Chocolate produced in the Amazon is internationally recognized for its unique flavor. A study by researchers at São Paulo ...

Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa ...

Mars, the chocolate giant that makes M&Ms and Snickers, uses cocoa that is harvested by children as young as five years old in Ghana, according to a bombshell report. An unidentified whistleblower ...

Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

Cocoa bean fermentation is a complex and dynamic microbiological process that transforms harvested cocoa pods into precursors essential for flavour and quality in chocolate production. This process ...

Cocoa farming supports an estimated six million farming families across West Africa, along with tens of millions more in related supply chain roles.

Child welfare advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa that can end up in America’s ...