Cacao fruit is best known as the source of the cocoa beans which underpin the multibillion dollar global chocolate industry: For that alone, millions of us are grateful. But there is more to cacao ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich — a public research university in Zürich, Switzerland — have developed a type of chocolate that makes use of an agricultural waste stream and is more sustainable and ...

Cocoa substitutes are entering the chocolate market as the confectionery industry responds to volatile bean prices and supply ...

Nestlé has developed a patented technique that uses up to 30% more of the cocoa fruit, including pulp and husk, to produce chocolate without altering its flavor. The process minimizes waste and could ...

It’s been a rough year for chocoholics. Spot prices for cocoa nearly tripled earlier this year, and consumers looking for a cocoa fix have had to cover those costs. But news from Switzerland, the ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle ready to launch its ...

Blue Stripes has recently unleashed a broad line of cacao-based products made from underutilized and wasted parts of the cacao fruit to Whole Foods stores nationwide and will be launching its star ...

Start-up Koa is repurposing the pulp and juice of the cocoa fruit for food and drink manufacturers. By bringing a ‘previously unknown’ taste to the European market, the Swiss-Ghanaian operation says ...

Solbeso is made from distilled cacao fruit, and it might be a new spirit category in today’s modern cocktail taxonomy, but it has an ancient history. Long before we grew addicted to the beguiling ...

As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle ready to launch its "Incoa" bar. ZURICH, ...

As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle ready to launch its "Incoa" bar. By Silke ...