The surprising uses of cacao that go beyond chocolate Cacao beans have uses that go beyond being the base ingredient of our hot chocolate mixes or the traditional Easter treats to hide in the garden.

Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

Regenerative agriculture is complex, costly, and consumers don’t want to pay more for it. What can industry do?

Cacao grows in the tropics, so small U.S. businesses need imports.

We’ve now figured out how to culture chocolate in the lab. The breakthrough could help with spiralling cocoa costs, and may ...

Ruby Goss hoped to capture that magic when she teamed up with baker Rosemary Andrews on The Baker’s Book, a compilation of recipes and cooking advice from more than 30 of Australia’s most ...

Switzerland’s top suppliers of cocoa beans are Ghana and Ecuador. Primor said that Switzerland is looking for alternative sources of cacao to comply with the increasing sustainability ...

Easter egg hunts could become slightly more difficult and expensive this year - with the chocolate treats rising in price by as much as 56% while shrinking in size, a consumer group has found.

Ruby Franke amassed about 2.5 million followers on social media while documenting her family’s life on the “8Passengers” page Ruby Franke/Instagram Following the high-profile child abuse ...

The law follows the child abuse conviction of Ruby Franke, a mother of six who dispensed parenting advice to millions on YouTube before her arrest on child abuse charges in 2023. Gov. Spencer Cox ...

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