Hot cocoa is one of those beloved drinks I enjoyed as a kid, usually after a few hours of playing outside in the snow. My mom ...

As do many people around the world. But the obvious key ingredient in chocolate, cocoa, has a lot to do with how affordable chocolate is to buy. No one is surprised to see the price rise before ...

Many of the world's cocoa beans are bought by large trade houses like Cargill, Olam and Barry Callebaut, which is also a ...

Also, cocoa investments may not be as liquid as other commodities markets, such as those for oil or gold. That means it can be harder to sell a losing position or more difficult to buy into the ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of making chocolate that uses the entire cocoa pod to reduce waste and improve farmer revenue streams. But can chocolate made any other way taste as sweet?

Conditions were so appalling at the cacao farm Taguchi visited that she witnessed a mother in a farming household die of malaria because she could not buy medicine. Farmers were so desperate to ...