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What's missing from your favourite chocolate bar? It may be chocolate.Rising cocoa prices, driven by climate change and other factors, have led candy companies to reformulate their products. This involves repl...31 Oct, 2025, 10.41 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
- You have to shell out more for cakes, chocolates & more this ChristmasConsumers face a 5-20% price increase for Christmas items like cakes, chocolates, and dinners. This is due to record-high prices of cocoa a...25 Dec, 2024, 08.43 AM IST
- Sweet Profits, Bitter Reality: Who gains the most from the cocoa price surge?The cocoa industry is facing significant shifts as cocoa prices soar, driven by poor harvests in West Africa. While prices have surged to r...23 Jun, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
- The meltdown in chocolate is comingOnly because millions of West African farmers saw cocoa as their only way to escape abject poverty, the world had plentiful supply and low ...20 Feb, 2024, 09.59 AM IST
- More than beans: Nestle recycles cocoa fruit waste to replace sugar in chocolateNestle is sourcing the raw material from cocoa farms in Brazil, but also working with partners in West Africa to see if pulp production cou...19 Mar, 2021, 01.51 PM IST
- Demand for baking ingredients increase amid Covid lockdownThe demand for processed food category which comprises baking condiments like baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder have grown 60-70% in...12 May, 2020, 10.34 PM IST
- Cocoa may be cheap, but chocolate still dearApart from a few major chocolate companies, the others in India depend on imports from West Africa or South East Asia for their requirement...07 Mar, 2017, 09.16 AM IST
- Small chocolate companies like Campco eye big bite of rural and semi-urban marketsThe smaller companies are gaining a firm foothold in these regions by betting on large volumes and small chocolate bars.01 Oct, 2015, 12.30 PM IST
- Rising cocoa prices hurt profitability; smaller processing companies in a fixThough cocoa production in the country is forecast to go up by 6% in the coming season, consumption has been increasing at a much higher ra...23 Dec, 2014, 11.41 AM IST
- Amul, Cadbury Kraft, Nestle unlikely to cut chocolate prices; profits to be used for capacity buildingAmul, Cadbury Kraft, Nestle, Britannia and Parle are unlikely to cut prices because, some of them say, the dip in the cost of raw materials...14 Dec, 2012, 11.07 AM IST
- Cocoa prices down by 20 pc, chocolate makers relievedChocolate manufacturer Amul has not raised prices of chocolate, chocozoo and syrup for a year, and has no such plans in the near future.29 Nov, 2012, 06.58 AM IST
- Chocolates won't add to inflation as cocoa prices dropCocoa prices have tumbled 20%, giving relief to chocolate and ice-cream makers as lower cost of the ingredient offsets the rising price of ...28 Nov, 2012, 11.44 AM IST
- High prices, bean shortage to hit cocoa importsHigh prices and a shortage of beans in the world market may adversely hit cocoa imports into the country.09 Feb, 2011, 04.32 AM IST
- Chocolates to become dear as cocoa prices soarChocolate companies are under pressure to raise the product costs with cocoa bean prices showing no signs of letup.10 Oct, 2009, 01.56 AM IST
- Chocolates to become dear as cocoa prices soarChocolate companies are under pressure to raise the product costs with cocoa bean prices showing no signs of letup. The prices of dry cocoa...08 Oct, 2009, 06.15 PM IST
- Cocoa cultivation rising in southern statesRobust trend in bean prices triggered by a global shortage of cocoa has prompted some southern states to spread the cultivation to more are...03 Aug, 2009, 07.24 PM IST
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