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Chris Taylor, of Probat Inc., dies at 71

Cocoa expert will be missed by the confectionery industry
April 5, 2013
“With him we lost the ambassador, the advocate and the promoter of the cocoa industry," says Karl Schmidt, President of Probat Inc.
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Lindt, WCF give fine-flavor cocoa research a boost in Ecudaor

The World Cocoa Foundation, Lindt & Sprungli, and USDA Agricultural Research Service join forces to support fine-flavor cocoa research in Ecudaor.
March 27, 2013
SPCL's research is focused on understanding the genetic diversity of Ecuador's Nacional type cocoa varieties and how they differ from other varieties grown throughout South America and the Caribbean.
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Hershey’s unveils ‘roadmap’ for sustainable cocoa

Company looks to work with industry to meet growing demand.
March 21, 2013
It’s not hard to figure out that if Mars, Nestlé, Mondelez and Ferrero and Hershey all are planning to use 100 percent sustainable cocoa by 2020, then the world is going to need more sustainable cocoa.
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TCHO use hi-tech techniques to trace, track cocoa beans

Effort embraces on-site flavor labs, improved infrastructures and cloud-based monitoring systems to monitor bean quality.
March 20, 2013
San Francisco-based TCHO, a high-end chocolate bar manufacturer that takes to heart its core values involving quality and traceability, has been in the forefront of linking the supply chain from the farmer’s field to the consumer.
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WCF receives grant to further cocoa biodiversity

Funds will support the organization’s goal of making cocoa production more “environmentally friendly.”
March 6, 2013
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has been awarded a grant that could eventually help the entire cocoa industry make cocoa production more environmentally friendly.
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Royal Duyvis Wiener, F.B. Lehmann celebrate ‘Cocoa and Choco Days’

February 6, 2013

 Seeing is believing. In order to better communicate the capabilities and innovations available in cocoa and chocolate production equipment, Royal Duyvis Wiener and F.B. Lehmann organized Cocoa and Choco Days at their respective facilities in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands, and Aalen, Germany for customers and guests. 


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Brave new chocolate

As most of the major chocolate players commit to sustainable chocolate within seven years, the 2020 goal poses a slew of challenges for suppliers.
January 31, 2013
Unlike the doomsday date (Dec. 21, 2012) posed by the cyclic end of the Mayan calendar that some interpreted as the end of the world, the year 2020 has much more credibility as a valid deadline. In fact, it could very well represent the end of cocoa and chocolate as most consumers know it.
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Uncovering the mysteries of cocoa flavanols

Research group gets closer to understanding benefits of flavanols on the human body.
January 25, 2013
It’s been put to rest the myth of chocolate being bad for your health. We know it’s good for you, now the question is, how good for you?
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June 14, 2012

 No one knows cocoa, chocolate, compound coatings and other confectionery ingredients better than ADM Cocoa.  


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African orphanage funded by Cargill now open

The Ivory Coast orphanage could help up to 60 children
June 13, 2012
With funding from cocoa producer Cargill, Inc., Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Family, Women and Children officially opened an orphanage in Soubre, Ivory Coast Monday that could help up to 60 needy children.
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