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
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
Can Indian craft chocolate go global and compete with the world's finest?Indian craft chocolate is growing. It aims to compete with global brands. Brands focus on local cacao from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and K...
24 May, 2025, 11.06 PM IST
Bitter chocolate: Sales of toffees and candies slow down as rising prices lead buyers to exercise discretionChocolate and candy sales growth slowed in India during the last fiscal year. Major confectionery companies saw reduced growth. Mondelez an...
07 Dec, 2024, 12.48 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
Chocoholics Beware: Get ready to pay higher for chocolates, ice creams and cakes as cocoa prices skyrocket in IndiaThe soaring cocoa prices are causing ripples in the chocolate and ice cream industry. Amul considers a substantial hike in chocolate prices...
08 Apr, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
Global cocoa shortage to drive up cost of chocolate barsRising cocoa prices due to supply shortages are impacting chocolate manufacturers globally. Companies are considering price hikes, alternat...
28 Mar, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
World Chocolate Master Elias Laderach feels that chocolate is best savoured through five sensesWorld Chocolate Master and co-owner at Läderach Chocolatier Suisse, Elias Läderach tells ET Panache what it was like living above a chocola...
14 Oct, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
Ferrero India melts into a loss in FY18The maker of Kinder Joy chocolates and Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread posted revenues of Rs 1,538 crore, with net loss of Rs 89.6 crore ...
08 Nov, 2018, 07.06 PM IST
Chocolate confectionery market grows in double-digits againThe value growth clocked by the Rs 15,600-crore industry in 2017 was 12.4%. In 2016, the growth level was the same at 12.4%, but higher as ...
12 Jun, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
Global candy giants Mondelez, Nestle hike prices, feel the crush of domestic rivalsGlobal firms such as Perfetti Van Melle, Mondelez and Nestle either remained stagnant or lost share last calendar year, hurt by higher pric...
05 Mar, 2018, 08.06 AM IST
Cambridge University scouting for first 'doctor of chocolate'The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology of Cambridge University is seeking a researcher for a PhD on chocolate.
17 Aug, 2014, 08.58 PM IST
Belgian chocolatiers in bitter war against foreign chocolates that claim to be 'Belgian'“Those products are of lower quality, are cheaper, but look like the Belgian chocolate products that are also in those shops.”
08 Jun, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
How Cadbury's Venkatesan is trying to replace mithai with chocolateClearly, the challenge for Ventatesan is not so much to maintain Cadbury's dominant share but more expand the chocolate pie.
06 Nov, 2012, 05.30 AM IST
- Chocolate mkt likely to cross Rs 7,500-cr mark by 2015: Study
The country's chocolate industry is expected to cross the Rs 7,500-crore mark by 2015, thanks to the rising consumption in urban and semi-u...
09 Oct, 2012, 05.51 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
- Cadbury looks beyond chocolate
Cadbury is importing big brands from its global portfolio to prop up its sugar confectionery sales.
24 Feb, 2007, 04.00 AM IST