Nigeria is looking to become a bigger player in the cocoa bean market (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI) Booming cocoa prices are stirring interest in turning Nigeria into a bigger player in the sector, with hopes of challenging top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana, where crops have been ravaged by climate change and disease. Nigeria has struggled […]
Skyrocketing raw commodity prices and growing sustainability pressures are pushing chocolate and confectionery companies to pour funding into finding alternative ingredients for sweet treats. Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo, was among the investors that took part in a $4.5mn seed funding round for cell-based cocoa start-up Celleste Bio earlier this month, while British food […]
Two items better known for cleaning swimming pools and moisturizing dry skin might help protect the Earth’s corals and decrease antibiotic resistance and pollution in the ocean. A paste made from chlorine and cocoa butter could be a future treatment for Atlantic corals affected by stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). The experimental findings are […]
