipes. Com...
21 Dec, 2025, 01.33 AM IST
Tariffs on cocoa growers give edge to Europe’s chocolatiersThis could lead to increased prices for consumers, reduced demand, and decreased competitiveness for US chocolate exports, potentially harm...
08 Apr, 2025, 09.56 AM IST
Cocoa slips to 4-month low of £6,110/tonCocoa futures on both ICE and London exchanges hit four-month lows and face a 3% weekly drop due to a surplus in ICE-certified stocks and f...
15 Mar, 2025, 12.44 AM IST
Cash crunch stalls cocoa and coffee trading around the worldA surge in cocoa and coffee futures prices has strained traders' finances, hindering global shipments. Rising costs and financing difficult...
13 Mar, 2025, 09.06 AM IST
Cocoa soars above $11,000 a ton as processing pace holds upFigures released Thursday showed so-called grinds — where cocoa is turned into butter and powder used in confectionery — fell only about 2%...
09 Sep, 2024, 06.21 PM IST
Why the world of chocolate is in crisisFor the world’s chocolate makers, the crisis is here. Plants have been forced to shutter from Malaysia to Germany and Chicago.
22 Apr, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
Cocoa, coffee reach new highs on fear of aging treesRobusta coffee settled at a new high in London on worries that poorer output in top-producer Vietnam will fuel bean shortages.
13 Apr, 2024, 09.55 AM IST
Cocoa extends gains as supply shortage keeps price near recordPrices have surged this year — recently exceeding $10,000 a ton — as poor West African harvests put the world on course for another annual ...
11 Apr, 2024, 11.12 AM IST
Cocoa’s relentless rally is pushing the market to breaking pointCocoa futures have surged as poor harvests in West Africa, where most of the world’s beans are grown, sparked a third year of shortages.
29 Mar, 2024, 10.07 AM IST
Cocoa futures set record high, coffee and sugar also upCocoa futures in London and New York set record peaks on Tuesday as the market continued its relentless rise while coffee and sugar prices ...
27 Mar, 2024, 08.40 AM IST
It’s deja vu for cocoa traders as tensions erupt in Ivory CoastIvory Coast issued an arrest warrant for opposition presidential candidate.
30 Dec, 2019, 11.26 AM IST
Valentine's Day is around the corner but the global chocolate supply has been hit by cocoa shortageThis year’s gains for cocoa are a stark reversal from the last two years.
10 Feb, 2018, 11.13 AM IST
- Cocoa Drops to 9-month low on Europe concern
Cocoa futures dropped to a nine-month low on mounting concern that a recession is weakening demand in Europe, the world's biggest consumer.
04 Mar, 2013, 01.54 AM IST
- Cocoa butter dips in Europe after grinders boost processing
The cost of cocoa butter relative to the price of beans, or the so-called butter ratio, was 1.80 to 1.85 times cocoa futures.
21 Feb, 2013, 03.13 AM IST
- Govt plans big boost for cocoa farming
The farm ministry plans to increase cocoa production by 60% in next four years to meet rising demand from the Rs 1,500-crore worth chocolat...
26 Feb, 2008, 12.00 AM IST