The writer is the founder and chief investment officer of Andurand Capital Management The outlook for cocoa beans offers unwelcome tidings for chocolate makers hoping prices are on the retreat. After ...
West Africa is also grappling with an ageing tree stock and the spread of the cocoa swollen shoot virus. The virus has long been recognised as a production killer. Once symptoms appear ...
Cacao is the raw and less-processed form of chocolate harvested from the Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao contains the highest levels of flavanols, so the greater the percentage of cacao listed on the ...