Any chocolate lover can probably tell you that cacao is the most important ingredient in any chocolate confection. But not ...

Wednesday closed up +371 (+3.26%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +152 (+1.68%). Cocoa prices jumped ...

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...

"The cacao pods have to grow on the trees, the farmers have to harvest the pods, take out the beans, ferment them, dry them, all with super high quality," said Monica Rogan. Every step of the ...

A respected doctor and best-selling author has suggested an unusual breakfast duo that could help your body burn harmful ...

Cacao pods on a tree in Taiwan. A ripe cacao pod weighs about 500 grams, perhaps a kilogram if particularly heavy. Crack open the thick skin and you will find it densely packed with cacao beans ...

with leaves turning yellow and the cherelles (cocoa pods) withering. Thin holiday trading conditions and increased margin calls have reduced liquidity in cocoa futures over the past week ...

with leaves turning yellow and the cherelles (cocoa pods) withering. On December 18, NY Cocoa posted an all-time nearest-futures high, and London Cocoa posted an 8-1/2 month nearest-futures high ...

(There are no bees in the Dominican Republic). Pollinated flowers produce about 40 football-sized pods on each tree trunk. Victor said cacao trees produce two crops per year, starting at the end ...