Nestle India shares jump 8% to new record high. What changed after Q4 results?Nestle India shares surged over 8% to a record high after the company posted strong Q4 FY26 results, with net profit rising 27% YoY to Rs 1...
21 Apr, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
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
Is coffee the new cocoa? Some expect coffee prices to also crash after tariff-driven rallyCoffee prices may soon follow cocoa's dramatic fall. Experts at the National Coffee Association convention in Tampa, Florida, discussed thi...
18 Mar, 2026, 04.48 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
Cocoa prices are plunging. Why then is chocolate still so expensive?Producers and analysts expect cheaper cocoa to only start feeding through to supermarket aisles in the second half of next year, and even t...
20 Dec, 2025, 03.23 PM 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
Lindt chocolate to raise prices again this yearSwiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli announced Tuesday that it would raise prices again in 2025 after strong sales last year showed that...
14 Jan, 2025, 09.27 PM IST
Chocolate's future could hinge on success of growing cocoa not just in the tropics, but in the labCalifornia Cultured, a plant cell culture company, is growing cocoa from cell cultures at a facility in West Sacramento, California, with p...
01 Sep, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
Nestle's chocolate prices in focus as cocoa costs biteOver the past three years Nestle and other consumer goods companies have raised prices across their brands to cover sky-high input costs am...
25 Jul, 2024, 10.29 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
Mondelez to invest in cocoa research and cultivation in few statesAt present, the maker of Cadbury and Oreo, gets about 30% of its raw materials from India while the rest is imported, mainly from Africa. T...
13 Apr, 2021, 09.31 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
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
Chocolate makers stare at cocoa crunch, look for new raw materialsWith chocolate demand on the rise in India, China and everywhere else, the world is estimated to have consumed 70,000 metric tonnes of coco...
22 Nov, 2014, 04.00 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
- Global price slump to boost Cocoa import
Indian chocolate companies get a breather on their shopping bill overseas for cocoa as global prices drop on the back of higher sales from ...
26 Jul, 2011, 04.08 AM IST
- Barry Callebaut buys stake in Malaysian cocoa company
Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest chocolate producer, will acquire a 60% stake in Malaysia’s KL Kepong Cocoa Products as part of its exp...
01 Apr, 2008, 01.52 AM IST