Sustained market demand led to impressive revenue growth in the automotive and consumer goods sectors. In contrast, while the banking secto...

Ever noticed that almost every premium chocolate comes wrapped in shiny foil? It may look elegant, but that thin metallic layer has a much ...

Pune's oldest ice cream parlour, Ganu Shinde, established in 1885 on Laxmi Road, boasts nearly 150 years of serving pure milk ice cream. Wh...

A Bengaluru IT couple, Swathi Kallegundi and Balasubrahmanya PS, have built a thriving organic chocolate brand, Anuttama, over six years. L...

The craft chocolate company plans to use the funding to expand its retail footprint to 18 stores in the next two years, adding more product...

Cote d'Ivoire, the largest cocoa producer in the world, is looking to explore the Indian market for direct marketing of cocoa and cocoa-bas...

Nestle is sourcing the raw material from cocoa farms in Brazil, but also working with partners in West Africa to see if pulp production cou...

India imports large quantity of cocoa beans and powder to bridge the gap between supply and demand in the domestic market. As per the data ...

The cocoa processors are expecting a slump in the production during the harvest season in the country beginning November.

A rise of Rs 10 a kg in cocoa bean prices cited as reason for not passing on the GST benefit.

Import of cocoa beans and products have been steadily moving up with the country increasing its processing capacity in recent years.

In India, cocoa is grown primarily as an intercrop in Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, as the tree requires about 40-50 per cent s...

Apart from a few major chocolate companies, the others in India depend on imports from West Africa or South East Asia for their requirement...

Earlier, cashew kernel exports and raw nut imports were more or less matched. But now, imports are considerably higher.

Though 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...

Cocoa prices have tumbled 20%, giving relief to chocolate and ice-cream makers as lower cost of the ingredient offsets the rising price of ...

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...