Chocolate love has its price on Valentine's Day as cocoa costs make hearts shudder, not flutterThe price of cocoa beans has witnessed a dramatic surge, impacting the cost of St Valentine chocolates this year. Factors such as climate c...
13 Feb, 2025, 01.14 PM IST
Scientists warn of climate threat to chocolateA new report found that "climate change, due primarily to burning oil, coal, and methane gas, is causing hotter temperatures to become more...
13 Feb, 2025, 09.39 AM IST
Wheat, coffee, sugar, other food prices are rising due to bad weatherThe Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index saw a significant monthly gain, reflecting crop shortfalls and heightened market uncertainties. If tre...
01 Oct, 2024, 09.43 AM IST
Your olive oil might be unfit for human consumptionOlive oil: Extreme weather events are impacting grocery prices globally, with olive oil seeing a significant rise due to droughts in the Me...
27 Sep, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Halloween candy prices haunted by weather woes, soaring to spine-tingling heightsConsumers are adapting to these price hikes in various ways. Some, like Jessica Weathers, a small business owner in Shiloh, Illinois, are f...
28 Oct, 2023, 10.23 PM IST
Record cooking oil prices are latest threat to surging food inflationUkraine and Russia are not only major suppliers of wheat, corn and barley, but they also ship more than 75% of global exports of sunflower ...
04 Mar, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Supply shortages and emboldened workers: A changed economyGlobal supply chains that ran efficiently for years broke down in 2021 as factories, ports and freight yards buckled under the weight of su...
18 Dec, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
From bean-to-bar: The craft of making dark chocolates in IndiaThere is a dark chocolate movement brewing and the craft chocolate brands across the country are coming up with some innovative products.
06 Mar, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
Tender coconuts find fresh business in ice creamThe tender coconut flavoured ice creams have become a big draw, especially in South India, which accounts for 90% of coconut production in ...
11 May, 2017, 01.38 PM IST
Sugar production till Dec 31 up by 0.4%: ISMAAs on December 31, 2016, Maharashtra sugar mills have produced of sugar have been produced 25.25 lakh tonnes sugar as against 33.70 lakh to...
03 Jan, 2017, 03.41 PM IST
Rising sugar prices can take away the discounts from your chocolates, biscuits and ice-creamWith Maharashtra, a key sugarcane growing state hit hard by drought, all-India sugarcane output is predicted to fall 10 per cent in 2016.
25 Apr, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
Corporate buying of dry fruits this festive season has slumpedAlmond prices in India have shot up because of low output in drought-hit almond-producing regions of California, the world's largest produc...
21 Oct, 2014, 01.16 PM IST
- World 'faces chocolate drought in 2014'
The world is facing a "chocolate drought", according to an expert, whose warning is prompted by fears that the globe's sustainable cocoa su...
28 Jan, 2011, 01.22 PM IST
- A special 5-star rating
Krishna and Tharoor have literally established themselves as five-star types.
09 Sep, 2009, 02.19 AM IST
- Soaring food prices may affect Ganesh festival spend
Kaju Modak rises 15% to Rs 320/kg as prices of sugar, jaggery, milk & pulses hit the roof.
22 Aug, 2009, 01.46 PM IST
- Soaring food prices may affect Ganesh festival spend
Kaju modak rises 15% to rs 320/kg as prices of sugar, jaggery, milk & pulses hit the roof.
22 Aug, 2009, 04.15 AM IST
- Coffee gets a herbal shot
The trendier brews in the West today are being made from a variety of herbs and nuts such as roasted barley, figs, dandelions, acorns, and ...
05 Aug, 2006, 12.00 AM IST