Chocolate is a treat that is widely consumed across the globe, and the cacao tree remains one of the most important plants in the world. Not only are the plant’s cocoa beans used to make ...

The company has two other cocoa plants in Pennsylvania in Mount Joy, Lancaster County and West Lincoln, Allegheny County; two in Ontario, Canada in Burlington and Georgetown, plus plants in ...

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the ...

The cost of cocoa reached a record high in December 2024, and the price keeps climbing. How is industry reacting and what ...

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time ... the University of Göttingen found that cacao grafting is a useful ...

Cocoa powder vs. cacao powder The plant used to make chocolate is called the cacao tree. It makes a fruit called cacao beans. Raw beans can be crushed into cacao powder. But if the beans are ...

Cacao is a successful understory plant, growing to between six and 12 metres below the canopies of other trees in its native tropical rainforests. But to increase commercial production, farms often ...

We’re not trying to replace or even compete with agriculture; we're closing the gap between demand and supply," says the CEO ...

Diaz del Castillo, an officer with Hernan Cortez wrote: "From time to time the men of Montezuma's guard brought him, in cups of pure gold, a drink made from the cocoa-plant, which they said he ...