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The doubling in the price of cocoa would have pushed up the price of cocoa in a typical snack bar by just six cents.
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Easter is the time for chocolate. This can also make it very tricky for parents to manage their kids’ chocolate intake.
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Who doesn’t love a chocolate egg or two at Easter? Here’s why a little indulgence may not do much harm.
Transparency throughout the supply chains for cacao, the raw ingredient for chocolate, is required to ensure ethical sourcing and manufacture of products.
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What makes a good egg? The ethics of chocolate is complicated and often hard to decipher with confusing marketing claims on some product packaging.
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The 5th Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard reveals that some retailers are lagging when it comes to selling sustainable products.
Several economies are dependent on cocoa.
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Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
A storyline in the forthcoming ‘Wonka’ movie is that the central character can change a dutiful young girl’s life.
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The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Cocoa farmers in Ghana struggle with poverty.
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Ghana and other west African cocoa growing countries must harness their combined bargaining strength to address the challenges plaguing cocoa farming.
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By generating new high-resolution maps, researchers found cocoa plantations were causing far worse forest destruction in West Africa than previously thought.
Many children help out on family farms in Africa.
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Children working on family farms is often mistaken for harmful child labour.
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Good things can come in chocolatey packages, but read the fine print if you want to avoid potential side effects of eating Easter treats.
Easter has its bunnies, but chocolate comes out for every holiday.
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Two food scientists, an entomologist, an anthropologist, a veterinarian and a historian walk into a bar (of chocolate) and tell bitter and sweet stories of this favorite treat.
Two children enjoy an Easter game in a postcard from 1900.
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Eggs have long symbolised rebirth and renewal, making them perfect to commemorate the story of Jesus’ resurrection.
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The firms that do worst on the environment and human slavery in the 2023 Chocolate Scorecard are those whose mission statements extend to little more than making chocolate.
In what form do you eat your annual share of the approximately 5 million tons of cocoa produced worldwide?
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There’s a lot of interesting science behind the fermenting, roasting, grinding and melting that turns chocolate into the bars, bonbons and baked goods you know and love.
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Most of us enjoy chocolate this time of year, but how many of us appreciate its historical roots and significance?
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Some of our favourite Christmas treats date back to the Victorians.
The Lindt Gold Bunny, complete with golden foil, red ribbon and bell.
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Court decision protects trademarks that help consumers make informed choices.
Most of us love chocolates, but child labor has been found involved in some of the production.
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An anthropologist writes that despite best efforts, there is no guarantee that children may not have been exploited in the production process of chocolate.
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Despite the recent Kinder chocolate recall, there’s no cause for wider concern about chocolate safety.