Chocolate makers have slashed their use of hedges against price rises due to the soaring cost of futures contracts, in a bet that the huge bull market in cocoa is finally over.

Africa’s cocoa heartland has long grappled with blight and aging trees, leaving farms vulnerable as harsh weather hammered ...

A dramatic spike in the price of cocoa that roiled commodity traders and candy makers is showing signs of easing, and the top ...

Tuesday closed up +500 (+5.68%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25) closed up +375 (+6.16%). Cocoa prices on Tuesday rallied ...

Cocoa prices have risen significantly in the past couple of years as crops in key cocoa-growing countries have been hit hard by a number of factors, including extreme weather. This Easter, experts say ...

The Dubai-style chocolate trend has triggered pistachio shortages, while cocoa shortfalls suggest prices might be higher long ...

Cocoa volatility was driven by disease and climate change in 2024, as trade tensions and tariffs complicate the commodity’s ...

Lindt’s Lechner said “the magnitude of these increases in raw material forced us, also, in the last years, to pass on a ...

Commodity exchanges may be unfamiliar to many people, but this does not stop them from being cornerstones of trade and ...

Barry Callebaut, the world's largest supplier of cocoa products and chocolate, is in talks to partner with farming group Fazenda Santa Colomba in an investment to form a cocoa farm of 5,000 (12,355 ...

The rave Dubai chocolate trends has sent the confectionery industry and consumers into a spin as they try to cash in on and ...

Malaysia's cocoa industry has seen a surge in international demand, with export values hitting a record RM15.06bil last year, ...